This is a list of landmark cases of the
Supreme Court of Japan
The , located in HayabusachÅ, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo, is the Supreme court, highest court in Japan. It has ultimate judicial authority to interpret the Constitution of Japan, Japanese constitution and decide questions of national law. It ...
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Politics of Japan
Politics of Japan are conducted in a framework of a dominant-party bicameral parliamentary constitutional monarchy, in which the Emperor is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government and the head of the Cabinet, which d ...
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Japanese law
The law of Japan refers to legal system in Japan, which is primarily based on legal codes and statutes, with precedents also playing an important role. Japan has a civil law legal system with six legal codes, which were greatly influenced by Ger ...
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Judicial System of Japan
The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law ...
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2008 Decisions of the Supreme Court of Japan
References
Decisions of The Supreme Court of Japan (Japanese language)
* ttp://www.hawaii.edu/aplpj/articles/APLPJ_08.1_tsunemoto.pdf Teruki Tsunemoto, Trends in Japanese Constitutional Law Cases: Important Judicial Decisions for 2004 trans. Daryl Takeno, Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal
Teruki Tsunemoto, Trends in Japanese Constitutional Law Cases: Important Legal Precedents for 2005
trans. John Donovan, Yuko Funaki, and Jennifer Shimada, Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal
Teruki Tsunemoto, Trends in Japanese Constitutional Law Cases: Important Legal Precedents for 2006
trans. Asami Miyazawa and Angela Thompson, Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal
Teruki Tsunemoto, Trends in Japanese Constitutional Law Cases: Important Legal Precedents for 2007
{cbignore, bot=medic, trans. Mark A. Levin and Jesse Smith, Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal
Japanese case law
Legal history of Japan