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Why adjudicate? : enforcing trade rules in the WTO

Tác giả: Christina L. Davis

The World Trade Organization (WTO) oversees the negotiation and enforcement of formal rules governing international trade. Why do countries choose to adjudicate their trade disputes in the WTO rather than settling their differences on their own? In Why Adjudicate?, Christina Davis investigates the ...

Japan : the basics

Tác giả: Christopher P. Hood

Japan: The Basics, is an engaging introduction to the culture, society and the global positioning of Japan. Taking a fresh look at stereotypes associated with Japan, it provides a well-rounded introduction to a constantly evolving country.

The cape and other stories from the Japanese ghetto

Tác giả: Kenji Nakagami

Chapter 1: The cape (Misaki); Chapter 2: House on fire (Kataku); Chapter 3: Red hair (Akagami).

Long strange journey : on modern Zen, Zen art, and other predicaments

Tác giả: Gregory P. A. Levine

Long Strange Journey’s modern-contemporary emphasis sets it off from most writing on Zen art, which focuses on masterworks by premodern Chinese and Japanese artists, gushes over “timeless” visual qualities as indicative of metaphysical states, or promotes with ahistorical, trend-spotting flair Zen ...

Japan and the culture of the four seasons : nature, literature, and the arts

Tác giả: Haruo Shirane

It provides a compelling account of how Japan has appropriated, interpreted, and valued nature over the centuries. Haruo Shirane's wide-ranging study tracks the culture of nature in Japan and especially the central role of waka in constructing a vision of nature that influenced all the arts. In its ...