COURT ORGANIZATION IN JAPAN

• NCJ Number: 29069
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Japan Supreme Court
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: Japan

Annotation

COURT ORGANIZATION CHARTS AND JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE CHARTS FOR CIVIL, CRIMINAL, AND FAMILY STATUS CASES.

Abstract

THE FIVE KINDS OF COURTS IN JAPAN ARE THE SUPREME COURT, THE HIGH COURT, THE DISTRICT COURT, THE FAMILY COURT, AND THE SUMMARY COURT. THE EXERCISE OF JUDICIAL POWER BY THE COURTS IS EXPLAINED IN BRIEF AS FOLLOWS: THE SUPREME COURT, AS A RULE, HANDLES CASES INVOLVING CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS, THROUGH A GRAND COLLEGIATE BODY COMPOSED OF FIFTEEN JUSTICES, AND OTHER CASES THROUGH A PETIT COLLEGIATE BODY OF FIVE JUSTICES. THE HIGH COURT, AS A RULE, HEARS CASES IN A COLLEGIATE BODY OF THREE JUDGES, AND THE DISTRICT COURT HANDLES CASES THROUGH ONE JUDGE AS A RULE AND THE COMPLICATED OR DIFFICULT CASES THROUGH A COLLEGIATE BODY OF THREE JUDGES. THE FAMILY COURT AND THE SUMMARY COURT MAKE IT A PRINCIPLE TO RENDER DECISIONS BY ONE JUDGE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)