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The Comparative Politics of Japan's Administrative Litigation System

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K01441
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 06010:Politics-related
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Kage Rieko  東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (10362807)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords司法政治 / 比較政治学 / 行政訴訟 / 司法改革
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究の目的は、わが国の行政訴訟制度の特徴を他の先進各国との比較において位置づけた上で、その形成要因を政治学的に分析することである。従来、わが国の行政訴訟制度は原告適格の要件の厳しさや出訴期間の短さなどから、他の先進諸国と比べると原告に不利であるとされてきた。行政が市民による異議申し立てを制限しようとするのは当然であるが、その制限の仕方や程度には国によって差がある。ではわが国の行政訴訟制度はどのような点で、どこまで制限的なのか。そのような制度が成立した政治的な要因は何か。また2000年代以降、行政訴訟をむしろ促進する改革が続いているのはなぜか。本研究は、これらの問いに答えようとするものである。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

First, I conducted a detailed comparative case study of the administrative litigation system reform in 2004 and the taxpayers' suit system reform in 2004. I further compared these cases against recent administrative litigation reforms in other developed democracies, especially South Korea and Taiwan during the 2000s. I also conducted a detailed case study of the 2016 administrative appeals system reform. In addition, to assess the consequences of the administrative litigation reforms, I built an original database of Japanese district-level court decisions over administrative cases before and after the 2004 reform and conducted quantitative analyses of the dataset. Finally, contrary to policymakers' expectations, the series of administrative litigation reforms did not lead to an increase in administrative cases. To probe why, I conducted a public opinion survey of the conditions under which citizens become more willing to bring administrative litigation cases.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

わが国の政治学において、一部の例外を除き、司法制度はほとんど分析の対象とされてこなかったが、近年、わが国司法をめぐる政治学的分析が始まりつつある。本研究はこれらの研究をさらに発展させる試みとして位置づけうる。
また従来、司法をめぐる研究の圧倒的大部分はアメリカを対象としていた。ようやくこの20年ほどの間にTom Ginsburgらによる比較憲法研究や、Georg Vanbergによるドイツ憲法裁判所の研究などアメリカ以外の先進国の司法をめぐる比較政治学的研究にが始まっており、しかしこれらの比較政治学的研究の中で日本が主たる分析対象として扱われることは少なく、本研究はこの間隙を埋めるものである。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (21 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2019

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 14 results,  Invited: 3 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] La mise en place du systeme de jury populaire au Japon : la "responsabilite comme interet2023

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Journal Title

      Ebisu

      Volume: 60 Pages: 77-92

    • DOI

      10.4000/ebisu.7867

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Fiscal Politics of Immigration: Expert Information and the Politics of Fiscal Drain2022

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage, Frances M. Rosenbluth, and Seiki Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Political Communication

      Volume: 39巻6号 Issue: 6 Pages: 826-844

    • DOI

      10.1080/10584609.2022.2109085

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Lay Participation in Japan - Masahiro Fujita, Japanese Society and Lay Participation in Criminal Justice (Singapore: Springer, 2018) pp 282. Hardcover: $169.2019

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Journal Title

      Asian Journal of Law and Society

      Volume: 6 Issue: 01 Pages: 209-211

    • DOI

      10.1017/als.2019.1

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Ruling Against the State? Lawyers and Japan’s Administrative Tribunals2024

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      APSA Virtual Research Meeting
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Why Rule Against the State? Evidence from Administrative Cases in Japan2024

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      Socio-Legal Studies Association
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Lawyers against the State? The Reform of Japan’s Administrative Tribunals2023

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      Socio-Legal Studies Association
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Lawyers and the Effects of Japan’s Administrative Tribunal Reforms2023

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      World Congress of the International Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] “Inviting Litigation Against Itself? The Impact of Government Change on Administrative Litigation in Japan”2022

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      Midwest Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] "Overruling the State? Japan’s New Administrative Tribunals”2022

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      IPSA/RC09 Interim Meeting, Courts Under Pressure: Threats to Judicial Independence and Rule of Law
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] “Who Judges? Introducing Jury Systems in East Asia and Beyond”2022

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      Taipei School of Economics and Political Sciences (TSE) at National Tsing Hua University
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Impact of Administrative Litigation Reform in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      International Online Workshop on Justice and Interest/Judicialization, Maison Franco-Japonaise
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Impact of Government Change on Administrative Litigation in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      Western Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Inviting Litigation Against the State? Comparing Two Administrative Litigation Reforms in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      Western Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] How Change in Government Impacts Administrative Litigation: Evidence from Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      26th World Congress of the International Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Administrative Litigation Reform in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      University of Michigan, Center for Japanese Studies Lecture Series
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Designing Administrative Litigation Reform in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      北海道大学 Modern Japanese Studies Guest Lecture Series
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Inviting Litigation against the State? Administrative Litigation Reform in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Inviting Litigation against the State? Comparing Two Reforms of the Administrative Litigation System in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Socio-Legal Studies Association
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Inviting Litigation Against the State: The Reform of Japan's Administrative Litigation Law2019

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Inviting Litigation against Itself? Why Japan Reformed Its Administration Litigation Law2019

    • Author(s)
      Rieko Kage
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of the Asian Law and Society Association
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 『日本政治の第一歩』2023

    • Author(s)
      上神貴佳、三浦まり、鹿毛利枝子 ほか
    • Total Pages
      284
    • Publisher
      有斐閣
    • ISBN
      9784641150546
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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