The Japanese Adversary System in Context: Controversies and Comparisons

Notes on the Contributors Preface; M.M.Feeley & S.Miyazawa Introduction: An Unbalanced Adversary System-Issues, Policies, and Practices in Japan, in Context and in Comparative Perspective; S.Miyazawa Adversarial Legalism and American Criminal Justice; R.A.Kagan Reflections on Japan's Cooperative Adversary Process; D.Foote The Role of the Defence Lawyer in the Japanese Criminal Process; M.Murayama The Bench, the Bar and the State: Judicial Independence in the Japan and the United States; M.M.Feeley Effective Adversaries for the Poor; R.A.Hanson, B.J.Ostrom & A.M.Jones Adversarial Procedure Without a Jury: Is Japan's System Adversarial, Inquisitorial, or Something Else?; S.Shinomiya The Miranda Experience in Japan; T.Takano Plea Bargaining in Japan; D.Johnson Witness Immunity and Bargain Justice: A Look at the Japanese Concept of the Adversary System; M.Inouye Critical Issues in the Law-Making Policy of Japanese Criminal Procedure: The Wiretap Act and the Adversary System at the Pre-trial Stage; T.Murai Miranda , Confessions, and Justice: Lessons for Japan; R.A.Leo The Administration of Juvenile Justice in Japan: Focus on Adversarial Justice; N.Araki European Trends Toward Adversary Styles in Criminal Procedure and Evidence; G.V.Kessel Appendix Index