The Historical Transformation Of Japanese Judicial Examination System

The Japanese judicial examination system is the way to select legal talents.By examining whether the candidates have th e necessary knowledge and ability to become judges,prosecutors or lawyers.It's the way to achieve the purpose of selecting legal talents.Since the Meiji Restoration,Japan has e xperienced a long process of ref orming in the system of judicial qualification gr ant.After World War II,s everal reforms happen.Until the 1960 s,it was bas ically stable down.By the late 198 0s,Japan's judicial examination system basically adapted to the sele ction of high-quality legal personnel standards and objectives.By the early 1990 s,the political and econom ic environment of Japanese society had undergone tremendous changes.In the past,the community of legal professional elite which was established through the judicial exam ination system,was unable to adapt to the new changes in the environm ent at Japan and abroad in term s of quality and quantity.The Judicial examination system reform as a pioneer in ju dicial reform,in the number of admissions and examination methods have emerged on a series of changes.From the view of process,it' s mainly divided into "judicial examination" to modify the two stages.From the view of content,it's mainly divided into two aspects: First,to reduce the dif ficulty of exam ination,reducing the burden of candidates;Second,to increase the number of qualified appropriately.Since 1996,because th e Japanese economic development has undergone major changes,the Japanese social situation is increasingly grim.In order to ensure the litigation can be run at high speed,in or der to ensure th e Japanese citizens cou ld easily access to the law,in order to enable more people could increase legal awareness,in order to cultivate m ore outstanding legal personnel,the Japane se judicial reform committee proposed refor m proposals.As re sult,the new judicial exam ination and legal training system were implementated.