Dan Fenno Henderson (May 24, 1921 March 14, 2001) was a university professor who established the Asian law program at the

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Biography

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. He was drafted into the U.S. Army. He was given a choice on whether to learn

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or Japanese; he chose to learn Japanese.Sanders, Eli.
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''. March 18, 2001. Retrieved on May 5, 2012. He attended the U.S. Army Japanese Language School, located at the

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had ended.Foote, Daniel Harrington. ''Law in Japan: A Turning Point''.

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, Henderson attended the

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. After graduating from there in 1949, he attended the

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. In 1955 he graduated with a doctorate. Henderson taught at the

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from 1962 to 1991.Dan Fenno Henderson
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. Retrieved on May 6, 2012. Henderson authored and coauthored ten significant books related to Japanese law, and he wrote almost 100 articles and other works. Daniel Harrington Foote, author of ''Law in Japan: A Turning Point'', said "These works have had a tremendous impact on scholars and practitioners alike."Foote, Daniel Harrington. ''Law in Japan: A Turning Point''.

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Publications

* Hattori, Takaaki, Dan Fenno Henderson, Yasuhei Taniguchi, Pauline C. Reich, and Hiroto Miyake. ''Civil Procedure in Japan''. Juris Pub., 2000. , 9781578230815. * Henderson, Dan Fenno. ''Conciliation and Japanese Law: Tokugawa and Modern, Volume 1''.

. * Henderson, Dan Fenno. ''Conciliation and Japanese Law: Tokugawa and Modern, Volume 2''.

, June 1, 1965. , 9780295737492. * Henderson, Dan Fenno. ''Foreign Enterprise in Japan: Laws and Policies''.

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, 1973. , 9780807812105. * Henderson, Dan Fenno. ''Justiciability in U.S./Japanese Disputes''.

, 1982. * Henderson, Dan Fenno. ''Village "Contracts" in Tokugawa Japan: Fifty Specimens With English Translations and Comments''.

, 1975. , 9780295954059. * Henderson, Dan Fenno. "Chapter One The Role of Lawyers in Japan." in Thyssen-Stiftung, Fritz (editor) ''Japan, Economic Success and Legal System''.

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, 1997. , 9783110151602. * In: Yanagida, Yukio, Daniel H. Foote, Edward Stokes Johnson, Jr., J. Mark Ramseyer, and Hugh T. Scogin, Jr. ''Law and Investment in Japan: Cases and Materials''. East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School, 2000. , 9780674005099: **Henderson, Dan Fenno. "Foreign Enterprise in Japan: Laws and Policies." 173-174 (1973). p. 56 **Haley, John Owen, Daniel H. Foote, and Dan Fenno Henderson. "Law and the Legal Process in Japan." Part II, 75-78 (1994). p. 57

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