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Empirical Research on Regulatory Compliance, Negotiation and Construction of the Meaning of Law

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K16975
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Fundamental law
Research InstitutionOkayama University (2017-2019)
Kyoto University (2016)

Principal Investigator

Hirata Ayako  岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 准教授 (80547810)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywords規制法の実施・執行 / 経験的法学研究 / 環境規制 / 環境行政法 / コンプライアンス / 基礎法学 / 規制執行 / 法の実証的研究
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This is an empirical research on how an environmental regulation is interpreted, negotiated, and implemented at the regulatory front line. Given the ambiguity and indeterminacy of law, the meaning of law is constructed through social interactions among relevant actors, including regulators, businesses' compliance staff and production staff. Based on interviews and a survey to workers in businesses' compliance divisions and interviews with frontline regulators, this research argues that positions, expertise, and autonomy of the compliance divisions influence what is deemed as regulatory compliance inside the business entities.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究課題は,従来必要とされながら未だ研究が少ない規制法執行過程について,見落とされていた被規制者の法遵守行動について経験的調査を通じて知見を得ることで規制法研究分野を深め拡張した点,また,そもそも何が「法遵守行動」だと理解されているのか,現場における法の意味の構築プロセスについて経験的データを通じて深く掘り下げて分析することで,規制実施の根本的メカニズムに迫ったというという学術的意義が認められる.また,本研究課題は規制法の現場における具体的展開を把握する試みであることから,効果的な規制法の実施のあり方について示唆を与えておりこの点高い社会的意義が認められる.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (5 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 6 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 書評『縮減社会の合意形成:人口減少時代の空間制御と自治』2020

    • Author(s)
      平田彩子
    • Journal Title

      法社会学

      Volume: 86 Pages: 191-195

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 第一線行政現場としての児童相談所―川崎二三彦『児童虐待―現場からの提言』『虐待死―なぜ起きるのか,どう防ぐか』を読む2020

    • Author(s)
      平田彩子
    • Journal Title

      自治総研

      Volume: 495 Pages: 50-65

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] プロセスとしての規制遵守---規制対象企業の経験的研究にむけて2019

    • Author(s)
      平田 彩子
    • Journal Title

      ダニエル・フット・濱野亮・太田勝造(編)『法の経験的社会科学の確立にむけて―村山眞維先生古希記念』

      Volume: なし Pages: 337-356

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 公務員弁護士と規制行政2018

    • Author(s)
      平田 彩子
    • Journal Title

      地方自治

      Volume: 30年10月号 Pages: 2-24

    • NAID

      40021693630

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 分析枠組みとしてのストリート・レベル・ビュロクラシー ―「第一線裁判官」という理解は可能なのか―2017

    • Author(s)
      平田彩子
    • Journal Title

      宮澤節生先生古希記念 現代日本の法過程(上)

      Volume: 1 Pages: 713-734

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Government Lawyers and Regulatory Decision-making: A Japanese Case2019

    • Author(s)
      Ayako Hirata
    • Organizer
      Research Committee for Sociology of Law (RCSL)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Dealing with Ambiguity: How Horizontal Networks Among Street-Level Offices Influence Regulatory Enforcement2019

    • Author(s)
      Ayako Hirata
    • Organizer
      Research Committee for Sociology of Law (RCSL)
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Government Lawyers and Regulation: A Japanese Case2019

    • Author(s)
      Ayako Hirata
    • Organizer
      Law and Society Association
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 法・条例の実施場面を中心とした弁護士ニーズ2019

    • Author(s)
      平田 彩子
    • Organizer
      日本弁護士連合会「自治立法に関する総合研修」
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Constructing the Meaning of Law through Inter-Office Interaction: Seeking Legitimacy of Regulatory Enforcement2018

    • Author(s)
      Ayako Hirata
    • Organizer
      Law and Society Association
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 自治体間ネットワークと法の解釈2018

    • Author(s)
      平田 彩子
    • Organizer
      岡山行政法実務研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 自治体間ネットワークと法の解釈・適用―地方自治体による環境規制法の実施・執行の場面から2018

    • Author(s)
      平田 彩子
    • Organizer
      日本行政学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] “Regulatory Ambiguity: a pilot survey of regulated entities’ perspectives”2017

    • Author(s)
      Ayako Hirata
    • Organizer
      法と経済学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] あいまいな法規定をめぐる現場自治体と事業者――規制実施の正当性を求めて2017

    • Author(s)
      平田彩子
    • Organizer
      北海道大学法理論研究会定例研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Dealing with Complexity and Uncertainty: the present and the future of frontline regulatory enforcement2016

    • Author(s)
      Ayako Hirata
    • Organizer
      7th Dutch-Japanese Law Symposium
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto University (Kyoto,Kyoto)
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-17
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Diffusion and Diversity of Regulatory Governance at Local Level: How Street-level Regulatory Offices Cope with Uncertainty of Environmental Damages and Ambiguity of Law2016

    • Author(s)
      Ayako Hirata
    • Organizer
      ECPR Regulatory Governance Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Tilburg University (Netherlands)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-06
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Diffusion and Diversity of Meaning of Regulatory Statute: how frontline regulators cope with uncertainty of environmental damages and ambiguity of law2016

    • Author(s)
      Ayako Hirata
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of Law and Society Association
    • Place of Presentation
      New Orleans (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-04
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 環境規制法の解釈と執行をめぐる自治体間ネットワークの可能性2016

    • Author(s)
      平田 彩子
    • Organizer
      関西公共政策研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      京都大学(京都府京都市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-07
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 自治体現場の法適用ーあいまいな法はいかに実施されるか2017

    • Author(s)
      平田 彩子
    • Total Pages
      240
    • Publisher
      東京大学出版会
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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