The Etymological Conceptions of Law & Some Metaphors of Norms in East Asian Traditional Legal Culture

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Ji-Su Kim
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Legal Culture

Returning a Verdict on the Jury: How the Japanese Have Reacted to the Introduction of a Lay Judge System

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Silvia A. Croydon
Keyword(s):  
East Asian ◽  
Legal Culture ◽  
Jury Trial ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
The West ◽  
Democratic Institution ◽  
Legal Traditions ◽  
Jury System ◽  
Made In

AbstractThis article considers the reactions in Japan to the newly introduced quasi-jury system. It illustrates how first-hand experience with jury justice has transformed Japan from a country hostile to that institution to one where it is widely endorsed. This finding undermines the popular notion that Japan's legal culture is incongruous with this democratic institution, and thus augurs well for analogous transitions being made in other East Asian countries with legal traditions similar to that of Japan. Furthermore, it underlines the reasons why those countries in the West that are letting jury trial erode should perhaps think twice about doing so.

Maxims of Foreign Policy

Itinerario ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-79
Author(s):  
W.J. Boot
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Cultural Sphere ◽  
Japanese Identity

In the pre-modern period, Japanese identity was articulated in contrast with China. It was, however, articulated in reference to criteria that were commonly accepted in the whole East-Asian cultural sphere; criteria, therefore, that were Chinese in origin.One of the fields in which Japan's conception of a Japanese identity was enacted was that of foreign relations, i.e. of Japan's relations with China, the various kingdoms in Korea, and from the second half of the sixteenth century onwards, with the Portuguese, Spaniards, Dutchmen, and the Kingdom of the Ryūkū.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document