The Development of Legal Ethics in the Age of Augmentation of the Legal Profession

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330031
• 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: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: MORIGIWA YASUTOMO 名古屋大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (40107488)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): HASEBE Yasuo 早稲田大学, 法学学術院, 教授 (80126143) ; SUAMI Takao 早稲田大学, 法学学術院, 教授 (80262418)
• Research Collaborator: MATSUMOTO Tsuneo
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 法曹倫理 / 指導監督 / 組織内弁護士 / 社会正義 / 弁護士の独立性 / 依頼者保護 / 預り金 / 第3者委員会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In Japan, the norms governing in-house counsels are few and undeveloped. Internationally, there is a discrepancy in competence between the traditional and the in-house lawyer, the reasons for which is yet to be sufficiently investigated. Our team worked with the members of national and international networks developed through our research in this area, and conducted empirical research, to build a viable theory, which would provide well-justified principles for the in-house counsel and other lawyers developing new avenues in which law can be of service. The findings were made public at the international symposia held in Tokyo at the end of each academic year, and disseminated through lectures and classes both in and outside Japan. The research group has had a working relationship with the JFBA (Japan Federation of Bar Associations) in the process of deciding on the topics for research and is in touch with the executive committee of the IAOLE (International Association of Legal Ethics).

Free Research Field

法哲学・法曹倫理・生命倫理