OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

03f-05
JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY LAW AND POLITICS

Junichi KAWATA, et al. (School of Law)

Objective
Lectures on various aspects of the law and the politics of contemporary Japan. This course is designed to provide basic information essential to understanding the Japanese legal and political systems. The course will be taught by the members of the School of Law. A detailed syllabus will be distributed at the first meeting.

Reference Books
Stockwin, James A., Governing Japan (3rd ed. Blackwell 1998)
Muramatsu, Michio, Local Power in the Japanese State (University of California Press 1997)
Oda, Hiroshi, Japanese Law (Butterworths 1992)

Course Schedule
1. Associate Prof. KAZUHIKO MATSUMOTO: The Japanese Constitution and the Supreme Court of Japan
2. Prof. TAKENORI MURAKAMI: Local Government System in Japan
3. Associate Prof. TAKESHI MATSUDA: Characteristics of the Japanese Criminal Procedure
4. Prof. NOBUYOSHI CHIHARA: Taxation in Japan
5. Associate Prof. KOJI TANAKA: Japanese Language and Rights Consciousness
6. Associate Prof. KOJI KINOSHITA: Regulatory Reforms on the Japanese Financial Markets
7. Associate Prof. SHIGEKI CHAEN: Intellectual Property Law in Contemporary Japan
8. Prof. NORIAKI KOJIMA: Japanese Labor and Employment Laws in Transition
9. Associate Prof. IKUKO MIZUSHIMA: Japanese Social Security System
10. Prof. JUNICHI KAWATA: Political Parties and Elections in Post-War Japan
11. Associate Prof. SATOSHI MACHIDORI: Legislative Process in Contemporary Japan
12. Prof. KAZUYA SAKAMOTO: Japanese Post-War Diplomacy

Course Schedule
Field Work 1. Osaka District Court or Private Law Firm (Practice of Japanese Law Firm)
Field Work 2. Osaka Prefectural Diet

Grading
Class participation 50%
Paper submitted at the end of the course 50%
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