OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

04f-10
INTRODUCTION TO CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE LEGAL SYSTEM AND LEGAL CULTURE

Koichi SETOYAMA (School of Law)

Objective
What is law? Why do we have to keep the law? What is justice and fairness in law? All of the answers to these questions vary according to the country and times. The enacted laws and legal system are closely reflected by the legal culture and legal consciousness of the citizens of each country. The primary objective of this course is to provide a framework to understand the characteristics of the Japanese legal system and culture by looking into the contemporary legal issues as well as the key concepts such as Liberty, Equality, Fairness in a comparison between Japan and other countries.