@article{oai:soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp:00016022,
 author = {YANASE,  Noboru},
 journal = {信州大学人文社会科学研究},
 month = {Apr},
 note = {By May 2009, the participation of the general public in the justice system will be implemented in Japan. In this paper, I examine what legal interpretation and game theoretical analysis have to say about the saiban-in( lay judges) selection system. Specifically, the issues that I discuss are as follows: 1) The meaning and outline of the saiban-in trial system: We find that this system is built not for the democratization of the justice but for the Japanese government. The opinion polls show that most Japanese people do not want it. 2) The lack of need for the panel being balanced; we do not have to care to set up the panel to reflect the state of Japanese society. 3) The possibility of the peremptory challenges to the saiban-in candidates; the panel can be manipulated by the defense and the prosecutor. 4) The desired practice of the saiban-in selection by the legal theoretical approach; the prosecutor as the guardian of the public interests and the defense as the fighter for justice will use the rights of challenge of the unfair candidates. 5) The prospective practice of saiban-in selection by the game theoretical approach: the prosecutor and the defense as the rational players will exercise the rights of the challenge to the disadvantageous candidates to themselves. 6) The possibility of change in the saiban-in's preferences by the deliberation in court; the rational players must take account of the plasticity of their preferences. 7) The important consideration for the rational players; which is more important in the saiban-in selection before the trial or the trial procedures in the court? It depends on how the meaning of the deliberation is evaluated., Article, 信州大学人文社会科学研究 2: 193-206(2008)},
 pages = {193--206},
 title = {The Meaning and Outline of the Saiban-in (Lay Judges) Selection System in Japan: Legal Interpretation and Game Theoretical Analysis},
 volume = {2},
 year = {2008}
}