BOOK REVIEW

• Author: Helena H M Chan
• Date: 01 December 1992
• Citation: (1992) 4 SAcLJ 364
• Published date: 01 December 1992

THE LAW OF COMMERCE IN JAPAN: A COLLECTION OF INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. Edited by Haig Oghigian. [Singapore: Prentice Hall. 1993. xvi + 109 pp. Hardcover: S$39.95]

As Professor Ezra Vogel of Harvard University rightly points out in his foreword, Japanese industry, finance, science and technology have made such an impact around the world that, increasingly, it is being realised that Japan has become too important to be relegated to a small group of specialists. Western lawyers are having to deal more and more with Japanese clients and business practices. At the same time, however, it is not easy for non-specialists to locate the information they need. Also, non-specialist practitioners often do not have the time to sift...