Japanese Law
LAWS5144
This unit aims to develop the general skills of comparative lawyers, to effectively and critically assess contemporary developments in the legal system of the largest economy in our region. The unit is taught intensively in Japan after an introductory class in Sydney. The first week in Kyoto provides an introduction to how law operates generally in Japanese society. After an overview of comparative law techniques, Japanese legal history and its contemporary legal system, classes explore civil and criminal justice, politics and constitutionalism, government and law, gender and law, lawyers and the courts in Japan as well as consumers and law. The first two days of the second week in Tokyo examines business law topics in socio-economic context in more detail, after an introduction to the Japanese economy and international trade policy. Topics include dispute resolution, investment and finance law, labour law and corporate governance. Students do not need to take the classes over 15-16 February but are encouraged to do so, and if there is sufficient demand an optional tour of the Supreme Court of Japan will be arranged for 17 February.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 6
Commencing semesters: 102
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: LAWS5144
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: Yes