Legal reforms have accompanied and have often played the central role in technical
assistance programs around the world. The first law and development movement launched …

This study seeks to resolve the" free trade vs. managed trade" debate. It provides innovative
recommendations for US policy based on detailed and rigorous case studies of high …

Trust is a critical component of interfirm relations, and scholars have pointed to Japan as an
environment where trusting business relationships flourish. Rather than viewing trust as an …

The grant of authority without accountability raises the real and present danger that boards
will use [§ 717 (b)] as a fig leaf. Specifically,[§ 717 (b)] may allow boards to rationalize …

This book offers a comprehensive interpretive study of the role of law in contemporary
Japan. Haley argues that the weakness of legal controls throughout Japanese history has …

Schoppa explains why foreign pressure (gaiatsu) worked in some cases but not others by
explicating the" two-level game" involved in the bargaining process: for a deal to be …

A" key feature of all industrial market systems," according to the World Bank," is a strong
state that can support a formal legal system that complements existing norms and a state …

While some argue that incomplete incentive contracts facilitate the self-enforcement of
informal dealings, other authors submit that they substitute for or “crowd out” social norms …

Growth in international activity and dramatic technological change have greatly increased
the frequency with which national legal systems must interact. Most obviously, the Internet …

IN comparative work on Japanese law," culture" is king. That culture matters is clear enough.
Even in the West, essays about relentlessly rational individuals, divorced from their cultural …