The Justice of the Program and the Lawsuit

Author: Yasuhira Tanimoto
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Publish Date: 2002-11-01
Features: Although The Justice of Procedure and Litigation is composed of multiple papers written by the author on different issues at different times, due to the systematicity of the author's thought and the purpose consciousness of the editor-translator, the theme of The Justice of Procedure and Litigation exhibits clear consistency. The overarching themes throughout the book can be said to be the following three: the relationship between procedure and pre-existing substantive law, procedural safeguards, and the technical composition of procedures in various fields of the litigation system.
Having some of my previous works translated into Chinese, allowing numerous Chinese readers to access them, I feel deeply gratified. The articles included in this book were written in various contexts, and the intended readers were diverse. However, Japanese readers have always been those I most hoped to reach. Aside from a couple of Chinese students studying in Japan, I never dreamed that one day they would be read by Chinese audiences. Even for Chinese students in Japan, I had little expectation, as there were indeed very few Chinese students interested in the specific fields addressed in this book. Of course, this situation has changed recently. Professor Wang Yaxin, the translator of this book, is one of the few Chinese scholars with a strong interest in civil procedure. I believe this must be the call of the times. To adapt to and advance the rapid reforms and openness in economic life since the 1980s, China has initiated a movement to modernize its civil judicial system. If my works can be of assistance to those undergoing this swift transformation, I will not merely be pleased. Even if they hold no direct value, I still hope this Chinese edition will serve as a long-lasting and beneficial reference for readers who wish to understand Japan's civil procedure and procedural law.
Although The Justice of Procedure and Litigation is composed of multiple papers written by the author on different issues at different times, due to the systematicity of the author's thought and the purpose consciousness of the editor-translator, the theme of the book exhibits clear consistency. The overarching themes throughout the book can be said to be the following three: the relationship between procedure and pre-existing substantive law, procedural safeguards, and the technical composition of procedures in various fields of the litigation system.