A comparative research on the specialists who work for the family law enforcement in the family court

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25590002
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Fundamental law
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: TOKOTANI FUMIO 大阪大学, 国際公共政策研究科, 教授 (00155524)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KIYOSUE Aisa 室蘭工業大学, 工学(系)研究科, 准教授 (00432427) ; UMEZAWA Aya 熊本大学, 大学院法曹養成研究科, 准教授 (90454347) ; SHIMIZU Tokiyo 甲南大学, 法学(政治学)研究科, 教授 (50388881)
• Research Collaborator: INAGAKI Tomoko 三重大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (70707322) ; WATANABE Yasuhiko 京都産業大学, 法務研究科, 教授 (80330752) ; GODA Atsuko 金沢大学, 人間社会研究域法学系法学類, 教授 (50361241) ; Sunthari Subramaniam Mogana 元マラヤ大学, 法学部, 上級講師 ; FUKUSHIMA Yuriko 元世界人権問題研究センター, 専任研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 家族法 / 比較法 / 家庭裁判所 / 家事紛争の解決

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Many specialists work in the family court in order to resolve much family disputes. Judges who specialized in the family matters have not only legal knowledge and experience but also psychological knowledge and are sometimes mediation technicians. Special staffs in the family court who make some decisions for child and elderly protection play important role. The lawyer who specialized in the family law matters and the psychologist are also important player in the family court. In this research the function and the education system for such specialists who work to resolve family conflicts are analyzed as for Germany and New Zealand. In New Zealand there is a movement to use the powers of the private sector.

Free Research Field

法学