E-catalog        

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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- The Author -- Table of Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- General Introduction -- Chapter 1. General Background of the Country -- 1. Geography and Population -- 2. State Organs -- 3. Court System -- I. The Organization of the Courts (Court Act (Law No. 59 of 16 April 1947), Articles 6 Through 32) -- A. The Supreme Court (Saiko Saibansho) -- B. The High Court (Koto Saibansho) -- C. The District Court (Chiho Saibansho) -- D. The Summary Court (Kan'i Saibansho) -- E. The Family Court (Katei Saibansho) -- II. Appeals in Civil Cases

A. First Appeal (Koso) -- B. Second Appeal (Jokoku) -- 4. Characteristics of Japanese Law -- I. Public Policy (Kojo) and Public Morals (Ryozoku) -- II. Abuse of Rights (Kenri Ran'yo) -- III. Fidelity (Shingi) and Good Faith (Seijitsu) -- 5. Sources of Law -- I. The Constitution (Kempo) -- II. Statutes (Horitsu) -- III. Ordinances -- IV. Custom -- V. Case Law -- VI. Jori (Recta Ratio) -- Chapter 2. Telecommunications Infrastructure -- Chapter 3. The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Market -- Chapter 4. e-Commerce: Facts and Figures -- Chapter 5. e-Government Initiatives

1. The New IT Reform Strategy -- 2. A New Strategy in ICT -- 3. Declaration to Be the World's Most Advanced IT Nation -- 4. Framework Act on Utilization of Public and Private Sector Data -- 5. Basic Plan for Promoting Public and Private Sector Data Utilization -- 6. On the Direction of New IT Policy in the Digital Era -- Part I. Digital Market Regulation -- Chapter 1. Legal Status of Standardization and Technical Specifications -- 1. Industrial Standardization Act -- 2. Japanese Industrial Standards -- 3. JIS Marking System -- 4. Japanese Industrial Standards Committee

5. Amendments to the Industrial Standardization Act in 1997 -- I. Speeding-Up of JIS Development Process -- II. Japan Accreditation System for Product Certification Bodies of JIS Mark -- III. JNLA System -- Chapter 2. Legal Status of Standard Terms and Conditions -- 1. General -- 2. Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry Guidelines -- 3. Consumer Contracts Act -- Chapter 3. International Private Law Applied to the Online Environment -- 1. Adjudicative Jurisdiction -- I. Arbitration Agreement -- II. Rules for International Jurisdiction -- A. General Rules

B. Rules Applicable to Consumer Contracts -- C. Other Rules -- 2. Applicable Law -- I. CISG -- II. The Act on General Rules for Application of Laws -- Chapter 4. Competition Law Applied to the Digital Market -- 1. Overview of Competition Regulation in Japan -- I. Unreasonable Restraint of Trade and Private Monopolization -- II. Unfair Trade Practices -- A. Concerted Refusal to Deal -- B. Other Refusal to Deal -- C. Discriminatory Pricing -- D. Discriminatory Treatment on Transaction Terms -- E. Discriminatory Treatment in a Trade Association -- F. Unjust Low Price Sales

G. Unjust High Price Purchase