2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Lawyers training and legal education during the 19th/20th centuries in five countries(Germany,England,Japan,France and USA)
| Project/Area Number |
11420003
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Fundamental law
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| Research Institution | Konan University |
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Principal Investigator |
KURODA Tadabumi Konan University, Department of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (40068143)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MISAKA Yoshihiro Ryukoku University, Dep of Law, Associate of Professor, 法学部, 助教授 (30219612)
NOGAMI Hiroyoshi Meiji University, Dep of Law, Associate of Professor, 法学部, 助教授 (70121506)
FUKAO Yuzo Kwanseigakuin University, Department of Law, Professor, 法学部, 教授 (20135891)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Keywords | Lawyers training system / Academic legal education / Judicial Reform / Law School / Bar association |
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| Research Abstract |
In this research project treating of the lawyers training and academic legal education systems during the last 200 years in five countries (Germany, England, Japan, France and USA, we tried to deduce each ' historical type' from them (Kuroda, ' Historical Types of Lawyers Education') and to examine how it was determined by the special situation of state and law, socio-structure-historical basis, especially each character of bar association in such countries. Historical materials and literature for legal education and lawyers training were investigated and elucidated for that purpose, by taking notice of historical institutions and their reform movements in the history of each countries. As historical special resarch subjects, Kuroda made researches the rise of American law schools as a center of lawyers training in relation to bar associations and as concerns German system the Gneist's proposition of 'free advocates' and its realization in the 'Juristische Gesellschaft in Berlin'. Fukao inquired into the miscarried reform movement of english legal education in the late 19th century. Nogami and Misaka inquired French bar and magistrates in reformation since the Revolution. Misaka and Kuroda did research on Japanese legal education in modernization by comparison with western counterparts. We all have often met and discussed together, sometimes with other legal historians and practicing lawyers. The result of this research project will be presented in the one-day-symposium in the annual conference of Japan Legal HistoryAssociation on October 5./6.2002 and published.
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Research Products
(10 results)
