Conprehensive Study on Powers of Testament Executor

本研究旨在通过对不同法律制度的比较，结合周边制度(如继承、遗嘱、民事诉讼等)，对遗嘱执行人的物质和程序地位及作用进行基础性研究。包括它们的历史发展。两年来的成果被补充在论文中。其中一些成果被报道在现代家庭法研讨会上。家事法院法官和学者以外的审查员参加了上述所有研讨会，并提出了有意义的提示和建议。伊藤从去年开始继续研究法国的遗嘱制度。今年，他还参考了有关普通法国家遗嘱制度的文件，并取得了一定的成果。川岛研究了美国的遗嘱法律制度。他访问了位于美国华盛顿特区的乔治敦大学，在那里开展了他的研究。他还通过参观京都大学图书馆收集了有关普通法遗嘱制度的文件。他打算分析收集到的各种文件。去年的合作研究人员之一Hatta Takuya今年离开了该项目，因为他从去年春天开始在德意志联邦共和国科隆从事海外学习，担任日本文部省的海外研究员。但他继续研究德国的遗嘱制度。

This research aims at basic study of material and procedural status and role of testament executor through comparison of various legal systems, taking account of surrounding systems (such as inheritance, testament, civil procedure, etc.) including their historical development.Two years' achievements are described in additional paper.Some of them are reported in Modern Family Law Seminar. Family court judges and examiners other than scholars attended all of the above mentioned seminars and provided meaningful indications and suggestions.Ito continued his study over testament system in France from last year.This year he refereed also to documents over testament system of common law countries, and was able to achieve certain results.Kawashima studied legal system of testament in the United States. He visited Georgetown University in Washington D. C., U.S.A., to carry out his research there. He also gathered documents regarding common-law-testament-system through visiting Kyoto University Library. He intends to analyze the gathered various documents.Takuya Hatta, one of the co-researchers last year, left the project this year, because he was engaged in overseas study in Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany, as overseas researcher of Japanese Ministry of Education since Spring last year. But he continues his study over German system of Testament.