The East Asian Law Group
The East Asian Law Group meets to translate materials pertaining to the history of Japanese law. Members of the group began by translating The History of Law in Japan, Through Historical Sources edited by Murakami Kazuhiro and Nishimura Yasuhiro. This material was translated for use in our East Asian Law course, Hist 377, in the History and Culture of Law program, shared by the Law School and the History Department.
Introductory Course Presentation
Introduction to The History of Law in Japan
Chapter Two: Interpreting Ritsuryô Law and Legal Specialists
Chapter Three: The Judicial Formulary of 1232 and Medieval Law
Chapter Four: The Legal World in the Medieval Age
Chapter Eight: From Trial by Ordeal ( kukada chi) to Boiling Water Pledges ( yukishô)
Chapter Nine: Three Claims and Three Defenses in Medieval Courts
Chapter Eighteen: The Law on Permanent Tenure for Newly-opened Rice Fields
Chapter Nineteen: What Was the Einin Debt Cancellation of 1297?
Chapter Twenty-three: Inheritance in Classical Japan, the Clause on Inheritance in the Laws on Residence Units
Group Members: Joan Piggott, Dan Sherer, Nadia Kanagawa, Emily Warren