Domestic Violence and Mariage Law - How do we support to build a relationship without the violence

• Project/Area Number: 24510389
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Kyoto Women's University
• Principal Investigator: TEJIMA Akiko 京都女子大学, 法学部, 准教授 (30202188)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MINAMINO Kayo 京都女子大学, 法学部, 教授 (60329935) ; SAWA Keiko 京都女子大学, 法学部, 准教授 (60340444)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: ＤＶ / DV防止法 / 婚姻 / 家族法 / DV / 状況依存的暴力 / 強制的支配 / 精神的暴力 / 婚姻観 / 被害者 / 支援 / 調停 / 司法手続き / 国際情報交換 / アメリカ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is not enough to develop the Act on the Prevention of Domestic Violence in order to stop violence in intimate relationships and protect victims. We should consider the influence of laws related marriage. Japanese Family Law regulate marital relationship, but say nothing about violence in the relationships. Many decisions of Japanese courts are on the side of aggressors and allow their justifications of violence; the other partner did or say bad thing earlier, and so on. It is found that Japanese Family Law is premised on the conception of marriage which is never without violence and allow these relationship. Family Law should be reformed to ensure people to build and keep a marital relationship without violence.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 保護命令申立時におけるDV被害者支援について (2012)
  • Author(s): 手嶋昭子
  • Journal Title: 京女法学 Volume: 2号
  • NAID: 120005284965
• [Presentation] ジェンダー不平等と暴力（DV) (2015)
  • Author(s): 手嶋昭子
  • Organizer: 日本法社会学会
  • Place of Presentation: 首都大学東京
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-09
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Legal Support for Victims of Domestic Violence ~ In Japanese Mediation Process (2013)
  • Author(s): Akiko Tejima
  • Organizer: ISA/RCSL International Congress Sociology of Law and Political Action
  • Place of Presentation: Toulouse, France
• [Presentation] "Domestic Violence: Protection Order and the Conduct～Role of a Court Clerk in Protection Order Petition Procedures"
  • Author(s): 手嶋昭子
  • Organizer: 2012 International Conference on Law and Society
  • Place of Presentation: Holulu, Hawaii, USA
• [Book] 親密圏における暴力―被害者支援と法 (2015)
  • Author(s): 手嶋昭子
  • Publisher: 信山社
• [Book] 法はDV被害者を救えるか―法分野協働と国際比較 (2013)
  • Author(s): 町村泰貴、井上匡子、可児康則、柿本佳美、手嶋昭子、長谷部由紀子、上北正人、立石直子、宮園久栄、矢野恵美、齋藤実、松村歌子、公文孝佳
  • Total Pages: 497
  • Publisher: 商事法務
• [Book] 家族法 (2013)
  • Author(s): 中川淳・小川富之編著
  • Total Pages: 295
  • Publisher: 法律文化社