The progress of a networked society has brought about not only daily electronic commerce but also an accompanying industrial structure, as well as great change in our social lives. On the other hand, new problems have arisen in our current network society and various legislation has been enacted in order to address these issues. In this class, I will explain some legal structures related to cyber law using current IT-related legislation and I will give lectures on how to deal with these legal issues in our network society based on some related examples. Some legal issues of our network society such as the invasion of privacy, defamation, the infringement of personal rights and interests, the problems related to infringement of intellectual property rights such as copyright infringement, cybercrime such as unauthorised access, illegal and harmful content issues will be described in detail.
Furthermore, this class will focus on the structure of Japanese Law and will comprehensively convey knowledge of the Japanese legal system. In democratic societies, society functions effectively on the basis of laws and regulations. In Japan, these laws and regulations are constituted from several sources. These are The Constitution, The Statutory Laws, Delegated Legislation, International Treaties, Judge-Made Law, Circulars (Tsutatsu), Administrative Guidance, Local Regulations and Customary Law.