A historical study of formation and development of the judicial system in early modern Japan by utilizing records of professional law

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26380005
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Fundamental law
Research Institution	Nagoya University
Principal Investigator	JIMBO FUMIO 名古屋大学, 法学研究科, 教授 (20162828)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	江戸幕府法 / 藩法 / 法曹法 / 判例集 / 法実務書 / 評定所 / 吟味筋 / 出入筋 / 基礎法学 / 法制史 / 裁判 / 大坂町奉行所 / 刑法 / 長崎代官 / 御仕置部類 / 問答 / 公事出入 / 吟味物 / 公事上聴 / 京都町奉行所 / 問答書 / 江戸宿
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Utilizing various records of professional law, this research accomplished to clarify several sides of fomation and development of the judicial systems of the Tokugawa Shogunate and some Hans. (1) Concerning the Tokugawa law: clarified criminal and civil procedures and their practice (including judicial statistics) of Hyojosho(Conference Chamber), Jisha-bugyosho(Temples and Shrines Commissioner), Kyoto Machi-bugyosho(Kyoto Town Commissioner), etc. (2) Concerning Han laws: discovered new manuscripts of "Tozoku-oshioki Osadame" (Written decisions of punishment for thieves, Nagoya-han) and "Hyojosho Kakushiki-cho"(Formal book of Conference Chamber, Sendai-han), and considered the circulation of the legal sources of criminal law in these Hans and their significance in the legislative history.