U.S.-Asia Law Institute Faculty Director Professor José E. Alvarez lectured at Brooklyn Law School about his new book, Women's Property Rights Under CEDAW, which he co-authored with Judith Bauder.
Event Recording: Property Law as Housing Policy in Postwar Japan
Japan's welfare state has received much less attention than its industrial policy and rapid economic growth. In this talk, USALI visiting scholar Colin Jones argues that for decades Japan's welfare state was far more substantial than is commonly understood. He directs us to look beyond the familiar set of welfare institutions, as he traces the rise and fall of robust protections for renters that were structured into Japanese property law.