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Civil juries in Okinawa’s past and Japan’s future - Civil Jury Trials Could Change Japan [Minji Baishin Saiban Ga Nihon Wo Kaeru] By Osamu NIIKURA, Satoru SHINOMIYA, Hiroshi FUKURAI, & Takayuki II Tokyo: Nihon Hyōronsha, 2020. 288 pp. Hardcover $35.00.

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Civil Jury Trials Could Change Japan [Minji Baishin Saiban Ga Nihon Wo Kaeru] By Osamu NIIKURA, Satoru SHINOMIYA, Hiroshi FUKURAI, & Takayuki II Tokyo: Nihon Hyōronsha, 2020. 288 pp. Hardcover $35.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2021

Colin P. A. Jones
Colin P. A. Jones*
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Doshisha Law School, Kyoto
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Asian Journal of Law and Society , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , February 2021 , pp. 183 - 191
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