| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥2,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000)
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| Research Abstract |
In 1994, we collected data about the reform of the bar examination, the duty golicitor scheme, legal counseling centers, foreign lawyers, and public interest lawyering, from the Japan Federation of Bar Associations (JFBA), and five local bar associations, through questionnaire surveys and interviews. In 1995, we continued data collection, focusing on the reform of the bar examination and public interesting lawyering as well as the bar associations of Osaka, Kobe, and Shiga, also using questionnaire surveys and interviews.
We have obtained publishable findings especially about (1) the conflict of fundamental perspectives among lawyers regarding the traditional notion as "the lawyer in opposition, " (2) the psychological mecanism leading from resistance to compromise in the process of negotiation with the Justice Ministry and the Supreme Court, and (3) the political, economic, and organizational bases and the prospect of public interest lawyering. These findings contribute go beyond our immediate research purpose and make contributions to the socio-legal study of legal profession in general.
Unfortunately the earthquake of January 17,1996 disrupted the final stage of our analysis and delayd the publication of our findings. We expect to publish them by December 1995.
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