A Paradigm Conversion of the Japanese Local Government Law System

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23243006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Public law
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: KISA Shigeo 九州大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (30122039)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): USUI Mitsuaki 明治大学, 法務研究科, 教授 (00018053) ; IKAWA Hiroshi 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 教授 (70176064) ; SHIRAFUJI Hiroyuki 専修大学, 法学部, 教授 (90187542) ; ABE Masaki 大阪市立大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (10244625) ; HITOMI Takeshi 早稲田大学, 法学学術院, 教授 (30189790) ; OTSU Hiroshi 成城大学, 法学部, 教授 (10194200) ; KAKIMI Takayoshi 福島大学, 行政政策学類, 教授 (80275007) ; MINO Yasushi 香川大学, 法学部, 教授 (90512575) ; TANAKA Takao 九州大学, 大学院法学研究院, 准教授 (70404001) ; SHIMADA Akifumi 九州大学, 大学院法学研究院, 准教授 (00380650) ; SHIMADA Keiji 大東文化大学, 環境創造学部, 准教授 (20365860) ; HARASHIMA Yoshinari 熊本大学, 法曹養成研究科, 准教授 (90433680) ; IIJIMA Junko 東北大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (00372285) ; KITAMI Kousuke 名城大学, 法学部, 准教授 (10455595) ; NAITO Satoru 東北公益文科大学, 公益学部, 准教授 (10592347)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 地方自治 / パラダイム / 比較地方自治 / 自治法制 / 地方分権 / 分権改革 / 住民 / 自治体

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The main achievements of this project have been as follows: (1) Through an examination of key concepts --; such as “residents” and “residency” --; as well as international comparison, this research re-examined several fundamental premises of Japanese local government law from their origins. (2) The naïve assumption that changing the institutional system changes the reality has been tacitly accepted under the simple scheme that “centralization is bad” and “decentralization is good”, and this research identifies several conditions enabling a better understanding of the negative points of decentralization and enhancing such reform.Regarding concrete research achievements of this project, in addition to the publications of papers by project members, a total of four booklets to disseminate the research to the public will be published (two are published and the other two will be published by August 2015). Moreover, three edited volumes, will be published in early 2016.

Free Research Field

公法学