The law of Japan is primarily based on legal codes and statutes, with judicial precedent also playing an important role. Japan operates a civil law system built on six legal codes that were heavily influenced by Germany and, to a lesser extent, France, and adapted to Japanese circumstances. The constitution enacted after the Second World War is the country's supreme law, and an independent judiciary has the power to review laws and government acts for constitutionality.
Facts
Classification
Legal Family Connections
In Legal Family
Entity-backed identity for the legal family value this legal-system already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a legal-system entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, found in there.
Sources
1. Law of Japan (Wikipedia)
WikipediaJapan has a civil law legal system with six legal codes
Law of Japan (Wikipedia)
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