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Japan and civil jury trials : the convergence of forces / Matthew J. Wilson, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Akron School of Law, USA; Hiroshi Fukurai, Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA;Takashi Maruta, Professor of Law, Kwansei Gakuin University Law School, Japan.
LIBRA KNX1710 .W55 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Matthew J. (Professor of law), author.
- Fukurai, Hiroshi, 1954- author.
- Maruta, Takashi, 1949- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil procedure--Japan.
- Civil procedure.
- Japan.
- Jury--Japan.
- Jury.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 193 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2015]
- Contents:
- Welcoming citizen participation into Japan's justice system
- The great debate : introducing a lay judge system
- Advancement of the lay judge system and ongoing challenges
- Reforms related to the lay judge system
- Overcoming challenges facing the system
- Expanding lay participation into the civil realm
- Citizen participation in civil trials can be beneficial as demonstrated by the experiences of the United States
- Global proliferation of lay participation in justice systems
- Civil jury trials in Okinawa : local illustration
- Civil lay participation and state-corporate liability
- Final thoughts and necessary preparations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783479184
- 1783479183
- OCLC:
- 920375643
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