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Do School Cliques Dominate Japanese Bureaucracies?: Evidence from Supreme Court Appointments

Author: J. Mark Ramseyer (Harvard Law School)

  • Do School Cliques Dominate Japanese Bureaucracies?: Evidence from Supreme Court Appointments

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    Do School Cliques Dominate Japanese Bureaucracies?: Evidence from Supreme Court Appointments

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Abstract

The Article presents a study which explores the impact of educational backgrounds on the appointment of judges in the Japanese Supreme Court. According to the author, the productivity of judges is the primary factor for the appointment in the Supreme Court. It stresses the lack of evidence to justify the favoritism toward graduates from Kyoto University and the University of Tokyo.

Keywords: Bureaucracy, Vocational guidance, Law -- Study & teaching, Law & literature, Courts -- Japan, Kyoto Daigaku

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Published on
2011-01-01