Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 10:49:53 +0900 From: "Robert Precht" <rep@foleysquare.com> To: am12@cam.ac.uk Subject: Japan Through the Looking Glass Dear Professor Macfarlane, I was in Maruzen's bookstore in Tokyo yesterday and came across your new book. I started reading it and couldn't put it down. I think it is marvelous -- deeply insightful and beautifully written. I have been spending much of my time in Japan helping the legal establishment here transition to a jury style system in 2009. I've read most of the standard books in English about Japan -- Pyle, Benedict, Richie -- and I find yours the most penetrating. Best wishes, Robert Precht -- Robert Precht Law Offices of Robert Precht 100 Park Avenue, Suite 1600 New York, New York 10017 Phone: (212) 984-1094 Fax: (212) 880-6499 www.foleysquare.com Co-Director, Juries and Democracy Program Maureen & Mike Mansfield Center The University of Montana Missoula, Montana 59812 Phone: (406) 243-2988 Fax: (406) 243-2181 www.umt.edu/mansfield/