Sketching out a Theory of Modern and Contemporary Property Law

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  • 近現代所有権法論の構図試論
  • 近現代所有権法論の構図試論 : 2013年度法社会学会全体シンポジウム「新しい『所有権法の理論』｣に寄せて
  • キンゲンダイ ショユウケンホウロン ノ コウズ シロン : 2013ネンドホウ シャカイ ガッカイ ゼンタイ シンポジウム 「 アタラシイ 『 ショユウケンホウ ノ リロン 』 」 ニ ヨセテ
  • 2013年度法社会学会全体シンポジウム 「新しい『所有権法の理論』」に寄せて

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Abstract

In 1947, Takeyoshi Kawashima published a groundbreaking book titled SHOYUKEN-HO NO RIRON (THEORY OF PROPERTY LAW). In the spring of 2013, a symposium was held to discuss how “A NEW THEORY OF PROPERTY LAW” might look if we update and revise Kawashima’s work and try to come up with a new theory. Because the draft of this paper was written as a comment to the symposium, Part I of this paper addresses the significance and problems of Kawashima’s classic work. In Part II, the author’s ideas for “A NEW THEORY OF PROPERTY LAW” are proposed. The significance of Kawashima’s work can be summarized in three points: one, it is a law-and-society piece, not a doctrinally analytical piece, of property law; two, it has a historical perspective; and three, it is dialectical. On the other hand, two problems can be observed: one, Kawashima equated modern law to capitalist law or law in the era of capitalism; and two, Kawashima paid insufficient attention to labor and commercial law. Historical analysis of these two central components of capitalist law and the economic basis out of which these laws emerged, yields a richer historical theory than Kawashima’s. By broadening our perspective from capitalist property to modern property, the author tries to overcome the problems of Kawashima’s work and presents his theory of both modern and contemporary property law.

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  • The Sociology of Law

    The Sociology of Law 2014 (80), 86-115, 2014

    The Japanese Association of Sociology of Law

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