‘Traction’ or ‘Turbulence’ in Japanese Regulatory Style? - An Empirical Analysis of Japanese Commercial Law Reform since the 1990s

日本监管风格中的“牵引”还是“动荡”？

• 批准号: DP0450648
• 负责人: Prof Luke Nottage
• 金额: $ 13.53万
• 依托单位: The University of Sydney
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2004-04-07 至 2007-04-07
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0450648
• 关键词: Traction; Turbulence; Japanese; Regulatory; Style

A massive program of law reform is fundamentally reconfiguring Japan's commercial law regime. But where will this reform lead? Many commentators predict the law's 'traction' to either a 'Japanese-style' system of informal governance or an 'American-style' system of transparent ex-post regulation. In contrast, this project hypothesises a more 'turbulent' process of law reform - one that is complex, conflicting, unpredictable and ongoing. Empirically testing this hypothesis against Japan's wave of commercial law reforms since the 1990s, this project aims to develop a model of legal and regulatory change in Japan. This model is of strategic importance for Australian policy-makers, business-leaders and legal advisors seeking to understand and respond to Japan's changing business and legal environment.

一项大规模的法律改革计划正在从根本上重新配置日本的商法制度。但这一改革将走向何方？许多评论人士预测，这部法律要么会被“日本式”的非正式治理体系所“牵引”，要么会被“美式”的透明事后监管体系所“牵引”。相比之下，这个项目假设了一个更加“动荡”的法律改革过程——一个复杂、冲突、不可预测和持续的过程。本项目针对日本自20世纪90年代以来的商法改革浪潮对这一假设进行了实证检验，旨在建立一个日本法律和监管变革的模型。这种模式对于澳大利亚的政策制定者、商业领袖和法律顾问来说具有战略意义，他们希望了解和应对日本不断变化的商业和法律环境。