2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Legal Ethics from client's point of view and the publicity of disciplinary process

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15530064
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Civil law
Research Institution	HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator	TANABE Makoto Hiroshima University, Law School, Professor, 大学院法務研究科, 教授 (40197512)
Project Period (FY)	2003 – 2005
Keywords	legal ethics / disciplinary process / customers protection
Research Abstract	(1) Lawyers' disciplinary process in Japan : (→ measures to improve) (1) Vagueness of reasons for disciplinary punishment → Clear-cut reasons should be enumerated. (2) Too much burden for the lawyers in charge of disciplinary process → Full-time staff of Bar Association should operate the disciplinary process (3) The whole disciplinary process is done within Bar Association. → Representatives of customers should take part in the Appellate process. (2) The measure to make the disciplinary process transparent A committee outside of Bar Association should be made to examine (The committee should be composed of customers and lawyers) (1) If the specific disciplinary case should be made public or not, (2) The extent of publicity

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