Juvenile Justice Systems In Japan and Canada

Event Description

Many countries in the world have established family or juvenile court systems to deal with juveniles who are accused of committing serious crime. The idea of the family court system, first established in the US and Japan as well as Canada have followed this development. The basic idea behind the juvenile justice system is to provide protection rather than criminal punishment. However, with rising attention to serious crimes committed by juveniles, many countries came to modify the system, including Japan and Canada. We will discuss the juvenile justice system in Japan and Canada and examine the common differences and the challenges.

Speakers

Shigenori Matsui

Shigenori Matsui joined the Allard School of Law in January 2006 as Director of Japanese Legal Studies. Professor Matsui comes to UBC from Osaka University Law School where he worked as associate professor from April 1983 to March 1994; and as full professor from April 1994 to December 2005.  He worked for Osaka University, Faculty of Law, until he joined the newly established law school in 2004. He taught courses in Constitutional Law, Comparative Constitutional Law, Mass Media Law, Freedom of Information Law, and Internet Law.  He also served as an Osaka University Council member from April 2003-March 2004 and served as associate dean for the law school from April 2004 to December 2005.

Debra Parkes

Debra Parkes joined the Allard School of Law in July 2016. She was a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Manitoba from 2001 to 2016 where she served a term as Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) from 2013-2016. She has also been a visiting researcher at the University of Woollongong and the University of Sydney. She was Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law from 2009-2013 and President of the Canadian Law & Society Association from 2007-2010.

Yuta Takahashi

Yuta Takahashi is a judge of the Tokyo Family Court in Japan since July 2022. He worked for Tokyo District Court from January 2019 - July 2022.

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