00000nam a2200000 i 4500 UP-1686042739785010589 Buklod 20241203161724.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 241119s2020 nyu u eng 9780190070854 (eBook) 9780190070878 (eBook) 9780190070847 (eBook) 9780190070861 (eBook) 21316168 DLC DLAW rda eng 362.2920952 23 HV 5613 W48 2020eb West, Mark D. 1968- author. Drunk Japan law and alcohol in Japanese society Mark D. West. Electronic resources. New York, NY Oxford University Press [2020] 1 online resource (220 pages) 24 cm text txt rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Drinker's paradise? -- How to drink in Japan -- Drunk crime -- Drunk driving -- Drunk others -- Punishing the drunk -- Drunk in society. What does it mean to be drunk in Japan? This book provides a rich description of Japanese alcohol consumption, drinking culture, and intoxication based on a unique dataset: thousands of published Japanese court opinions. The opinions show patterns in what, where, and why people drink in Japan, but they also focus to a surprising extent on characteristics of individual litigants. Courts humanize people in the opinions in various ways; for instance, by dropping clues about their social status (occupation, wealth, gender, education, and the like) or by discussing in depth their particular histories with alcohol. The focus on individual people sometimes leads courts to ignore forensic evidence when defendants don't fit their image of drunkenness, to rely on post-arrest drinking tests to see how people handle their liquor, and to calculate prison sentences based on factors like whether mothers promise to help their adult children abstain. The consistencies and contradictions that emerge from a deep reading of the cases reveal a comprehensive picture of alcohol in Japan and an entirely new vision of Japanese law"-- Provided by publisher. Liquor laws Electronic books Japan. Alcoholism Social aspects Japan. Drinking of alcoholic beverages Social aspects Japan. West, Mark D. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019] Online version Drunk Japan (DLC) 2019038104 9780190070854. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190070847.001.0001 click here to access Available to all UP Students University of the Philippines, College of Law FO UPD DLAW HV 5613 W48 2020 Electronic Resource