Fundamental Research on Modernization of Civil Law and Possibility of Reorganization of Civil Code by Integration of Civil Special Statutes

本课题通过分析我国民法单行法正在发生变化的现状，特别是结合德国的大变革，旨在为民法典重构的可能性做一些基础性的研究。从这一角度出发，笔者完成了以下工作：1.考察了德国债法和欧洲合同法修改的讨论。在德国，新的债务法于1.2002年1月实施，其中一个重要支柱是将专门的民事法规整合到《民法典》中。在这一变化之际，围绕整合的适当性和民法原则的改变展开了激烈的讨论。在修改之后，争论仍在继续。在本课题中，笔者对这些观点进行了研究。2.考察了日本专门的民法典的分析，并考虑了其能否融入民法典的可能性。具体而言，(1)查阅了日本专门的民法典，特别是关于消费者合同的专门民法典，并分析了民法典的规定与成文法的区别。(2)作为统一民法典和专门民事法规的理论前提，试图阐明在两者之间架起桥梁的基本理念。(3)具体考察了将专门的民法典纳入民法典的可能性，从民法典规定的内容和程度的角度，提出了《参考文献》中提到的条款。在上述研究的基础上，《民法典第四章合同法》将于2005年7月出版，作为日本合同法的新教材。

This project analyzes the present situation of civil law which is receiving a change by special civil statutes, while referring especially to the great reform in German, and aims at making fundamental research for possibility of reorganization of Civil Code. From this point of view, I performed this project as follows.1.I examine the discussion on the alteration of German obligation law and the European contract law. In German, the new obligation law was enforced on January 1.2002, and one of the great pillars was the integration of the special civil statutes to the Civil Code. On the occasion of this alteration, an intense discussion was developed involving the propriety of the integration and the change of civil law principles. The argument is continuing after the alteration. In this project, I took up and researched these points.2.I examined the analysis of the special civil statutes in Japan, and considered the possibility whether they can be integrated to the civil code. Concretely (1)I took up the special civil statutes in Japan, especially on consumer contracts, and analyzed the difference between the discipline of civil code and the statutes. (2)As a theoretical premise for unifying the civil code and special civil statutes, I tried to clarify the basic ideas which construct a bridge in both. (3)I examined concretely the possibility of integration of special civil statutes into the civil code, from the point of view that is what and how far is to stipulate in the civil code.Considering these results, I presented the articles that are mentioned in "REFERENCES". Moreover "Civil Law IV contract" is due to be published in July 2005,as a new textbook about Japanese contract law based on the above research.