Gender and Law in the Japanese Imperium

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Contents Acknowledgmentsvii Note on East Asian Names and Terms ix Introduction   Susan L. Burns1 Part I Prostitution, Law, and Human Rights 1 The Maria Luz Incident: Personal Rights and International Justice for Chinese Coolies and Japanese Prostitutes   Douglas Howland21 2  Disputing Rights: The Debate over Anti-Prostitution Legislation in 1950s Japan   Sally A. Hastings48 Part II Crime, Punishment, and Gender 3  Gender in the Arena of the Courts: The Prosecution of Abortion and Infanticide in Early Meiji Japan   Susan L. Burns81 4  Adultery and Gender Equality in Modern Japan, 1868–1948   Harald Fuess109 5  Of Pity and Poison: Imprisoning Women in Modern Japan   Daniel Botsman136 6  Burning Down the House: Gender and Jury in a Tokyo Courtroom, 1928   Darryl Flaherty159 FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY vi Contents Part III Colonial Law and the Problem of the Family 7  Sim-pua under the Colonial Gaze: Gender, “Old Customs,” and the Law in Taiwan under Japanese Imperialism   Chen Chao-ju189 8  Japanese Colonialism, Gender, and Household Registration: Legal Reconstruction of Boundaries   Barbara J. Brooks219 9  A New Perspective on the “Name-Changing Policy” in Korea   Matsutani Motokazu240 Bibliography267 Contributors291 Index295 FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY ...