ABSTRACT

As Japanese companies establish overseas production facilities at an ever more repid pace, it is increasingly important for people in the host countries to understand the preconceptions upon which the Japanese approach to industrial relations is based. This book traces the development of Japanese labour law and shows how labour law has been related to the prevailing social, economic and political circumstances.

chapter |18 pages

Introduction

The Problem of Orientalism and the Formation of Modern Japan

part I|48 pages

Prewar Society and the Repression of Labour

part II|96 pages

Postwar Society and the Reluctant Recognition of Labour

chapter 3|28 pages

From Democratism to Kigyoshugi

The Changing Social Context of Labour Law

chapter |8 pages

Conclusion

Varieties of Capitalist Law, Citizenship Rights and the Question of Postmodernism