Popular participation in Japanese criminal justice : from jurors to lay judges /: from jurors to lay judges. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Watson.
• Authors: (Law teacher), Watson, Andrew
• Contents: Introduction -- Chapter 1. A New Chapter in Japanese Social and Legal History -- Chapter 2. An Earlier Experience of Lay Involvement in Court Decisions in Japan: The Jury 1928-1943 -- Chapter 3. Disquiet About Japanese Criminal Justice and a Revival of Interest in Juries -- Chapter 4. The Debate About Juries -- Chapter 5. The Judicial Reform Council and Its Recommendations -- Chapter 6. The Saiban-in Law and Intense Preparation for its Operation -- Chapter 7. Launch and Then Solid Progress -- Chapter 8. Concerns and Challenges -- Chapter 9. Opinions on the Lay Judge System -- Chapter 10. Successes of Lay Judges and Failures of 1928-1943 Juries -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK] [New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 364.0952; Civil procedure -- Japan; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology; Civil procedure; Japan -- History; Japan; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319350776; 3319350773
• Related ISBNs: 9783319350769; 3319350765
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 27, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.