2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The Correlation between the Decision-making Norms of Associations and the Guarantee of the Rights of their Members - Examination of the concept of "right to information" in German law -

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Project/Area Number	19K23164
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	0105:Law and related fields
Research Institution	Ehime University (2020-2021) Osaka University of Economics (2019)
Principal Investigator	Shuichiro Nishiwaki 愛媛大学, 法文学部, 講師 (70843556)
Project Period (FY)	2019-08-30 – 2022-03-31
Keywords	社団 / 民法上の組合 / 構成員権 / 検査権（調査権・監視権） / 情報（請求）権 / 閲覧請求権 / 謄写請求権
Outline of Final Research Achievements	In this research, the legal situation in Japan and Germany concerning the "right to request information", which is the basic right and authority for members of non-profit associations to properly acquire and share information related to the management and custody of the association and to participate in the management of the association based on that information, was grasped and analyzed.In particular, it clarifies the legal nature and positive significance of the "right to inspect (right to monitor)" of union members under the Civil Code. In addition to the analysis of legal interpretation issues related to the governance of non-profit associations, this research analyzes practical issues in the actual management of associations through research on associations aiming at asset management, and presents the necessity of guaranteeing the rights of members from the viewpoint of guaranteeing access to information.
Free Research Field	民法
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	非営利団体が持続的に営まれ、その活動への積極的な参与を欲する構成員が存在する局面では、円滑な団体活動の実効性を確保しつつ、構成員が団体の意思の決定・執行に参与するための権利（権限）を適正に保障すべきことが求められる。本研究は、ドイツ法上の「情報（請求）権」の理論展開の一端を検証した上で、その一種に数えられる民法上の組合の「検査権（監視権）」について、（社団型団体の法律関係と比定しつつ）その内容と積極的意義を明らかとした点に意義がある。また、本研究では、財産管理を担う団体の実態（実体）面の調査研究を行い、運営に伴う実際上の課題を析出した上で、情報の取得にかかわる権利保障の実践的な意義を検証した。