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Workshop at Zhejiang University “Japan-China Cooperation in Legal Education and Informatics”

Development of a Multilingual Statutory Information Data-base System for the Countries of Chinese Characters. Workshop at Zhejiang University “Japan-China Cooperation in Legal Education and Informatics” 17 December, 2010 Yoshiharu MATSUURA Director & Professor

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Workshop at Zhejiang University “Japan-China Cooperation in Legal Education and Informatics”

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  1. Development of a Multilingual Statutory Information Data-base System for the Countries of Chinese Characters Workshop at Zhejiang University “Japan-China Cooperation in Legal Educationand Informatics” 17 December, 2010 Yoshiharu MATSUURA Director & Professor Japan Legal Information Institute Graduate School of Law, Nagoya University

  2. Education of Lawyers for Asia • Basis of Education: Free Access to Academic Resources, including legal Information • Sharing Basic Information on Law in Four Languages (Korean, Chinese, Japanese & English) • Sharing General Information on Societies in Four Languages (China-Japan-Korea Digital Library Initiative Agreement: Nat’ Libraries of China, Korea & Japan + the US Library of Congress)

  3. Sharing Basic Information on Law in Four Languages (Korean, Chinese, Japanese & English) • Sharing Statutory Text • Sharing Related Information (e.g. cases) • Sharing More General Information about the Social Context Comparative Study of Law

  4. A JaLII ProjectPartnersKoreaKorea Legislation Research Institute & Ministry of Government LegislationTaiwanTaiwanLII, National Chung Cheng Univ.JapanJaLII, Nagoya Univ. Graduate School of Law Current Status of Sharing Statutory Text

  5. Bilingual KWIC • Display of Corresponding Statutory Text in Two Language (e.g. J-EN) • Display of Key Word in Context (KWIC)

  6. The Korean Law Bilingual KWIC (50 laws = 35550 lines)

  7. The Taiwan Law Bilingual KWIC (152 laws= 34000 lines)

  8. The Taiwan Bilingual KWIC of Grand Justice 669 Interpretations 10,677 lines

  9. The Japanese Law Bilingual KWIC

  10. 比較法研究 MOJ 法令外国語訳 JaLII, 名古屋大学 日本法令 （J-E対訳） annotations e-legislation research Plain law Statutory text & Standard Translation Dictionary TaiwanLII，中正大学 Ministry of Government Legislation, KLRI 韓国 台湾法令 （C-E対訳） 韓国法令 （K-E対訳）

  11. Ministry of Justice Web: Japanese Law Translation

  12. The Standard Translation Dictionary of JLT

  13. Dictionary Information

  14. Comparative Law Researchon “Basic Legal Concepts”:(1) Terms in Statutes(2) Terms in Legal Theory and Professional Practice of Law“English Keywords”

  15. Annotation : Contextual Evolution of Legal Concepts Modern Use of Century-old Legal Term 1. ROCtransplant of the Japanese Civil Code concept 2. Contextual evolutions of ROC Civil Code in Taiwan 1931 ROC Civil Code 日本法 親 權 父母對未成年子女 權利義務之行使或負擔 1. 2. Global law UN Convention 父母對未成年子女 權利義務之行使或負擔 • How has the “親權”evolved in Taiwan? • What difference does Glocalisationmake?

  16. 親 權 Transplant of a Legal Term & Its Contextual Evolution & Its Translation transplant 親 權 modernisation 權 利 義 務 rights & duties Internationalisation duty-right UN Convention on the Rights of the Child parental responsibilities

  17. Historical Development of Japanese Legal Terms

  18. Annotation : Historical Development of Legal Terms Modern Use of Century-old Translations 1. Japanese Translation of the Napoleon Civil Code (1870) 2. French Translation of the Old Japanese Civil Code (1890) les intérêts 息銀 1. les intérêts 利息 2. • Where did Japanese translators find “息銀” ? • Why did they replace it with “利息”?

  19. “package information” of law…… Functional EquivalentsIn Jurisdiction B A topic of law Jurisdiction A Global Law sexual harassment, right to privacy, etc. Glocalised Contexts of Law & Practice LegalInformation Supply Network

  20. Development of “package” legal information for comparative study of laws Summary of new laws

  21. From West-centered “modernisation” “internationalisation” “globalisation” Towards a Asian Network of Information Society for Legal Pluralism Contexts of Legal Information Legislative history Current laws & orders Judicial interpretations Court decisions Academic writings Empirical findings Implications of Comparative Study of Law

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