A comprehensive study on the "truth-finding" in criminal proceedings of the new era

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23730065
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Criminal law
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: HORIE Shinji 京都大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (10293854)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 刑事訴訟法 / 裁判員制度 / 核心司法 / 犯罪被害者 / 事実認定 / 伝聞法則 / 訴因制度 / 被疑者取調べ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, I accomplished researches and published papers on the following topics: (1)evidence law and evidentiary hearing--e.g. the hearsay rule, character evidence, burden of proof, and the defendant's right to take the stand as a witness; (2)charging and trial process--e.g. the count alteration proceeding, and the clarification and specification of the count; (3)investigation process--e.g. videotaping of the interrogation of the accused. All of these researches have the common purpose of exploring what the "truth" is and how we should find it in the criminal proceedings.

Free Research Field

刑事訴訟法