A Study of Cultural and Historical Legal Studies as Part of Law-Related Education

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24653026
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: New fields of law
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: UEDA RIEKO 熊本大学, 教育学部, 准教授 (00332859)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 法教育 / 法制史 / 比較法文化 / 教員養成カリキュラム

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The results of our three years of research are classified into the following three categories: first, research on the selection of cases from legal history, which are indicative of legislation in accordance with social needs. Legislation of Austrian civil procedure law in the 19th century—topic of our research paper—is a good example. Secondly, original teaching material and curricula were developed by the students of teacher-training courses by visiting law-related facilities in Kumamoto, and by examining several teaching models from law-related education. Finally, using in-service teachers, the methods of utilizing legal historical materials were discussed—one of which was in an elementary school classroom.

Free Research Field

西洋法制史