Dimitri Vanoverbeke

Juries in the Japanese Legal System

The Continuing Struggle for Citizen Participation and Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

Trial by jury is not a fundamental part of the Japanese legal system, but there has been a recent important move towards this with the introduction in 2009 of the lay assessor system whereby lay people sit with judges in criminal trials. This book considers the debates in Japan which surround this development. It discusses Japan's earlier experiments with jury trials, compares developing views in Japan on this issue with views in other countries, where dissatisfaction with the jury system is often evident, and concludes by assessing how the new system in Japan is working out and how it is likely to develop.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415540216
• ISBN-10: 0415540216
• Artikelnr.: 40477695

Autorenporträt

Dimitri Vanoverbeke is Professor of Japanese Studies at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Trial by jury and judicial reforms in Japan: setting
the scene 1. Policy making and judicial reforms in contemporary Japan: The
context of the trial by jury Part 2: Trial by jury in a historical context
2. Early experiences with the trial by jury: Japan's struggle with
modernization 3. Revolution failed? The Taish¿ jury system (1928-1943) 4.
Japan's postwar discourse and experiences with the trial by jury Part 3:
Trial by jury in contemporary Japan 5. The dynamics of the mixed-jury
system (saiban'in) in contemporary Japan: drafting, content and practice 6.
The saiban'in juror in the criminal court: on becoming a good citizen?
Conclusion