Lay judges and the hesitant shift in Japan's criminal trial culture

Purpose: This study assesses whether the introduction of the Saiban’in (lay judge or trial by jury) system in Japan’s criminal courts, now in place for over a decade and a half, has led to a shift in the culture of the criminal justice process, particularly in cases where the potential outcome for t...

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Main Author: Vanoverbeke, Dimitri (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Law and culture in Japan
Year: 2025, Pages: 111-125
Online Access: lizenzpflichtig
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Keywords:
Saiban'in
lay judges
Criminal Justice
Legal culture
trial by jury
Japan