Books in the Studies on Law and Social Control series

In this book, Haley argues that the weakness of legal controls throughout Japanese history has assured the development and strength of informal community controls based on custom and consensus to maintain order - an order characterized by remarkable stability with an equally significant degree of autonomy for individuals, communities, and businesses.

In the Japanese criminal justice system, the prosecutor has more control over life, liberty, and reputation than any other figure. Based on fieldwork inside a prosecutors office in Japan and on surveys and interviews, this book presents a study of the role of Japan's 2000 prosecutors, the contexts in which they work, and the powers they exercise.

A growing number of contemporary organizations have management structures that are less centralized and hierarchical than the traditional bureaucratic model. This book takes a close look at an employee-owned manufacturing corporation, examining how conflicts are handled when bureaucracy is reduced.