Title The ritual of rights in Japan : law, society, and health policy / Eric A. Feldman

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 219 pages) Series Cambridge studies in law and society Cambridge studies in law and society. Contents Reconsidering rights in Japanese law and society -- Rights in Japanese history -- The roots of "rights" -- Rights before kenri: early antecedents -- Rights, protest, and rebellion in Tokugawa Japan -- The Movement for Freedom and Popular Rights -- State power and the control of rights -- Patients, rights, and protest in contemporary Japan -- "New rights" movements and traditional social protest -- Studying the "new rights" -- Patients' rights as "new rights": conceptualization, litigation, legislation -- Law, rights, and policy in contemporary Japan: two narratives -- AIDS policy and the politics of rights -- AIDS, public health, and individual rights -- An epidemiological view -- Hemophiliacs and gay men: rights, risks, and repression -- Proposal, debate, and enactment of the AIDS prevention law -- AIDS, activism, and accommodation -- Asserting rights, legislating death -- Rights, brain death, and organ transplantation -- Death, culture, and body parts -- Scientific, legal, medical, and political attempts to define death -- Power politics and body politics: the Ad-Hoc Committee for the Study of Brain Death and Organ Transplantation -- A tentative truce in the fight over death -- Litigation and the courts: talking about rights -- Rights and the legal process -- AIDS: crisis, compensation, and the courts -- Brain death and organ transplantation: accusation and discretion -- A sociolegal perspective on rights in Japan -- Rights, modernization, and the "uniqueness" of the Japanese legal system -- Rights and the metaphor of legal transplants Summary The Ritual of Rights in Japan rejects the traditional view that Japan is a nation where overt conflict and the assertion of rights are unacceptable. It examines both historical events and contemporary policy, in concluding that rights-based conflict is an important part of Japanese legal, political, and social practice Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-213) and index Notes English Print version record Subject AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Japan Dead bodies (Law) -- Japan Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Law and legislation -- Japan Actions and defenses -- Japan Law -- Social aspects -- Japan AIDS (Disease) Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Organ Transplantation Patient Advocacy -- legislation & jurisprudence Public Policy LAW -- Jurisprudence. LAW -- General Practice. LAW -- Reference. LAW -- Essays. LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism. LAW -- Practical Guides. Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. AIDS (Disease) Actions and defenses AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Legal status, laws, etc. Dead bodies (Law) Law -- Social aspects Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. -- Law and legislation Gesundheitspolitik Soziale Situation Aidskranker Recht Transplantation AIDS. Patiëntenrecht. Rechtssociologie. Sidéens -- Statut juridique -- Japon. Cadavres (droit) -- Japon. Sida -- Japon. Actions et défenses -- Japon. Politique sanitaire -- Japon. Droit -- Aspect social -- Japon. SUBJECT Japan Subject Japan Japan Form Electronic book ISBN 0521770408 9780521770408 0521779642 9780521779647 0511172877 9780511172878 0511011881 9780511011887 9780511495465 0511495463 9780511049316 0511049315 0511151772 9780511151774 1107118972 9781107118973 1280421134 9781280421136 0511303203 9780511303203

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