2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Comprehensive Study Concerning the Functions of the Hyoujousho in the Early Modern Edo Shogunate
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22530002
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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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 | Tohoku University (2012)
Chiba University (2010-2011) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 評定所 / 江戸幕府 / 司法 |
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| Research Abstract |
In addition to analyzing extant judicial statistics from the Hyoujousho of the Edo Shogunate, by elucidating issues that despite heretofore having been vaguely understood continue to be of an essential nature, this study attempts to put forth suggestions as to how best to understand the boundaries and characteristics of the judicial system within the society of the early modern period. By way of a careful analysis of documents that have recently come to light, this inquiry concludes both that the incidence of “litigation" was remarkably frequent, and that the judiciary and administration had indeed not yet been distinguished at the time in question.
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