Prefatory Notice -- Chapter One: Generalities (Wilhelm Röhl ) -- 1.1 Periods of Development -- 1.2 The Scope of Japanese Law -- 1.3 Types of Rules and Promulgation -- 1.4 Foreign Infuences -- Chapter Two: Public Law (Wilhelm Röhl) -- 2.1 Constitutional Law -- 2.2 Administrative Law -- Chapter Three: Civil Code -- 3.1 General Provision (Ronald Frank) -- 3.2 Property Law-Real Rights (Hans Peter Marutschke) -- 3.3 Law of Obligations (Ronald Frank) -- 3.4 Family Law (Petra Schmidt) -- 3.5 Law of Succession (Petra Schmidt) -- Chapter Four: Commercial and Corporate Law in Japan (Harald Baum/Eiji Takahashi ) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Early Years (1868-1899) -- 4.3 Rise and Fall (1900-1945) -- 4.4 Reconstruction and Economic Miracle (1946-1980s) -- 4.5 The Structural Crisis of the 1990s-Some Afterthoughts -- Chapter Five: Intellectual Property and Anti-Trust -- 5.0 Literature (General) -- 5.1 Inventive Activity, Intellectual Property, and Industrial Policy (Christopher Heath) -- 5.2 Patent Law (Christopher Heath) -- 5.3 Utility Model Law (Christopher Heath) -- 5.4 Design Law (Peter Ganea) -- 5.5 Trade Mark Law (Christopher Heath) -- 5.6 Unfair Competition Law (Christopher Heath) -- 5.7 Copyright Law (Peter Ganea) -- 5.8 Anti-Trust Law (Christopher Heath) -- Chapter Six: Labour Law (Hans Peter Marutschke) -- 6.1 Pre World War II Development -- 6.2 Labour Legislation & Development after WW II -- Chapter Seven: Social Law (Wilhelm Röhl ) -- 7.1 A Short Historical Reminiscence -- 7.2 Social Security/Insurance Law -- 7.3 Social Welfare Law -- Chapter Eight: Penal Law (Karl-Friedrich Lenz) -- Chapter Nine: Procedural Law -- 9.1 Administrative Litigation and Administrative Procedure Law (Lorenz Ködderitzsch) -- 9.2 Law of Civil Procedure (Wilhelm Röhl) -- 9.3 Law of Criminal Procedure (Petra Schmidt ).

9.4 The Courts of Law Appendix: Execution of Penalty (Wilhelm Röhl ) -- Chapter Ten: Legal Education and Legal Profession (Wilhelm Röhl ) -- 10.1 Legal Education -- 10.2 The Judge -- 10.3 The Public Prosecutor -- 10.4 The Lawyer -- 10.5 Notes on the Staff of the Ministry of Justice -- Index.