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INTRODUCTION TO JAPANESE LAW

Subtitle	History and current characteristics of the Japanese legal system
Lecturer(s)	ORTOLANI, ANDREA
Credit(s)	2
Academic Year/Semester	2024 Fall(2nd Half)
Day/Period	Thu.1,2
Campus	Mita
Class Format	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
Registration Number	74866
Faculty/Graduate School	INTERNATIONAL CENTER
Year Level	2, 3, 4
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Course Description	A course to aim to learn the history and the main current characteristics of the Japanese legal system.
K-Number	CIN-CO-00253-212-05

Course Administrator	Faculty/Graduate School	CIN	INTERNATIONAL CENTER
Course Administrator	Department/Major	CO
Main Course Number	Level	0	Faculty-wide
	Major Classification	0	Other Course
	Minor Classification	25	International Center Course (Social Sciences) - Law
	Subject Type	3	Elective subject
Supplemental Course Information	Class Classification	2	Lecture
	Class Format	1	Face-to-face classes (conducted mainly in-person)
	Language of Instruction	2	English
Academic Discipline		05	Law and related fields

Course Contents/Objectives/Teaching Method/Intended Learning Outcome

This course will present the history and the main current characteristics of the Japanese legal system.
The first lessons will present the historical background of the Japanese legal system, focusing on the reception of Western law in the Meiji period, and on the consolidation of the legal system in the XX century.
The second part will present several key aspects of current Japanese constitutional law, private law, criminal law and procedure.
Depending on the circumstances, one class might consist in a field trip to an institution analyzed during the classes (a prison, the Parliament, etc.).

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Textbooks

There is no mandatory textbook.
Reading materials will be provided by the instructor.
Additional reference materials will be regularly mentioned during the classes.

Reference Books

Curtis J. Milhaupt, J. Mark Ramseyer, Mark D. West, The Japanese legal system: Cases, Codes, and Commentary, (2nd ed), New York, Foundation Press/Thomson Reuters, 2012.
Colin PA Jones and Frank S. Ravitch, The Japanese Legal System, West Academic, 2018.
Daniel H. Foote (ed. by), Law in Japan: A Turning Point, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 2007.

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