Law and Public Policy

Instructors

Chiaki SATO

Credits / Language / Semester

2Credits / English / Summer

Objectives/Overview

This course aims to learn and think how to realize public policies via laws in Japan. The goal is to have enough abilities in analyzing and making a presentation about solving strategies to public issues we face. Also, we will compare Japanese ways and those of other countries for implementation of public policies. We will learn rule making processes and implementation of public policies with reading, writing, and discussing in this course.

Keywords

政策形成,行政法,立法,規則,指針,租税,予算

Policy Making, Administrative Law, Legislation, Regulation, Guidance, Taxation, Budgeting

Schedule

1. What is Public Policy?
2. Overview of Tools and Processes for Making Public Policies
3. Processes for Making Public Policies, Preparation, Legislation, Budgeting. Planning (1)
4. Processes for Making Public Policies, Preparation, Legislation, Budgeting. Planning (2)
5. Processes for Making Public Policies, Preparation, Legislation, Budgeting. Planning (3)
6. Implementation of Public Policies (1)
7. Implementation of Public Policies (2)
8 Implementation of Public Policies (3)
9. Relationships Among Governmental Agencies
10. Evaluation and Checking of Public Policies
11. Innovation in Public Policies
12. Case Analysis (1) Products Liability and Safety
13. Case Analysis (2) Healthcare
14. Case Analysis (3) Patent

Teaching Methods

Lecture, Discussion, Presentation by students, Small Assignment, and if possible Guest Speaker

Grading

Grading will be based on class participation, presentation and a final report.

Required Textbooks

Curtis J. Milhaupt, J. Mark Ramseyer, and Mark D. West, The Japanese Legal System: Cases, Codes, and Commentary (2d ed., Foundation Press, 2012)

Reference Books

Hiroshi Oda, Japanese Law (3d ed., Oxford Press, 2011)

Muneyuki, Shindo, Brief Explanation of Japanese Public Policies (University of Tokyo Press, 2004)

Related Websites

https://sites.google.com/site/lawpublicpolicyatgraspp/

Miscellaneous Information

A useful website for Japanese legal researches is at the University of Washington, accessible at http://lib.law.washington.edu/eald/jlr/jres.html

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