The legal education for the base of judicial reform and the role of public law curriculums

目前在日本，要求司法改革的声音随处可见。但是，为了使这种改革取得成功，我认为必须提高日本人的法律的意识，否则，将继续使用制造基础或一致公开同意等旧的谈判方法，这实际上会破坏真实的的改革。为此，两年前，我就把如何加强日本的法律的教育作为自己的研究目标，先后两次访问德国，实地考察了职业学校的法律课程，并与地方政府负责法律教育的官员进行了交流。此外，我还会见了德国许多其他在法律的教育第一线工作的人，包括法律体育馆的副校长、法律学者和关心法律的公民，以了解他们对法律的教育的看法。这些机会帮助我拓宽和加深了对这些问题的思考。 ...更多信息 对两国的教育制度和法律教科书进行了比较。这样的比较表明，日本的法律的教育体系在时间和质量上都存在严重的不足。尽管如此，我还是要说，同样的不足也表明了必须做些什么来改进这一体系。我建议的一个改进之处是，像德国一样，制定书面的法律的教育指南。我已经获得了德国使用的指南和文献样本。在日本，整体教育已经放松了一段时间;教学时间缩短了，学费也减少了。它被定性为“教育放松”。即使在大学阶段，也需要更加强调学习的实践方面。然而，没有多少日本人清楚地知道如何有效地实施这种实用教育。例如，目前大学里教授公法的教科书并没有说明如何在真实的环境中创造和实施公法。因此，我认为，除了培养新一代的法学教授之外，如何创造合适的教科书和开发新的法学教材，将是改善日本法律的教育的下一步。少

Currently in Japan voices demanding judicial reform can be heard everywhere. In order to make such reform successful, however, I believe that enhancement of legal consciousness among Japanese has to be achieved.Otherwise the old methods of negotiation such as ground-making or unanimous open agreement will be used continuously that, in effect, undermine the real reform. Considering this, two years ago, I have set the goal of my studies to find what had to be done to enhance the legal education in Japan.I have visited Germany two times to observe the actual legal-study classes in vocational schools, exchanged views with the officials in charge of law education in the local governments. Further, I met many other people in Germany who were working at the front line of legal education including the Deputy Principle of The Law Gymnasium, law scholars and concerned citizens to learn their views on legal education. These opportunities helped me broaden and deepen my thinking about the issues.I … More made a comparison of the education systems and the law textbooks between the two countries. Such comparison suggests the serious insufficiency, both time and quality wise, in the Japanese legal education system.Neverthless, I would say that the same insufficiency indicates what has to be done to improve the system.One improvement I recommend is, like Germany, to create written Guidelines for Legal Education. I have obtained sample guidelines and literature used in Germany. In Japan, overall education has been loosened for some time; teaching time has been shortened, and curriculums were decreased. It has been characterized as the "relaxation of education". Even at the university level, emphasis on more the practical side of learning isdemanded. Yet, not many Japanese have a clear idea about how efficiently such practical education could be implemented. For example, the textbooks actually being used in universities to teach public law do not explain how to create and implement public law in a real setting.Given the above, I believe that to figure out how to create proper textbooks and develop new curriculums, in addition to recruiting a new bred of professors will be the next step to be taken to improve legal education in Japan. Less