Japan’s New Legal Education System: Towards International Legal Education?

Abstract

Introduction
I. The New System
II. The Reform Project in Japan – A History of Transplantations
1. The first period: From the arrival of the Black Ships from America
in 1853 to the arrival of General MacArthur in August 1945
2. The second period from 1945 through to the 1990s
3. The third period: the 1990s and beyond
III. Is the Graduate Law School an International Model?
IV. Are the Teaching Methods International?
V. Is the Curriculum International?
VI. Internationalization of the Teaching Staff
VII. International Programs
VIII. International Standards in Facilities
IX. Other International Standards
Conclusion
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