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Popular Participation in Japanese Criminal Justice: From Jurors to Lay Judges
Andrew Watson
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Hardback. Series: Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJ; HBJF; JKVP; LNAC; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
This book analyses the mixed courts of professional and lay judges in the Japanese criminal justice system. It takes a particular focus on the highly public start of the mixed court, the saiban-in system, and the jury system between 1928-1943. This was the first time Japanese citizens participated as decision makers in criminal law. The book assesses reasons for the jury system's failure, and its suspension in 1943, as well as the renewed interest in popular involvement in criminal justice at the end of the twentieth century. Popular Participation in Japanese Criminal Justice proceeds by explaining the process ... Read more
This book analyses the mixed courts of professional and lay judges in the Japanese criminal justice system. It takes a particular focus on the highly public start of the mixed court, the saiban-in system, and the jury system between 1928-1943. This was the first time Japanese citizens participated as decision makers in criminal law. The book assesses reasons for the jury system's failure, and its suspension in 1943, as well as the renewed interest in popular involvement in criminal justice at the end of the twentieth century. Popular Participation in Japanese Criminal Justice proceeds by explaining the process ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Advances in Criminology and Criminal Justice in Asia
Condition
New
Number of Pages
177
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319350769
SKU
V9783319350769
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About Andrew Watson
Andrew Watson is Senior Lecturer in Law at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He has previously worked at Niigata University, Japan, and the College of Law, London, UK.
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