Shigenori Matsui

Gebundenes Buch

Law and Disaster

Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Beschreibung

This book examines the response of the Japanese government to the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster, and its attempts to answer the legal questions posed by the combination of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown. The country was insufficiently prepared for these disasters, and the country's weaknesses were brutally exposed.

Autor

Professor Shigenori Matsui is Director of Japanese Legal Studies, Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada. He is an internationally renowned expert in the fields of Constitutional Law, Mass Media Law and Internet Law. Before joining the UBC Law School, he was a professor of Osaka University Law School. He has served for the Japanese government as a member of the National Freedom of Information Review Board, and as an examiner for the National Bar Examination Commission.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 614g
• ISBN-13: 9781138481947
• ISBN-10: 1138481947
• Artikelnr.: 53689533