Evidential Privilege in Civil Procedure

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21730089
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Civil law
Research Institution	Tokyo Metropolitan University
Principal Investigator	TEGA Hiroshi 首都大学東京, 社会科学研究科, 准教授 (60433174)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	民事訴訟法 / 証言拒絶権 / 弁護士 / 守秘義務 / 法曹倫理 / 民事訴訟 / 英米法 / EU法
Research Abstract	This study examines how the lawyer's privilege to refuse to testify on his client's secrets in civil proceedings should be ruled. We should take lawyer's duty of confidentiality under applicable laws into consideration when we decide the range of the privilege. Keeping the clients information confidential encourages candid communication between lawyers and their clients. So we should grant the privilege to the confidential communication between lawyers and their clients, like attorney-client privilege in U. S. and secure the access to the justice system.