Lectures on Japanese Law from a Comparative Perspective（邦題：比較的観点からの日本法講義）
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ISBN978-4-87259-605-2 C3032
奥付の初版発行年月：2017年10月 ／ 発売日：2017年10月上旬
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外国人研究者の視点から、日本法の基本的な特徴を英語で広く世界に発信する。一般的に日本法は明治維新後に外国法がどのように継受、修正されたかが問題とされるが、本書では特に、日本法を取り囲む様々な基層を踏まえつつ、古代国家の成立から現代に至る日本法の歴史的形成・発展や特徴を、物語として記述する。また、現代日本の法及び制度を包括的に解説しており、日本法を学び、研究する外国人にとっても最適な一冊である。＊Amazonオンデマンド、電子書籍でも販売。
Written from the perspective of a non-Japanese scholar, this book aims at broadly divulging in English the basic features and traits of Japanese law.
Generally, studies on Japanese law tend to focus on the problem of how foreign law has been received and modified in Japan after the Meiji Restoration. In an attempt to identify the different layers that constitute Japan's legal system, this work narrates the historical formation and development of Japanese law from Ancient to Modern times. It also provides a well-balanced and up-to-date account of the basic legal rules and institutions of Today's Japan. Thus, the book will be a perfect primer for non-Japanese students seeking to learn the basics of Japanese law.
目次
ⅠOrigins and Sources
Chapter 1 Pre-Meiji Japanese Law
1- Ancient Ages
2- Classic Ages
3- Medieval Ages
4- Edo bakufu
Chapter 2 Post-Meiji Japanese law
1- Revere the Emperor, expel the barbarians !
2- The Shogun resigns, the Emperor is restored
3- Enrich the Country, strengthen the Militia
4- The first steps of the Meiji Government : the dajōkan structure
5- Towards a true National Assembly : the Popular Rights Movement
6- The birth of the Meiji Constitution
7- The Era of Codification
8- Taishō democracy
9- One single roof covering all directions !
10- The Shōwa Revolution
11- Post-occupation Japan
Chapter 3 Sources of Japanese Law
1- ‘Rule of law’ as the basis of the system
2- Written sources of law
3- Non-written sources of law
Ⅱ Legal Professionals, Courts and Trials
Chapter 4 The Legal Profession in Japan
1- A three-fold legal profession…
2- …With a unified entrance
3- Judges
4- Prosecutors
5- Attorneys
6- Foreign Law Attorneys
7- Paralegals
Chapter 5 The Japanese Judiciary
1- The Japanese judiciary before World War II
2- The Ōtsu incident as an enduring symbol of judicial independence
3- The Judiciary under the current Constitution
4- The Justice SystemReform
5- The structure of the Japanese judiciary
Chapter 6 Civil an Criminal Litigation
1- The adversarial principle
2- The civil lawsuit or civil lawsuits ?
3- The process of civil litigation
4- The Criminal Procedure Code
5- The pre-trial stage
6- The trial stage
7- A performance in four acts
8- The lay-judges system
Ⅲ The Constitution
Chapter 7 The Birth of the Shōwa Constitution and the Principle of Popular Sovereignty
1- The PotsdamDeclaration
2- The drafting of the new Constitution
3- The legitimacy of the Shōwa Constitution
4- The principle of popular sovereignty
5- Who are the Japanese people ?
Chapter 8 The Principle of Separation of Powers and the Japanese Parliamentary System
1- The National Diet
2- The Cabinet
Chapter 9 Constitutional Control as the Guarantee of Fundamental Human Rights
1- Several approaches to the power of constitutional control
2- Which formof constitutional control obtains in Japan ?
3- Constitutional litigation in Japan : the requirement of controversy
4- Basic guidelines of constitutional control 5- The Bill of Rights of the Japanese Constitution
Chapter 10 The Principle of Pacifism
1- The Principle of Pacifismand the origins of Article 9
2- The Japanese rearmament : the birth of the Self-Defense Forces and the US-Japan Security Treaty 3- How much defensive are the SDF
4- The SDF and the power of constitutional control
5- The US-Japan Security Treaty and the overseas deployment of SDF
Ⅳ The Civil Code
Chapter 11 Basics of Civil law
1- Origins and evolution of the Japanese Civil code
2- A set of rules about ‘persons’ and ‘things’
3- Personhood
4- Creating rights and duties : juristic acts
5- Acting through the intervention of other persons : the rules of agency
6- The effect of the lapse of time in creating and destroying rights6
Chapter 12 Real Rights
1- Things as the subject matter of real rights
2- The concept of real rights : nature and particularities
3- The principle of numerus clausus and the rule of exclusion
4- Legal actions to protect real rights
5- The meaning of ‘having something’ : possession and ownership
6- Rights over someone else’s thing : encumbrances
7- The double-sale scenario
Chapter 13 Obligations
1- Identifying basic concepts
2- Performing obligations
3- Binding yourself for another’s obligation
4- Extinguishing obligations
5- Contracts and everyday life
6- Freedomof contract and its restrictions
7- Offer and acceptance
8- Contracts as juristic acts
9- The contract of sale
10- Quasi-contracts : management of business and unjust enrichment
11- The principle of alterum non laedere
12- The structure of a tort
13- Making up for the wrongdoing of others
Chapter 14 Family and Inheritance Law
1- From‘the-m ale-is-in-charge’ rule to the ‘equality of sexes’
2- Basic terminology on kinship
3- The koseki registration system
4- When love begins : basic principles of marriage
5- Relationships between spouses
6- Parents-children relationships
7- When love ends : basic principles of divorce
8- Inheritance law
Ⅴ The Criminal Code
Chapter 15 Criminal law-General Part
1- The legality principle as the cornerstone of criminal law
2- Constitutive elements of a crime
3- Punishments and penalties under Japanese Criminal law
4- Concurrence and plurality of criminal offenses
Chapter 16 Criminal law-Special Part
1- Crimes against individuals
2- Crimes against society
3- Crimes against the state