Introduction 1
PartⅠ PROFESSIONAL ACTORS IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM 11
Introduction 11
1.The Internal Control of a Bureaucratic Judiciary:The Case of Japan&Masaki Abe 19
2.Mutual Bonds: Media Frames and the Israeli High Court of Justice&Bryna Bogoch and Yifat Holzman-Gazit 27
3.Law, Lawyers, and Legal Practice in Silicon Valley: A Preliminary Report&Lawrence M.Friedman, Robert W.Gordon, Sophie Pirie, and Edwin Whatley 36
4.Advocating Democracy: The Role of Lawyers in Taiwan's Political Transformation&Jane Kaufman Winn and Tang-chi Yeh 45
5.Legal Education in Late Twentieth-Century Latin America&Rogelio Perez-Perdomo 56
PartⅡ CRIMINAL JUSTICE 67
Introduction 67
6.Harsh Justice: Criminal Punishment and the Widening Divide Between America and Europe&James Q.Whitman 71
7.The Benevolent Paternalism of Japanese Criminal Justice&Daniel H.Foote 84
8.Plea Bargaining and Plea Negotiation in England&John Baldwin and Michael McConville 102
Part Ⅲ LEGAL CULTURE AND LEGAL STRUCTURE 117
Introduction 117
9.The Tuna Court: Law and Norms in the World's Premier Fish Market&Eric A.Feldman 122
10.The Legal Cultures of Europe&James L.Gibson and Gregory A.Caldeira 132
11.Between Law and Culture: Rwanda's Gacaca and Postcolonial Legality&Ariel Meyerstein 143
12.Legal Cultures in the (UN)Rule of Law: Indigenous Rights and Juridification in Guatemala&Rachel Sieder 152
13.The Transformation of Constitutional Discourse and the Judicialization of Politics in Latin America&Javier Couso 159
PartⅣ LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION 171
Introduction 171
14.Commercial Relations, Contract, and Litigation in Denmark: A Discussion of Macaulay's Theories&Britt-Mari Blegvad 178
15.Creating People's Justice: Street Committees and People's Courts in a South African City&Sandra Burman and Wilfried Scharf 187
16.All in the Family: The Influence of Social Networks on Dispute Processing (A Case Study of a Developing Economy)&Manuel A.Gomez 196
17.Bargaining in the Shadow of the Community: Neighborly Dispute Resolution in Beijing Hutongs&Haini Guo and Bradley Klein 203
Part Ⅴ LAW AND DEVELOPMENT AND LEGAL REFORM 213
Introduction 213
18.The Inquisitor Strikes Back: Obstacles to the Reform of Criminal Procedure in Revolutionary Venezuela&Carmen Alguindigue and Rogelio Perez-Perdomo 220
19.Judicial Reform in Mexico: What Next?&Hector Fix-Fierro 229
20.Business Litigation in the Transition: A Portrait of Debt Collection in Russia&Kathryn Hendley 235
21.Mother or Father: Who Received Custody? The Best Interest of the Child Standard and Judges' Custody Decisions in Taiwan&Hun-En Liu 242
22.The Sky Is High and the Emperor Is Far Away: The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Law in China&Ling Li 250
Part Ⅵ LAW AND GLOBALIZATION 263
Introduction 263
23.Immigration, Law, and Marginalization in a Global Economy: Notes from Spain&Kitty Calavita 268
24.Law, Lawyers, and Social Capital: Rule of Law Versus Relational Capitalism&Yves Dezalay and Bryant Garth 282
25.Globalization and the Decline of Legal Consciousness: Torts, Ghosts, and Karma in Thailand&David Engel 292
26.From Cold War Instrument to Supreme European Court: The European Court of Human Rights at the Crossroad of International and National Law and Politics&Mikael Rask Madsen 300
27.Erewhon: The Coming Global Legal Order&Lawrence M.Friedman 308
Index 317