Finding Other Types of Materials
(Updated June 18, 2008)

• Archival Materials
• Dictionaries
• Directories
• Legal History
• Newspapers
  (see Newspapers on the Finding Articles page)
• Regulatory Agency Decisions
• Statistics
• Translation Services
• Treatises and Other Books

Archival Materials

• アジア歴史資料センター（国立公文書館 [Ajia rekishi shiryō sentā (Kokuritsu Kōbunkan)]
  Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (National Archives of Japan)

Directories
(See also Directories on the web resources page)

• In English
  • Martindale-Hubbell international law directory. KF190 .M32 at Reference Area
  • The World of learning.  AS2 .W6 Current ed. at Reference Office
  • Guide to foreign law firms 3rd ed. 1998.  K68 .G85 1999 at Reference Office
  • Directory of National, Regional and International Bar Associations.  K68.D557 1995 at Reference Office
  • Global Directory of Schools of Law Outside of the United States of America.  K100.A4G66 1992 at Reference Office
  • The Asian Investment Law Directory.  KNC747.A85 at CLASSIFIED STACKS
• In Japanese
  • 日本弁護士連合会会員名簿 [Nihon Bengoshi Rengōkai. Kaiin meibo].  KNX33 .N53 at CLASSIFIED STACKS.
    (Directory of the Japan Bar Association (“Nichibenren”))
  • 大阪弁護士会会員名簿 [Ōsaka Bengoshikai. Kaiin meibo : Heisei 5-nen 7-gatsu 1-nichi genzai].  KNX35.K56 O84 1993 at EALR (East Asian Law Reference).
    (Directory of the Osaka Bar Association)
  • 日本学会事務センター法律関係８学会共通会員名簿 [Nihon Gakkai Jimu Sentā. Hōritsu kankei 8-gakkai kyōtsū kaiin meibo]. KNX33 .N54 at EALR (East Asian Law Reference).
    (Directory of legal scholars)
  • 日本紳士錄 [Nihon shinshiroku]
    (Comprehensive biennial directory of prominent individuals in Japan.  Available at the University of Washington East Asia Library)
    East Asia Library EAsia Reference CT1836 .N54

Legal History
(See also Legal History under Web Resources)

• Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan (Print).  DS805 .K633 1983 at EALR (East Asian Law Reference).
  (see also the more up-to-date online version)
  An overview of Japanese legal history, and definitions of many terms is available in this resource.
• 公事方御定書 [Kujikata Osadamegaki]
  • Brief English Outline and Explanation (PDF file; requires Adobe Acrobat to view)
    This is handout distributed at a presentation given by Prof. Dan Henderson on July 12, 1994 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Librarians, held in Seattle.
  • Related Books in the Gallagher Law Library
    • Japanese feudal law.  KNX134.A3 E5 1979
    • 江戶の刑法 : 御定書百箇条 [Edo no keihō : osadamegaki hyakkajō].  KNX136 .O475 1978
    • 定本御定書の硏究 [Teihon Osadamegaki no kenkyū].  KNX136 .O48 1968
    • Japanese feudal laws, III. The Tokugawa legislation. Part IV, The edict in 100 sections. [J.C. Hall, Trans].  KNX136.A3 E5 1913

Regulatory Agency Decisions

• Fair Trade
  • 公正取引委員会審決集 [Kōsei Torihiki Iinkai Shinketsushū]. KNX3242.A6 J37 at CLASSIFIED STACKS.
    (Decisions of the Japan Fair Trade Commission) (See also under Fair Trade on the web resources page)
• Intellectual Property
  • 審決公報 [Shinketsu kōhō] (CD ROM and Internet). KNX1194.A57 S59 at CLASSIFIED STACKS.
    (Decisions of the Japan Patent Office) (See also under Intellectual Property on the web resources page)

Statistics
(See also Statistics on the Web Resources page)

• 司法統計年報 = Annual report of judicial statistics [Shihō tōkei nenpō].  [Part 1]. 民事編（民事行政編＜１９７８＞ --  [Part２].刑事編 -- [Part 3]. 家事編 -- [Part 4]. 少年編.  KNX30 .S47 at CLASSIFIED STACKS
• 日本統計年鑑 = Japan statistical yearbook [Nihon tōkei nenkan].  KNX32.J37 N55
  (Annual with general statistics on Japan; Online Version also available.)

Treatises and Other Books
Japanese legal publishers produce hundreds of new books yearly in Japanese.  In addition, Western publishers produce a variety of books on Japanese law in English and other languages.  Several North American libraries, including the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library collect these materials on academic topics in Japanese law, and have extensive collections with imprints dating from the 19th century and earlier.  These books include treatises, edited volumes, festschriften (ronbunshū [論文集]), and annotated laws.