Recommended Citation
Daniel H. Foote, The Supreme Court and the Push for Transparency in Lower Court Appointments in Japan, 88 Wash. U. L. Rev. 1745 (2011), https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/995
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Article
Abstract
The theme of this symposium issue is ―Decision Making on the Japanese Supreme Court.‖ From that title, readers understandably might assume the focus is squarely on decisions in judicial cases. Yet, as Lawrence Repeta observes in his Article for this issue, the Japanese Supreme Court bears responsibility for another major category of decision making: judicial administration.1 One vitally important aspect of judicial administration for which the Supreme Court bears primary responsibility is the selection of lower court judges, together with personnel management of judges (including decisions on promotions and transfers, which are a standard element of Japan’s career judiciary).2 The Supreme Court’s role in the lower court appointment process, and recent reforms designed to heighten transparency in that process, are the topics of this essay.
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