"Judicial scrivener" is a term used to refer to similar legal professions in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Judicial scriveners assist clients in commercial and real estate registration procedures and in the preparation of documents for litigation.
Japan
editIn Japan, judicial scriveners (
Judicial scriveners must pass an examination administered by the Ministry of Justice. The examination tests knowledge of twelve Japanese statutes, the four principal ones being the Civil Code, Real Estate Registration Act, Commercial Code and Commercial Registration Act. (The Corporations Act was added to the examination in 2006.) The examination consists of two written tests followed by one oral test; the overall pass rate is 2.8%. A person may also become qualified as a judicial scrivener by working for ten years as a court secretary, judicial secretary, or prosecutor's secretary.
Judicial scriveners must maintain a membership in the judicial scrivener association (
History
editWhen Japan adopted a Western-style court system in 1872, it established a profession of daishonin (
South Korea
editSouth Korea has a similar profession known as beommusa (Korean: 법무사; Hanja:
Taiwan
editTaiwan has a similar profession known as a "land scrivener" (
See also
editReferences
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法 トーク〉企業 法務 で存在 感 高 める日本 組織 内 司法 書士 協会 会長 浜野 雄治 氏 ". The Nikkei (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-08-28. - ^ "
司法 書士 の歴史 ". Japan Federation of Shiho-Shoshi Lawyer's Associations. Archived from the original on 27 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013. - ^ "
司法 書士 制度 、行政 書士 制度 の歴史 と現在 ". さがみ法務 事務所 . Retrieved 16 July 2013. - ^ "Certified Judicial Scriveners Act". Korea Legislation Research Institute. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
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到 網 頁 " (PDF). Ministry of Labor (Taiwan).