2/26/09: Takashi Maruta
Professor of Law, Kwansei Gakuin University Law School, Japan, and Visiting Scholar, Center for Japanese Legal Studies, Columbia University
Lay Participation in Legal Decision Making Comes to Japan
http://media.lawschool.cornell.edu/flashcom/misc/2009/hans_movie_feb09.html
Professor Maruta has been a major influence in the development of Japanese legal reforms, including the introduction of Saiban-in Seido, the Japanese reform in which six lay citizens and three professional judges will decide serious criminal cases jointly, beginning in May of 2009. Professor Maruta discussed the law reform process that led to this particular form of citizen participation in legal decision making, and the special challenges that he and others confronted and continue to face in developing a strong and vibrant system of lay participation in Japan.
8/16/09: Foreigners size up lay judge system
Citizens' willingness to serve contrasts with other nations that allow public participation
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090816a6.html
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