However, Japan retained its civil law legal system and did not adopt an American common law legal system. Therefore, the Japanese legal system today is essentially a hybrid of civilian and common law structures, with strong underlying "flavors" from indigenous Japanese and Chinese characteristics.
However, Japan retained its civil law legal system and did not adopt an American common law legal system. Therefore, the Japanese legal system today is essentially a hybrid of civilian and common law structures, with strong underlying "flavors" from indigenous Japanese and Chinese characteristics.
However, Japan retained its civil law legal system and did not adopt an American common law legal system. Therefore, the Japanese legal system today is essentially a hybrid of civilian and common law structures, with strong underlying "flavors" from indigenous Japanese and Chinese characteristics.
Japan is conventionally classified as a civil law legal system based on codified law. The Constitution and the five major Codes (civil, civil procedure,.