1, Department of Law
Taking Keio University as an example, students first study constitutional law, civil law, criminal law, commercial law, civil procedure law, criminal procedure law, etc. 6 imported subjects. After the foundation is consolidated, they conduct in-depth study around basic subjects, extended subjects and subjects that interest them.
2. Legal Research Group
Let’s take the Law Department of Waseda University as an example. The monks established majors in civil law, public law and basic law. Under each major, there are specialized courses, such as:
Specializing in civil law: civil law, commercial law, civil procedure law, labor and social law1, intellectual property law, environmental law, economic law, international relations law (private law).
Public Law Major: Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Criminal Policy and International Relations Law (Public Law).
Specializes in basic law: legal philosophy, legal history, legal sociology, Anglo-American law, and French law.
3. University of Law and Science
The School of Law, Science and Technology is a new legal education model born in Japan after 2004 based on the model of American law schools, aiming to cultivate legal talents. (In Japan, lawyers, judges, and prosecutors are collectively called legal practitioners). The School of Law is also a research department within the school in terms of organizational structure, parallel to the Legal Research Department, and is generally called the Legal Research Department or the Higher Judicial Research Department. The School of Law is neither specialized nor specialized, and its curriculum also reflects the characteristics of application. Students will learn fundamental knowledge and practical skills in all branches of law in preparation for the bar exam upon graduation. The School of Law and Science recruits two types of students: one is students with a legal background, which refers to students who have obtained a bachelor's degree in law; the other is students who do not have a legal background, but must have a bachelor's degree or above (international students except those who have studied law at a Japanese university You cannot learn anything other than what you have learned in the department). After graduating from the School of Law and Science, you can obtain a Juris Doctor (JD) and be eligible to take the judicial examination. It should be noted that currently, foreign students cannot directly apply for graduate studies at Japan University of Legal Sciences. In order to ensure the fairness of the examination, law majors and non-law majors graduates adopt a unified entrance examination system in principle.
For example, the law major of Osaka University has established the Department of Law, the Faculty of Higher Judicial Studies, the Faculty of Law, and the Intellectual Property Center of Osaka University.