Une source précieuse d'informations:
Baum, Harald; Nottage, Luke R., Japanese Business Law in Western Languages: An Annotated Selective Bibliography, Littleton: F. B. Rothman, 1998, 223pp.
Ouvrages :
Awaji, Takehisa et alii, Etudes de droit japonais, Paris, Société de législation comparée, 1989, 582 p. ;
——, Etudes de droit japonais, Volume 2, Paris, Société de législation comparée, 1999, 240 p.
Baum, Harald (ed.), Japan: Economic Success and Legal System, Berlin, Walter de Gruyter, 1996, xx, 405pp.
Baum, Harald ; Stiege, Tatjana (Hg.), Japan - Kultur und Recht. Eine Einführung : Symposium der elsa-Bayreuth, 11.-13. Februar 1993, Deutsch-Japanischen Juristenvereinigung (Hamburg), 1993, VIII + 194 S.
Chiba, Masaji, Legal Cultures in Human Society, Tokyo, 2002, 291pp. ;
——, Legal Pluralism: Toward a General Theory through Japanese Legal Culture, Tokyo, Tokai University Press, 1987, x, 236pp.
Dean, Meryll, Japanese Legal System, London: Cavendisch Publishing, 2nd ed. 2002, xxiii, 571pp.
Feldman, Eric A., The Ritual of Rights in Japan: Law, Society, and Health Policy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, xiv, 219pp.
Foote, Daniel H. (ed.), Law in Japan: A Turning Point, Washington : University of Washington Press (Asian Law Series), xxxix, 704pp.
Fukaze, Tadakazu ; Higuchi, Yoichi ; Sautter, Christian, Le constitutionnalisme et ses problèmes au Japon : une approche comparative, Paris, PUF, XXII-348 p.
Goodman, Carl F., The Rule of Law in Japan: A Comparative Analysis, Leiden: Kluwer Law International, 2nd ed. 2008, 576pp.
Haley, John Owen, Authority Without Power: Law and the Japanese Paradox, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1994, 272pp.
Halpérin, Jean-Louis ; Kanayama, Naoki, Droit japonais et droit français au miroir de la modernité, Paris, Dalloz, coll. « À droit ouvert », 2007, 374 p.
Higuchi, Yoichi, Constitution, idée universelle, expressions diversifiées, Paris, Société de législation comparée, 2006, 160 p. ;
——, Le constitutionnalisme entre l’Occident et le Japon, Fribourg, Helbing & Lichtenhahn, coll. « Études et colloques », 2001, XIV-297 p.
Iwasawa, Yuji, International Law, Human Rights Law and Japanese Law: The Impact of International Law on Japanese Law, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998, xlii, 355pp.
Leser, Hans Georg (Hg.), Wege zum japanischen Recht : Festschrift füt Zentaro Kitagawa zum 60. Geburstag am 5. April 1992, Berlin : Duncker & Humbolt, 1992, XVII, 1095 S.
Marutschke, Hans Peter, Einführung in das japanische Recht, München : Beck C. H. Verlag, 2009, XXIII, 328 S.
Matsukawa, Tadaki, La famille et le droit au Japon, Paris, Economica, coll. « Etudes juridiques comparatives », 1991, IX-166 p.
Menkhaus, Heinrich, Das Japanische im japanischen Recht, München : Iudicium, 1994, XVI, 575 S.
Milhaupt, Curtis J ; Ramseyer, Mark J. ; Young, Michael K. (eds.), Japanese Law in Context: Readings in Soociety, the Economy, and Politics, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001, 644pp.
Moitry, Jean-Hubert, Le droit japonais, Paris, PUF, coll. « Que sais-je ? », 1988, 125 p.
Noda, Yoshiyuki, Introduction au droit japonais, Paris, Dalloz, coll. « Comment ils sont gouvernés ? », 1966, 287 p.
Palmer, Leslie (ed.), State and Law in Eastern Asia, Aldershot: Dartmouth, 1993, 155pp.
Ramseyer, Mark J. ; Nakazato, Minoru, Japanese Law: An Economic Approach, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1999, xxi, 310pp.
Seizelet, Eric, Justice et magistrature au Japon, Paris, PUF, coll. « Droit et justice », 2002, 246 p. ;
——, Monarchie et démocratie dans le Japon d’après-guerre, Paris, Maisonneuve & Larose, 1990, 421 p.
Tanaka, Hideo, The Japanese Legal System, Tokyo: Tokyo University Press, 9th ed. 1994, xxv, 957pp.
Ueno, Mamiko, Justice, constitution et droits fondamentaux au Japon, Paris, LGDJ, coll. « Bibliothèque constitutionnelle et de science politique », 2010, XVIII-341 p.
Upham, Frank K., Law and Social Change in Postwar Japan, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987, x, 269pp.
Von Mehren, Arthur T., Law in Japan: The Legal Order in A Changing Society, Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1963, 706pp.
Wang, Dominique T. C., Les sources du droit japonais, Genève, Droz, coll. « Comparativa », 1978, 307 p.
West, Mark D., Law in Everyday Japan: Sex, Sumo, Suicide, and Statutes, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005, xiii, 256pp.
Articles de fond :
Chiba, Masaji, « Note sur la sociologie juridique au Japon », Droit et société, no 8 (1998), pp. 125-127 ;
——, « Other Phases of Legal Pluralism in Contemporary World », Ratio Juris, Vol. 11, No. 3 (1998), pp. 228-245.
Ginsburg, Tom, « Studying Japanese Law Because It’s There », The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. LVIII, No. 1 (Winter, 2010), pp. 15-25.
Haley, John O., « The Myth of the Reluctant Litigant », Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Summer, 1978), pp. 359-390 ;
——, « Why Study Japanese Law? », The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. LVIII, No. 1 (Winter, 2010), pp. 1-13 ;
——, « Sheathing the Sword of Justice in Japan: An Essay on Law without Sanctions », Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 8, No. 2 (1982), pp. 265-281.
Hasegawa, Kiyoshi, « Law and Community in Japan: The Role of Legal Rules in Suburban Neighborhoods », Social Science Japan Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1 (2009), pp. 71-99.
Itoh, Hiroshi, « How Judges Think in Japan? », The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Autumn, 1970), pp. 775-804.
Kawashima, Takeyoshi, « Some Reflections on Law and Morality in Contemporary Societies », Philosophy Est West, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Oct. 1971), pp. 493-504.
Kim, Chin ; Lawson, Craig M., « The Law of the Subtle Mind: The Traditional Japanese Conception of Law », The International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul., 1979), pp. 491-513.
Kitamura, Ichiro, « The Role of Law in Contemporary Japanese Society », Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 4 (2003), pp. 729-750.
Milhaupt, Curtis J., « Creative Norm Destruction: The Evolution of Nonlegal Rules in Japanese Corporate Governance », University of Pennsilvania Law Review, Vol. 149, No. 6 (June 2001), pp. 2083-2129.
Miyazawa, Setsuo, « Taking Kawashima Seriously: A Review on Japanese Reseach on Japanese Legal Consciousness and Disputing Behavior », Law & Society Review, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1987), pp. 219-142.
Nottage, Luke R., « Comparative Law, Asian Law, and Japanese Law », Zeitschrift für Japanisches Recht, Nr. 15 (2003), pp. 41-61 ;
——, « The Cultural (Re)Turn in Japanese Studies », Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 4 (2008), pp. 755-777 ;
——, « Japanisches Recht, Japanese Law, and Nihon-ho: Towards New Transnational Collaboration in Research and Teaching », Zeitschrift für Japanisches Recht, Nr. 12 (2001), pp. 17-21 ;
——, « Translating Tanase: Challenging Paradigms of Japanese Law And Society », Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, Vol. 39, Issue 4 (2008), pp. 755-778.
Stevens, Charles R., « Modern Japanese Law as an Instrument of Comparison », The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. XIX, No. 4 (Autumn, 1971), pp. 665-684.
Ulph, Janet S., « The Role of Law in Japanese Society », Nottingham Law Review, No. 1 (1998), pp. 18-26.
Upham, Frank K., « Litigation and Moral Consciousness in Japan : An Interpretative Analysis of Four Japanese Pollution Suits », Law & Society Review, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Summer, 1976), pp. 579-619.
Wagatsuma, Hiroshi ; Rosett, Arthur, « The Implications of Apology: Law and Culture in Japan and the United States », Law & Society Review, Vol. 20, No. 4 (1986), pp. 461-498.
West, Mark D., « Legal Rules and Social Norms in Japan’s Secret World of Sumo », The Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 (January 1997), pp. 165-201.
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