自近代以来,日本司法制度经历了三次大规模改革:第一次在19世纪70年代至80年代后期;第二次在日本战败投降后的20世纪40年代中后期,本次世纪之交的司法改革被看作是第三次司法制度改革。前两次司法制度改革都是日本在外来压力之下进行社会整体结构变革的一部分,第三次司法制度改 Since the modern era, the Japanese judiciary has undergone three large-scale reforms: the first in the 1970s and the late 1980s; the second in the mid-to-late 1940s after Japan surrendered and the judiciary at the turn of the century Reform is seen as the third reform of the judicial system. The two previous reforms of the judicial system were part of Japan’s structural transformation of society as a whole under external pressure. The third reform of the judicial system