The Positive Exploration of Formation of Modern Laws and Legal Corridor in East Asia

该项目组织了冈松文献、赤草文献和法庭记录三个研究小组，向学术界提供早稻田大学图书馆S馆藏的《冈松文献》和《赤草文献》，这两部文献都是探索东亚国家近代法律形成过程的一流研究资料，以及台湾地区法官检察官培训研究所收藏的《刑事审判记录》，供学术界与研究人员分享。(1)冈松文献研究组：通过Yushodo出版社出版了《冈松文献》(8579件)作为《冈松圣太郎文献(缩微胶片版)》(122卷)和《冈松圣太郎文献目录》(共820页)。(2)赤草文献研究组：制作了捐赠给早稻田大学图书馆的《赤佐达夫文献》(1271件)暂定目录。(3)审判记录研究组：对上述研究所持有的日本殖民时期的刑事审判记录进行了田野调查。(4)在成果报告中公布这些目录。(5)聚焦东亚法律职业培训和法律教育的发展，作为东亚法律形成过程走廊的实证研究材料之一。参加每个国家的研讨会，活跃地交流意见，研究各国社会历史背景的差异和每个制度的相互比较。

This project organized three research groups; a group for Okamatsu Documents, one for Chigusa Documents, and one for court records, in order to provide “Documents of the Okamatsus" and “Documents of Chigusa Tatsuo" in Waseda University Library' s collections, both of which are the research materials of the first magnitude for exploring formation process of modern laws in East Asian countries, and “Criminal Trial Records" held by the Judges and Prosecutors Training Institute in Taiwan, to academia for sharing them with researchers. Each group had engaged in basic research and work for public opening as follows:(1) The research group for Okamatsu Documents: publishing “Documents of the Okamatsus" (8,579 items) as “Documents of Okamatsu Santaro (microfilms version)" (122 reels) and Catalogue of Documents of Okamatsu Santaro (820 pages total) through the Yushodo Publishing.(2) The research group for Chigusa Documents: making the tentative catalog of “Documents of Chigusa Tatsuo" (1,271 items) donated to Waseda University Library.(3) The research group for trial records: conducting field work on the criminal trial records in Japanese colonial times held by the above institute, and incorporating 19,558 items of 192 volumes in the tentative catalog.(4) Making public these catalogs by publishing them in the accomplishment report.(5) Focusing on development of legal profession training and legal education in East Asia, as one of the materials for empirical study on a corridor of formation process of laws in East Asia. Participating in the symposiums in each country, exchanging views lively, and studying differences of socio-historical backgrounds among countries and intercomparison of each system.