Appointment of Supreme Court Justices and Formation of Judicial Precedents

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 18K01395
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 05070:New fields of law-related
• Research Institution: Soka University
• Principal Investigator: YAMADA Ryuji 創価大学, 法学部, 教授 (70631159)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 最高裁判例

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I conducted oral histories of former Supreme Court judges and was able to publish a book about them, and I was able to convey to society the background to the formation of Supreme Court precedents.

Free Research Field

憲法

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

元最高裁裁判官が明らかにする具体的事件の判例形成過程は、それ自体、歴史的および学術的価値があり、それを一般に書籍として公刊することによって、さまざまな分野の研究者らが活用できるという意義がある。