Tobunken Seminar( IASA Seminar) “Comparison between the Developments of Institution of Concealment in China and Japan”

Title:Comparison between the Developments of Institution of Concealment in China and Japan

Lecturer: YANG, Yiyue, China University of Political Science and Law,Visiting Fellow of Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia

Date: 11/July/2013

Time and Place: 1pm-3pm at the Meeitng Room 1,3rd floor of the Isntitute for Advanced Stuieds on Asia,the University of Tokyo

Language: Chinese(withouot interpretation)

Substance:
Concealment has quite broad meaning in social life, but in the domain of Ancient Chinese law, it refers to certain conduct that family members conceal the crime of each other. This kind of rule appeared not only in the codes of pre-modern China, but also in the codes of pre-modern Japan. In the modern times, even under the influence of western legal theory, concealment was still prescribed in Japanese code. But this model of concealment was significantly different from pre-modern ones, and reflects completely different legal conceptions.From the comparison between vicissitudes of Concealment system in Japanese and Chinese law, diverse idea of family and community can be found.

No entry is requested.

Hosted by Regular Research Project of An Attempt at the Integration of Studies in the Traditional, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Legal System (Prof. TAKAMIZAWA, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia,the University of Tokyo)