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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on East Asian Names and Terms
Introduction
Part I. Prostitution, Law, and Human Rights
Chapter 1. The Maria Luz Incident Personal Rights and International Justice for Chinese Coolies and Japanese Prostitutes
Chapter 2. Disputing Rights The Debate over Anti-Prostitution Legislation in 1950s Japan
Part II. Crime, Punishment, and Gender
Chapter 3. Gender in the Arena of the Courts The Prosecution of Abortion and Infanticide in Early Meiji Japan
Chapter 4. Adultery and Gender Equality in Modern Japan, 1868–1948
Chapter 5. Of Pity and Poison Imprisoning Women in Modern Japan
Chapter 6. Burning Down the House Gender and Jury in a Tokyo Courtroom, 1928
Part III. Colonial Law and the Problem of the Family
Chapter 7. Sim-pua under the Colonial Gaze Gender, “Old Customs,” and the Law in Taiwan under Japanese Imperialism
Chapter 8. Japanese Colonialism, Gender, and Household Registration: Legal Reconstruction of Boundaries
Chapter 9. A New Perspective on the “Name-Changing Policy” in Korea
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on East Asian Names and Terms
Introduction
Part I. Prostitution, Law, and Human Rights
Chapter 1. The Maria Luz Incident Personal Rights and International Justice for Chinese Coolies and Japanese Prostitutes
Chapter 2. Disputing Rights The Debate over Anti-Prostitution Legislation in 1950s Japan
Part II. Crime, Punishment, and Gender
Chapter 3. Gender in the Arena of the Courts The Prosecution of Abortion and Infanticide in Early Meiji Japan
Chapter 4. Adultery and Gender Equality in Modern Japan, 1868–1948
Chapter 5. Of Pity and Poison Imprisoning Women in Modern Japan
Chapter 6. Burning Down the House Gender and Jury in a Tokyo Courtroom, 1928
Part III. Colonial Law and the Problem of the Family
Chapter 7. Sim-pua under the Colonial Gaze Gender, “Old Customs,” and the Law in Taiwan under Japanese Imperialism
Chapter 8. Japanese Colonialism, Gender, and Household Registration: Legal Reconstruction of Boundaries
Chapter 9. A New Perspective on the “Name-Changing Policy” in Korea
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
