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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Matthew J., author.

Fukurai, Hiroshi, author.

Maruta, Takashi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jury--Japan.

Jury.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As societies around the world increasingly face complex challenges, effective solutions are at a premium. In response, reformers have advanced varied forms of jury systems as means of fostering positive political, economic, and social change. Many countries have recently integrated lay participation into their justice systems to effect fundamental societal change, advance public policymaking, and manifest popular sovereignty. This book showcases Japan's successes and challenges in recently adopting a quasi-jury system for serious criminal trials, and advocates that the convergence of various f

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Welcoming citizen participation into Japan's justice system; 2. The great debate: introducing a lay judge system; 3. Advancement of the lay judge system and ongoing challenges; 4. Reforms related to the lay judge system; 5. Overcoming challenges facing the system; 6. Expanding lay participation into the civil realm; 7. Citizen participation in civil trials can be beneficial as demonstrated by the experiences of the United States; 8. Global proliferation of lay participation in justice systems; 9. Civil jury trials in Okinawa - local illustration

10. Civil lay participation and state-corporate liability11. Final thoughts and necessary preparations; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 4, 2015).

ISBN:

1-78347-919-1