OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

Objective
Lectures on various aspects of law and politics in contemporary Japan. The course is designed to provide minimum information essential to understand Japanese legal and political system. The course will be taught by members of Law Faculty. Specific subjects covered in this course will be subject to change.

Textbook
None

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

Course Schedule

Week 1.	Various Perspectives on Japanese Politics
Week 2.	Political History of Modern Japan: From Meiji Restoration to 1990s
Week 3.	Local Government and Politics
Week 4.	Japanese State in the International Context
Week 5.	Who Governs Japan? Japanese Government System
Week 6.	Japanese Corporation
Week 7.	Administrative Process
Week 8.	Contract
Week 9.	Lawyers and Judges
Week 10.	Legal Process in Japan

Field Works

Field Work 1.	Visit to Osaka District Court
Field Work 2.	Visit to Osaka Prefectural Government

Grading

Class participation	40%
Paper submitted at the end of the course	60%