书目名称 | Popular Participation in Japanese Criminal Justice |
副标题 | From Jurors to Lay J |
编辑 | Andrew Watson |
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概述 | Provides the most comprehensive analysis of participation by ordinary citizens in Japanese criminal justice.Presents interdisciplinary perspectives drawn from criminology, sociology, law and history.D |
丛书名称 | Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia |
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描述 | This book analyses the mixed courts of professional and lay judges in the Japanese criminal justice system. It takes a particular focus on the highly public start of the mixed court, the .saiban-in s.ystem, and the jury system between 1928-1943. This was the first time Japanese citizens participated as decision makers in criminal law. The book assesses reasons for the jury system‘s failure, and its suspension in 1943, as well as the renewed interest in popular involvement in criminal justice at the end of the twentieth century. .Popular Participation in Japanese Criminal Justice. proceeds by explaining the process by which lay participation in criminal trials left the periphery to become an important national matter at the turn of the century. It shows that rather than an Anglo-American jury model, outline recommendations made by the Japanese Judicial Reform Council were for a mixed court of judges and laypersons to try serious cases. Concerns about the lay judge/.saiban-in. system are raised, as well as explanations for why it is flourishing in contemporary society despite the failure of the jury system during the period 1928-1943. The book presents the wider significance of Japan |
出版日期 | Book 2016 |
关键词 | Japan; Court; Criminal Justice; Criminology; Law; Death penalty; Jury; History of Japan; Hearing; Victim; Sent |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-35077-6 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-81717-0 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-35077-6Series ISSN 2946-2878 Series E-ISSN 2946-2886 |
issn_series | 2946-2878 |
copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016 |