Construction of the legal network relating to the information of foreign law in the local area

1.我们认为外国法律的信息传递系统是全球社会的基础设施。从这一角度出发，对日本外国法律信息传递体系的构建进行了研究。我们的研究揭示了以下几点。(1)法院、行政机构、律师事务所、大学图书馆等各法律界积极收集外国法律信息。但是，这些部门保留的信息并不相互联系。这使得公众，特别是外国人，很难获得外国法律的信息。(2)在欧洲，一些外国法比较法研究所，如马克斯普兰克比较法和国际私法研究所，正在建立信息服务提供者网络的中心。然而，主要出于经济原因，在日本建立这样的研究所的可行性评级极低。(3)在此前提下，建立法律界网络是最可行的措施。作为建立法律网络的第一步，我们尝试建立了一个名为“外国法律信息网”的网站(该网站将于今年晚些时候开通)。

1. We think the information delivery system of foreign law is infrastructure for a global society. From this viewpoint we made research on construction of the information delivery system of foreign law in Japan.2. The following has been revealed from our study. (1) Each legal sector, such as courts, administrative agencies, law firms, and academic libraries, is actively collecting the information of foreign law. But, the information retained by those sectors is not linked with each other. This makes it difficult for the public, especially for foreigners, to access the information of foreign law. (2) In Europe some research institute for foreign law comparative law, for example Max-Plank Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, are establishment as the center of the network of information service providers. However, mainly for economic reason, the establishment of such an institute has an extremely low feasibility rating in Japan. (3) Under this premise, it is the most feasible measures to establish a network among legal sectors.3. As a first step to establish a legal network, we tried to build a website named "Foreign Law Information Network" (this website will be opened later this year).