In Japan, during the latter half of the 1950s to the first half of the 1970s of the high"]growth era, the pollution problems which inflict extensive damage on many residents occurred. Especially, for the serious damage ,“Minamata disease” and “Minamata disease in Niigata”, “asthma in Yokkaiti”, “itai itai disease” is called “The four major pollution problems”. And it developed into the shared social problem of Japanese. Simultaneous with it, “The four major pollution problems” remarkable changed our measure for the pollution problems and the environmental issue. Such rising interest in these problems and the change accompanying it was seen also in the domain of law. First, many residents who suffered extensive damage filed much lawsuit against the corporation, country and prefecture. These lawsuits are called “The four major lawsuit of pollution problems”. And it had the feature different from the ordinary lawsuit for reparation (or tort liability) represented by the traffic accident in the structure of lawsuit, the purpose and the effect. As a result, also with a field of the civil law, the legal framework for changing an interpretation of traditional tort law and giving compensation was built to solve these pollution problems and environmental issues by keeping balance of the profit of the litigant. Furthermore, the influence having given the law and lawsuit and civil law as learning did not remain only in this. The arguments for “The four major lawsuit of pollution problems” pushed us to try a new approach to a environmental issues. Not only measures after the fact and compensation by money, but also a theory that takes into consideration of our environmental light and enjoyment of benefit from nature was build. Moreover, such view of the matter has influenced strongly on a basic principle and legal framework of tort law, and created the structure of the tort law on a basis of our lights.
전북대학교 동북아법연구소 [Institute for North-East Asian Law]
설립연도
2007
분야
사회과학>법학
소개
전북대학교 동북아법연구소는 동북아법에 관한 국내외의 이론과 실제를 연구하고 교육하며, 그 결과를 발표하여 동북아법에 대한 이해의 증진과 동북아의 법률문화발전에 기여하기 위한 목적으로 2006년 7월 설립되었다.
서해안시대의 중심지역을 표방한 전라북도의 지리적 여건과 동북아시아의 여러 국가와의 인적 물적 교류가 확대되면서 그에 따른 여러 가지 법률문제가 발생됨에 따라 동북아시아의 지역적 특성을 고려한 법제도의 연구와 이들 국가와 거래하는 전북지역 자치단체와 기업에 대한 실질적 교육의 필요성이 대두되었다.
이러한 요청에 따라 법제도의 연구와 교육을 담당할 기관으로 전북지역 거점국립대학인 전북대학교가 동북아법연구소를 설립하게 되었고 전북 지방자치단체와 기업에 대한 교육과 자문프로그램을 운영하고 있다.