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Dec. 9, 2010
Japan's New Jury System Introduces Difference Perspective on Trial Advocacy
In an effort to increase transparency, Japan has instituted a lay judge system similar to the U.S. jury trial. By Sidney Kanazawa and Sabina Helton of McGuireWoods.
How does a newly instituted jury system work in a largely homogenous society, where individuality takes a back seat to group conformity and deference to authority is the norm? And how would U.S. jury trial techniques work in such a society?
On May 28, 2004, the Japanese government passed legislation relating to judicial reform in an effort to create transparency and familiarity with the judicial system. As part of th...
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