Japanese law

E571739

legal system

Japanese law is the modern legal system of Japan, combining civil law traditions with influences from European and American jurisprudence and adapted to the country’s constitutional and social framework.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Japanese intellectual property law system	1
Japanese legal system	1

Statements (85)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	legal system ⓘ
basedOn	Constitution of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
codificationPeriod	Meiji era NERFINISHED ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple	judicial review ⓘ popular sovereignty ⓘ protection of fundamental human rights ⓘ separation of powers ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreAdministrativeLitigationStatute	Administrative Case Litigation Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreAdministrativeProcedureStatute	Administrative Procedure Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreAntimonopolyStatute	Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreCivilCode	Civil Code of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreCommercialCode	Commercial Code of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreCompanyStatute	Companies Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreConsumerStatute	Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations NERFINISHED ⓘ Consumer Contract Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreCriminalCode	Penal Code of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreEnvironmentalStatute	Basic Environment Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreIPStatute	Copyright Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Design Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Patent Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Trademark Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreLaborStatute	Labor Relations Adjustment Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Labor Standards Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Trade Union Act of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
coreProcedureCode	Code of Civil Procedure of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
criminalProcedureFeature	lay judge system (saiban-in seido) ⓘ
guarantees	freedom of expression ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ right to a fair trial ⓘ right to counsel in criminal cases ⓘ
hasBranch	administrative law ⓘ civil law (private law) ⓘ commercial law ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ corporate law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ environmental law ⓘ family law ⓘ intellectual property law ⓘ labor law ⓘ procedural law ⓘ tax law ⓘ
hasCourtLevel	Supreme Court of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ district courts of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ family courts of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ high courts of Japan ⓘ summary courts of Japan ⓘ
hasSourceOfLaw	Constitution of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ cabinet orders ⓘ case law ⓘ custom ⓘ local ordinances ⓘ ministerial ordinances ⓘ statutes ⓘ
influencedBy	American law ⓘ European jurisprudence ⓘ French law NERFINISHED ⓘ German law ⓘ
judicialSystemHead	Supreme Court of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
layJudgeSystemIntroduced	2009 ⓘ
legalEducationReform	introduction of graduate law schools in 2004 ⓘ
legalFamily	civil law ⓘ
legalProfession	administrative scriveners ⓘ bengoshi (attorneys-at-law) ⓘ judges ⓘ judicial scriveners ⓘ patent attorneys ⓘ prosecutors ⓘ
modernFormBegan	late 19th century ⓘ
postwarConstitutionEnforced	1947 ⓘ
postwarReformPeriod	after 1945 ⓘ
prohibits	cruel punishments ⓘ
regulates	administrative actions ⓘ business organizations ⓘ civil relationships ⓘ criminal offenses ⓘ family relations ⓘ inheritance ⓘ intellectual property ⓘ labor relations ⓘ taxation ⓘ
usesLanguage	Japanese ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Civil Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice of Japan → legalSystem → Japanese law ⓘ

Japanese Civil Code → partOf → Japanese law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese legal system

Trademark Act of Japan → partOf → Japanese law ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese intellectual property law system