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An Overview Of The Japanese Legal System, Elliott J. Hahn Jan 1983

An Overview Of The Japanese Legal System, Elliott J. Hahn

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Trade between the United States and Japan is growing at such a rapid pace that it is incumbent on those involved in private international law to be well-versed in the Japanese legal system. This Article is inteded to be of service to one weeking an overview of that system. The basic lesson for the reader is that the legal system is that the legal system of Japan differs significantly from that of the United States. This difference arises from disparate views of Americans and Japanese as to the fundamental purpose of a legal system. Upon reflection, it is perhaps not …


The Hague Conference And The Main Issues Of Private International Law For The Eighties, George A.L. Droz, Adair Dyer Jan 1981

The Hague Conference And The Main Issues Of Private International Law For The Eighties, George A.L. Droz, Adair Dyer

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

The Hague Conference on Private International Law has attempted, since its revitalization in the 1950, to unify the rules of private international law. The efforts of the Conference have in the past centered around the fields of civil procedure, conflict of laws, the international sale of goods, products liability and international family law. Messrs. Droz and Dyer review the history of the achievements of the Conference in these fields and reflect on the problems and opportunities the Conference will encounter in the 1980"s.