Burns, Susan L. 1958- editor of compilation. Brooks, Barbara J. 1953-2013 editor of compilation. text bibliography Electronic books. hiu 2014 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource (314 pages) The Maria Luz incident and international justice--for Chinese coolies and Japanese prostitutes / Douglas Howland -- Disputing rights: the debate over anti-prostitution legislation in 1950s Japan / Sally A. Hastings -- Gender in the arena of the courts: the prosecution of abortion and infanticide in early Meiji Japan / Susan L. Burns -- Adultery and gender equality in modern Japan: 1868-1948 / Harald Fuess -- Of pity and poison: imprisoning women in modern Japan / Daniel Botsman -- Burning down the house: gender and jury in a Tokyo courtroom, 1928 / Darryl Flaherty -- Sim-pua under the colonial gaze: gender, "old customs," and the law in Taiwan under Japanese imperialism / Chao-ju Chen -- Japanese colonialism, gender, and household registration: legal construction of boundaries / Barbara J. Brooks -- An attempt to integrate the Korean family with the Japanese: a new perspective on the "name-changing policy" in Korea / Motokazu Matsutani. edited by Susan L. Burns and Barbara J. Brooks. Most of the papers in this volume are from a conference held in May 2006 at the University of Chicago. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-ja--- Women's rights Japan Case studies Domestic relations Japan Case studies Prostitution Law and legislation Japan Case studies Sex and law Japan Case studies Women Legal status, laws, etc Japan Case studies HQ1236.5.J3 G46 2014eb 305.420952 Honolulu : University of Hawai�i Press, [2014] (HU)3489345 (DLC)10848660 9780824839192 (e-book) http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10848660 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10848660 CaPaEBR 130718 ebr10848660 eng