Popular Participation in Japanese Criminal Justice: From Jurors to Lay Judges

by Andrew Watson

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319350765
• ISBN13: 9783319350769
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.7"