In November I gave a lecture to the the Daini Tokyo Bar Association concerning American trial techniques. Lawyer and law professor Satoru Shinomiya adapted the lecture for publicaton. It appears in this month's Niben Frontier and can be found here:
During the Q & A at Toyo University's conference on managing saiban-in stress a Japanese audience member raised an interesting point: "If the purpose of a jury system is to protect citizens from the government, isn't it a little strange that the government is being asked to promote it? Why aren't there more grassroots organizations promoting the saiban-in system?"
