Ginsburg, Tom; Hoetker, Glenn - In: The Journal of Legal Studies 35 (2006) 1, pp. 31-59
This paper analyzes the rapid increase in civil litigation in Japan during the 1990s in light of existing theories of Japanese litigiousness. Using a unique set of prefecture-level data, it demonstrates that the 1990s increase in litigation is best attributed to two factors: the expansion in...