The Japanese Legal System by Professors Colin P.A. Jones, Frank S. Ravitch, and Koji Higashikawa provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of Japan's system of law and government available in English. Focusing on practical aspects of the subject, it covers the law-making process, constitutional theory and reality, the civil, criminal and administrative justice systems, the environment of business law and regulation, the Japanese legal professions, and Japanese legal history. Importantly, it also provides a context for understanding the Japanese legal system in readily comprehensible terms and the different (compared to the United States and other common law systems) role and organization of the courts as part of an overall system of government.