Domestic Violence and Mariage Law - How do we support to build a relationship without the violence

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24510389
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Gender
• Research Institution: Kyoto Women's University
• Principal Investigator: TEJIMA Akiko 京都女子大学, 法学部, 准教授 (30202188)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MINAMINO Kayo 京都女子大学, 法学部, 教授 (60329935) ; SAWA Keiko 京都女子大学, 法学部, 准教授 (60340444)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ＤＶ / DV防止法 / 婚姻 / 家族法

Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is not enough to develop the Act on the Prevention of Domestic Violence in order to stop violence in intimate relationships and protect victims. We should consider the influence of laws related marriage. Japanese Family Law regulate marital relationship, but say nothing about violence in the relationships. Many decisions of Japanese courts are on the side of aggressors and allow their justifications of violence; the other partner did or say bad thing earlier, and so on. It is found that Japanese Family Law is premised on the conception of marriage which is never without violence and allow these relationship. Family Law should be reformed to ensure people to build and keep a marital relationship without violence.

Free Research Field

家族法、法社会学、ジェンダー法