Rashomon Comes to the Courtroom: The Adoption of the Lay Judge System in Japan, Its Impact on Jurisprudence, and the Implications for Civic Engagement
In May of 2009, Japan began formal operations of the saiban-in seido or lay judge system, a quasi-jury means of criminal trial adjudication that represents the first occasion since 1943 that average Japanese citizens will be required to fulfill a role in the criminal jurisprudential process. While t...
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PDXScholar
2010
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| Online Access: | https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/440 https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1439&context=open_access_etds |