TY  - JOUR
SN  - 1991-1572
AU  - Nishi Hideaki
TI  - On the workshop for studying the legislation of the Republic of China (Chuka Minkoku Hosei Kenkyukai)
JO  - Journal for Legal History Studies
JA  - Journal for Legal History Studies
VL  - 11
SP  - 323
EP  - 342
PY  - 2007
AB  - A workshop for studying the legislation of the Republic of China (Chuka Minkoku Hosei Kenkyukai) was established  by Teikichi  Murakami  and  Joji  Matsumoto around 1930. The members of the workshop  consisted mainly of young professors and associate professors of the Faculty of Law at Tokyo Imperial University, including Sakae Wagatsumk,  Kotaro Tanaka, and Seiichiro Ono. The workshop mainly did  the translation-and- annotation work of each regulation  of the ROC, and published  a vast quantity of books until 1945.

The workshop  received subsidies from the Chinese Cultural Affairs Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as  working funds, and also received  financial support  from some Zaibatsu (financial conglomerates).  According to the memoranda  of the workshop, they  did  the  translation and annotation work  of important statutes and gave expert criticisms of  them, and sometimes investigated  the history of the legislations. They also published  many books, made academic exchanges between China and Japan, and offered legal information to concerned persons.

Their activity soon attracted  great publicity in China. They were also know among the legislation  authorities at the ROC, and the magazines published  in the ROC also introduced them to a wider audience. It seemed that the activities  of t
 
Y1  - 2007/06/30
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