Japanese law

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal system ⓘ
basedOn Constitution of Japan ⓘ
codificationPeriod Meiji era ⓘ
constitutionalPrinciple judicial review ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
protection of fundamental human rights ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
constitutionalProvision Article 9 of the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
coreAdministrativeLitigationStatute Administrative Case Litigation Act of Japan ⓘ
coreAdministrativeProcedureStatute Administrative Procedure Act of Japan ⓘ
coreAntimonopolyStatute Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade ⓘ
coreCivilCode Civil Code of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japanese Civil Code
coreCommercialCode Commercial Code of Japan ⓘ
coreCompanyStatute Companies Act of Japan ⓘ
coreConsumerStatute Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations ⓘ
Consumer Contract Act of Japan ⓘ
coreCriminalCode Penal Code of Japan ⓘ
coreEnvironmentalStatute Basic Environment Act of Japan ⓘ
coreIPStatute Copyright Act of Japan ⓘ
Design Act of Japan ⓘ
Patent Act of Japan ⓘ
Trademark Act of Japan ⓘ
coreLaborStatute Labor Relations Adjustment Act of Japan ⓘ
Labor Standards Act of Japan ⓘ
Trade Union Act of Japan ⓘ
coreProcedureCode Code of Civil Procedure of Japan ⓘ
Code of Criminal Procedure of Japan ⓘ
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 ⓘ
district courts of Japan ⓘ
family courts of Japan ⓘ
high courts of Japan ⓘ
summary courts of Japan ⓘ
hasSourceOfLaw Constitution of Japan ⓘ
cabinet orders ⓘ
case law ⓘ
custom ⓘ
local ordinances ⓘ
ministerial ordinances ⓘ
statutes ⓘ
influencedBy American law ⓘ
European jurisprudence ⓘ
French law ⓘ
German law ⓘ
judicialSystemHead Supreme Court of Japan ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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

Japanese Civil Code → partOf → Japanese legal system ⓘ
linked to: Japanese law
Trademark Act of Japan → partOf → Japanese intellectual property law system ⓘ
linked to: Japanese law