Second Petty Bench

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The Second Petty Bench is one of the smaller panels of the Supreme Court of Japan that handles a portion of the Court’s appellate caseload, particularly in civil and administrative matters.


Statements (31)
Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial panel
petty bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
alsoKnownAs Daini Shōhōtei (Japanese romanization)
authority Constitution of Japan
laws of Japan
branchOfGovernment Judicial branch of Japan
compositionType collegial court
country Japan
courtType appellate court
decisionType panel decisions
establishedBy Constitution of Japan
function to hear a portion of the Supreme Court of Japan’s appellate caseload
governedBy Court Act of Japan
handles administrative cases on appeal
civil cases on appeal
hasNumber 2
hasPeer First Petty Bench
Third Petty Bench
hearsAppealsFrom high courts of Japan
jurisdiction Japan
languageOfProceedings Japanese
legalSystem Japanese legal system
levelOfCourt court of last resort
locatedIn Supreme Court of Japan building
Tokyo
partOf Supreme Court of Japan
relativeSize smaller panel compared to the Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan
role to decide cases assigned to it from the Supreme Court’s docket
subjectMatterFocus administrative law
civil law
supervisedBy Grand Bench of the Supreme Court of Japan

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Supreme Court of Japan
hasDivision
First Petty Bench
siblingUnit

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