Judicial Reform in Japan in the 1990s

Increase of the Legal Profession, Reinforcement of Judicial Functions and Expansion of the Rule of Law

Bibliographic Data

ID15100304
AuthorsI Sato (Tokyo University of Science, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume5
Issue1
Pages71-83
Publication date2002-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science Japan Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-1465 • E-ISSN: 1468-2680
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ssjj/05.1.71
OpenAlexW2118376471
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited2

Judicial reform is one of the most important items on the political agenda in Japan today. Its main purpose is to expand the legal population drastically and to strengthen the social function of the judicial system in Japan. Japan has long been described as a society in which people do not need to resort to the judiciary, a ‘non‐litigious society’. In such a society, why should there now be attempts to change the judicial system to strengthen the judicial function? This paper makes a brief sketch of the socio‐political background and the discussion of judicial reform in Japan in the 1990s. In conclusion, it is pointed out that the judicial reform may enhance the rule of law in Japanese society, though the future course of the reform process is still uncertain.

Function (biology) · Judicial activism · Judicial Independence · Judicial opinion · Judicial reform · Judicial review · Political science · Politics · Rule of law · Sketch · Comparative and International Law Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Jury Decision Making Processes · Law

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