Structure of Disputes in Providing Legal Services: Through Juxtaposing profession's and client's viewpoints

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24243002
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental law
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Kashimura Shiro 神戸大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (40114433)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 阿部 昌樹 大阪市立大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (10244625) ; 高橋 裕 神戸大学, 法学(政治学)研究科(研究院), 教授 (40282587) ; 菅野 昌史 いわき明星大学, 教養学部, 教授 (70379494) ; 佐藤 岩夫 東京大学, 社会科学研究所, 教授 (80154037) ; 山田 恵子 京都女子大学, 法学部, 准教授 (80615063)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-10-31 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: legal profession / disciplinary decisions / dispute resolution / sociology of law / comparative study

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The measures for judicial reform in Japan in 2000s introduced major structural changes in education, number, and styles of work of legal profession. This study empirically and theoretically examined the changes of regulation of legal profession after 2000s. The study revealed the changes in public perception of professional responsibilities and trustworthiness, longitudinal changes in professional discipline decisions, changes in the related structure of local professional associations. The study also examined the situation of professional regulation in several jurisdictions in Australia and England. The findings of this research project suggest the existence of strain between self-regulation and state-regulation of profession in several areas of professional discipline activities.

Free Research Field

Sociology of Law