If you can find a few good books covering your topic, it can make your research much easier. UC Law SF has a good but small collection of books on Japanese law.
To find books at UC Law SF use the library catalog to do a quick search of our print and online books. The advanced search feature allows more complex title, author and subject searching. You can also limit your search to Course Reserve to find books reserved for the Japanese Legal System seminar.
You can also use the library catalog to locate books by subject. You can locate a broad selection of books covering various Japanese law subjects in the UC Law SF library by selecting "Advanced Search" and then "Subject contains exact phrase". Use subject headings such as:
It might also be worth looking for subject-specific books with country-by-country summaries of the law. For example, these titles all have good current chapters on Japan:
You can find these types of sources by combining multiple subjects using an Advanced Search in the Library Catalog. If this finds too many results add the keyword "Japan".
For a wider selection of available books, search to see if other libraries have books you can borrow through Inter-Library Loan (ILL).
If the book you want is not in the UC Law SF library, or you would like to locate other books on your topic, use WorldCat, a database containing information about books from most of the libraries in the English-speaking world. Once you find a book, select "Request Item Through Interlibrary Loan" to borrow the book.
Books at UC Law SF are organized by call number. Most of the Japanese Law books are on the 5th floor in the KNX call number range.
If you find a book that looks interesting and you are not on campus, locate the book in our library catalog, then click on the book title, and then scroll to the bottom of the screen to virtually browse the titles nearby on the shelf.. Of course, if you are on campus, browsing the shelves is a great way to find relevant books.
