2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Compatibility of the Use and Protection for Information in Civil Justie

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Project/Area Number	17H02473
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	New fields of law
Research Institution	Seijo University (2018-2021) Hokkaido University (2017)
Principal Investigator	Machimura Yasutaka 成城大学, 法学部, 教授 (60199726)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	山木戸勇一郎北海道大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (20623052) 酒井博行北海学園大学, 法学部, 教授 (80382472) 長屋幸世北星学園大学, 経済学部, 教授 (90405647) 稲垣美穂子北海学園大学, 法学部, 准教授 (00612467)
Project Period (FY)	2017-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Keywords	民事手続法 / 情報法 / 民事裁判 / 倒産処理 / 個人情報 / 営業の秘密 / 裁判の公開 / ＩＴ化
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In the Internet Society, the value of information and the requirement of its confidentiality are both increasing. Under such circumstances, the compatibility between the use and protection of information in civil court proceedings is a difficult task filled with contradictions. This study examined how this compatibility should be achieved in the following areas of civil procedure: civil litigation, civil execution, bankruptcy, domestic relations, and alternative dispute resolution. Specifically, the study clarified the identification of persons who should be parties and the degree of disclosure of their identities, how confidential information should be protected when it is necessary to hold hearings, how the need for public disclosure of trials and bankruptcy information should be reconciled with the protection of confidentiality, and the impact of the use of information technology in civil trials.
Free Research Field	民事手続法
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	本研究で明らかにしたことは、インターネット社会では民事紛争処理手続における情報の利用と保護についての再検討が必要となること、その際に考慮すべき要素や適切な取扱い方法についてであり、これを手続の様々な分野に特有の問題状況を踏まえて発展的に検討することで、各手続における解釈論的および立法論的な課題・方向性を指し示すことができた。今後の民事訴訟実務の運用でも、また立法に際しても、本研究の成果を参考とすることで、現代社会に適した法制度の構築が望まれる。