Japan's Early Experience of Contract Management in the Treaty Ports

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Japan's Early Experience of Contract Management in the Treaty Ports

By Yuki Allyson Honjo
Routledge May 2016

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ISBN-13
9781138973558
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
May 2016
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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 framework that the principal benchmarks for trade with Japan were set down and which, in essence, have lasted to the present day.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Table of Figures 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
Bibliography
Index
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