Rise of the Samurai Lawyers
An economist explores how a stable and relatively just legal order emerged in medieval Japan.
(Photo: Taira no Tomomori, one of the Taira Clan’s chief commanders in the Genpei War at the end of the Heian period of Japanese history; CPA Media Pte Ltd/Alamy)
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