Volume VII: Contracts in General | Chapter 6 (1992): Contract in the Far East – China and Japan

Traditional Contract Law in Japan and China: Completed March 1992

Dan Fenno Henderson, Preston M. Torbert, Xie Huaishi

D. F. Henderson and P. M. Torbert¹

A. Introduction

1. Common tradition of China and Japan. – In traditional China and Japan written agreements were used extensively in commercial transactions and in social relations. These were …