Contents: Judges, Politicians and Bureaucrats: Economic Regulation: Privatizing regulation: the implementation of the large-scale retail stores law, Frank K. Upham; The man who would import: a cautionary tale about bucking the system in Japan, Frank K. Upham; Evaluating administrative guidance and cartels in Japan, David E. Weinstein; Policies for small businesses in Japan, Yoshiro Miwa. Political Constraints on Bureaucrats: The appearance of power: legislators, bureaucrats and the budget process in the United States and Japan, Mathew D. McCubbins and Gregory W. Noble; As a matter of factions: the budgetary implications of shifting factional control in Japan's LDP, Mathew D. McCubbins and Michael F.

Thies. Political Constraints on Judges: The puzzling (in)dependence of courts: a comparative approach, J. Mark Ramseyer; Administrative control of Japanese judges, Setsuo Miyazawa; Judicial independence in Japan revisited, John O. Haley; Judicial independence in a civil law regime: the evidence from Japan, J. Mark Ramseyer and Eric B. Rasmusen; Why the Japanese taxpayer always loses, J. Mark Ramseyer and Eric B. Rasmusen.

Judicial Constraints on Bureaucrats: Japanese administrative law: introduction, John O. Haley; Rethinking administrative guidance, J. Mark Ramseyer. Corporate Governance: Manufacturer-supplier relationships in Japan and the concept of relation-specific skill, Banri Asanuma; Legal rules and social norms in Japan's secret world of sumo, Mark D. West; Top executive rewards and firm performance: a comparison of Japan and the United States, Steven N. Kaplan; The market for innovation in the United States and Japan: venture capital and the comparative corporate governance debate, Curtis J. Milhaupt. Conclusion: The development of Japanese legal; studies in American law schools, Frank K.

Upham; Name index.