日本民法保证合同修法之探析

The Analysis of the Guarantee Contract Amendment of the Japanese Civil Law

日本内阁于2015年3月31日向国会提出民法部分修正案,其重点之一为加强保护保证人。关于保证的主要修正内容为:修正保证一般规定、增订个人根保证合同、公证制度、主债务人及债权人的信息提供义务等规定。文章对日本现行民法的保证规定做出说明,提出日本现行民法的主要问题,并针对2015年修正案做出分析及探讨。

Japan＇s Cabinet submitted to the Congress the amendment of Civil Law on March 31, 2015. One of its emphases is to strengthen the protection of guarantors. The main modification content concerning the guarantee is to modify the general provisions of the guarantee and add to it the personal root guarantee contract, notarization system and the information provision duty of main debtors and creditors. The paper explains the guarantee provisions of Japan＇s current Civil Law, points out its problems, analyses and discusses its amendment（2015）.