Developments of european consumer law and consumer contract law, and Japanese law.

本研究的目的是跟随欧洲消费者和消费者合同法的发展。在此基础上，指出日本理想消费者法和消费者合同法的最新形式。本研究将分析日本和欧洲在《消费者法》、《消费者合同法》和《广告法》方面面临的具体问题，并以论文的形式发表。通过日本国内外专家的交流，从多个角度对问题进行了识别，并深化了内容。因此，有可能确认与消费者有关的问题对整个欧洲私法领域的巨大影响。在此基础上，对日本的义务法改革，特别是合同法现代化的改革讨论，提出了一些重要的启示。

This research's goal is to follow the developments in European Consumer and Consumer Contract Law. In relation to this the recent forms of ideal Consumer and Consumer Contract Law for Japan shall be pointed out.The research will analyze concrete problems concerning Consumer Law, Consumer Contract Law and Advertisement Law, whom Japan and Europe are facing and publish it as an essay. By exchange between experts from within and outside of Japan the problems got identified from several angles and the content deepended. As a result it was possible to confirm a big influence of consumer-related issues on the whole area of Private Law in Europe. Furthermore some important indications for the reform-works on the law of obligations and especially the reform discussions on the modernisation of Contract Law in Japan were gained.