日本陪审制重建之探究

Reconstruction of the Jury System in Japan

2009年5月,日本正式实施了于2004年通过的《陪审员法》。这是陪审制阔别日本66年后的重生,是日本司法进入新时代的标志。日本在建立陪审制的过程中,经历过失败,又因为种种原因而无法放弃陪审制。如今,陪审制重建,日本政府吸取了历史教训,从本国司法环境出发,对西方陪审制进行了本土化的改造,并利用5年的时间普及新制,为陪审制的正式实施打下了广泛的民众基础。其改革过程,有许多值得中国司法改革借鉴学习之处。

In May this year, the ＂jury law＂, which was adopted in 2004, was put into effect in Japan formally. It symbolizes the rebirth of the jury system in Japan after 66 years, and is a sign of new time for Japan＇s Judiciary. In the process of reeonstruetion, Japan has experienced failures, but they did not abandon it for various reasons. Today, the jury system has been reconstructed. Learning the lessons of history, the Japanese government made a change of the jury system in Western on the national judicial circumstances and carried out them to fit for local development. Japan has used five years to spread the new system, laying a wide base in the civic society. This process has much for China＇s Judiciary to learn.