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Civil juries in Okinawa’s past and Japan’s future - Civil Jury Trials Could Change Japan [Minji Baishin Saiban Ga Nihon Wo Kaeru] By Osamu NIIKURA, Satoru SHINOMIYA, Hiroshi FUKURAI, & Takayuki II Tokyo: Nihon Hyōronsha, 2020. 288 pp. Hardcover $35.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2021

Colin P. A. Jones*
Affiliation:
Doshisha Law School, Kyoto

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