2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The function of law and other social norms: case of goods transport in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21653006
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Civil law
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	SHIMIZU Makiko 東北大学, 大学院・法学研究科, 准教授 (50302641)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2012
Keywords	取引法
Research Abstract	This investigation aims first to reveal the practice of transactions between logistics service providers and their clients, then to analyze how contract and non-legal norms function in such transactions. The investigation was conducted from four different angles. Literature was reviewed in the field of transport law, in the interdisciplinary theories of law and social norms, and in the field of research methodology, followed by the interviews to the logistics service providers and their clients.

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