| Description |
1 online resource (263 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Tokugawa Legacy; 2. Treaty Ports: Boundaries and Borders; 3. Reaching Agreement: The Mechanics of Promise and Payment; 4. Description of Cases; 5. The Avenues of Legal Redress; 6. In Pursuit of a Bargain; 7. Promise, Agreement and Contract: Ito Hachibei vs. Walsh, Hall & Co.; 8. Towards Implications and Theory; Conclusion: The Republic of Commerce; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
This is the first in-depth study of the early trial-and-error experiences of contracting between Japanese and western merchants trading in the Japanese Treaty Ports in the eighteen year period immediately following the opening of the ports in 1859. Fundamental to the equation were the inevitable east-west cultural and legal ambiguities that impacted on the traders. The learning curve for both westerners and Japanese regarding the nature and application of western contracting law was predictably difficult, tortuous and open to constant misunderstanding. Nevertheless, it was within such a framew. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Contracts -- Japan.
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Contracts. |
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Japan. |
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Japan -- Commerce.
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Commerce. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Honjo, Yuki Allyson. Japan's Early Experience of Contract Management in the Treaty Ports. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 9781903350089 |
| ISBN |
9781134279814 (electronic book) |
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1134279817 (electronic book) |
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9781134279746 |
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1134279744 |
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