Defining the nonprofit sectors in Japan and England & Wales: A comparative assessment of common versus civil law

Rosario Laratta and Chris Mason

No 1006, Euricse Working Papers from Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises)

Abstract: This paper provides a comparative assessment of the legal frameworks for non-profit organisations (NPOs) in England and Japan, offering fresh insights into the differences in legislative support for NPO development in both countries. Following a review of NPO legal developments in England and Japan, we outline the major contemporary issues affecting NPOs and focus on the key challenges of: legislative reform, systems of regulation, accountability and third/public sector partnerships. The paper contributes to knowledge by exploring the potential of comparative assessments of NPO legislation, and highlights the disparities in support for NPOs that are culturally-bound. Also, we contribute to contemporary debate on the ability for NPOs to manage amidst a global climate of change and the possible return to the so-called age of austerity . Highlighting the differential roles of legal frameworks between cultural contexts shows academics, practitioners and policy makers, the global context of national challenges for NPOs.

Keywords: nonprofit organizations; legal context; partnership; comparative assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L30 L31 L32 L33 M31 M39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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