The comparative study on action for declaratory judgment (Feststellungsklage) between Japan and Germany

• Project/Area Number: 20530019
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public law
• Research Institution: Okayama University
• Principal Investigator: KOYAMA Masayoshi Okayama University, 大学院・社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (00144907)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 一般的確認訴訟 / 確認対象 / 法律関係 / 確認の利益 / 行政事件訴訟法 / ドイツ行政裁判所法 / 補充性 / 連邦行政裁判所 / ドイツ / 確認訴訟 / ドイツ行政訴訟 / (ドイツ)連邦行政裁判所判例 / 当事者訴訟 / 行政訴訟 / ドイツの行政訴訟

Research Abstract

I studied the judicial precedents of the Federal Administrative Court and the theory on general action for declaratory judgment in Article 43 (1) of Administrative Court Act in Germany in order to make good use of action for declaratory judgment prescribed in Article 4 of Administrative Case Litigation Act in Japan. As a result I can tell that the object of action for declaratory judgment is limited to confirming the existence or not of legal relationship in Germany and this is different from the theory in Japan, for the illegality of individual actions by administrative organ is able to be confirmed with action for declaratory judgment in Japan. However the concept of legal relationship is grasped widely in Germany and therefore the object of this action is wide-spreading, and general action for future performance can partially take the place of the function of action for declaratory judgment further.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 一般的確認訴訟の対象としての法律関係 (2011)
  • Author(s): 小山正善
  • Journal Title: 岡山大学法学会雑誌 61巻1号(8ないし9月公刊)
• [Journal Article] (2010)
  • Author(s): 小山正善
  • Journal Title: 法学と政治学の新たなる展開(論文名 : ドイツ連邦行政裁判所の判例に見る一般的確認訴訟の対象)(有斐閣) Pages: 1-28
• [Journal Article] 産廃施設の使用につき許可を要しないことが争われた事例 (2009)
  • Author(s): 小山正善
  • Journal Title: 岡山大学法学会雑誌 59巻2号(掲載予定) Pages: 49-54
• [Journal Article] (判例研究)産廃施設の使用につき許可を要しないことが争われた事例 (2009)
  • Author(s): 小山正善
  • Journal Title: 岡山大学法学会雑誌 59巻2号 Pages: 49-54
• [Book] 法学と政治学の新たなる展開 (2010)
  • Author(s): 小山正善
  • Total Pages: 419
  • Publisher: 有斐閣
• [Book] 法学と政治学の新たなる展開(岡山大学創立60周年祈念論文集) (2010)
  • Author(s): 小山正善
  • Publisher: 有斐閣
• [Book] 岡山大学法学部創立60周年記念論文集 (2009)
  • Author(s): 岡山大学法学会
  • Publisher: 有斐閣(仮称)(未確定)