This volume explores major developments in Japanese law over the latter half of the twentieth century and looks ahead to the future. Modelled on the classic work "Law in Japan: The Legal Order in a Changing Society" (1963), edited by Arthur Taylor von Mehren, it features the work of thirty-five leading legal experts on most of the major fields of Japanese law, with special attention to the increasingly important areas of environmental law, health law, intellectual property, and insolvency. (Quoted from product description)