In the politics of judicial reform, there seems to be a consensus among all participants on introducing and strengthening the rule of law. Upon a closer look, however, an underlying assumption of the very rule of law is being challenged by the initiative of industrial organizations as well as of the ruling LDP, for they demand an efficiency in the legal services as its consumers and a political accountability in the judiciary as its constituency. This introduction of the market/political principles constrains the universalism and transcendentalism, which are at the core of the rule of law, for an effective access to law is rationed by the legal service market, and the neutrality of the law may be compromised by the power politics. In fact, there is a marked cleavage in the political strife over the judicial reform between the legal profession on the one hand and the industrialists, LDP and the people on the other, reflecting the struggle over the attaining/emasculating the rule of law.
This paper traces this cleavage in the judicial politics under the guise of rule-of-law as consensus and gets a deeper understanding of the concrete proposals, especially of the one selecting judges from the bar which is the most contested reform proposal. I argue that this difficulty of the rule of law being confronted by the consumer/constituency has a deep root in the contradiction of the modern liberal law. Especially, at the base of the modern law is the dichotomy of the desire/reason; i.e. the natural desire of the human being is tamed and made to coexist with other only by the capacity of reason. The law, and the judiciary represents this reason and the market/politics represent the desire to be controlled by the law. To overcome this dichotomous thinking by the help of communitarian writings hopefully yields the new conception of the judiciary in the post-industrial society in which the people's consumer/constituency consciousness is sharply awakened.

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本稿は，民事再生手続または会社更生手続下にある企業において，管 財人ないし再生債務者が旧経営陣たる取締役に対して責任追及訴訟を提 起した場合，これは D&O 保険の保護対象に含まれるかという問題につ いて，米国の事例との比較を手掛かりとした検討を行うものである。馴 れ合い訴訟の抑止という観点から，D&O 保険には一般に「被保険者請 求免責条項」が含まれているが，上記訴訟も当該免責条項の適用対象に 含まれるかが，従来の議論からは必ずしも明らかでないためである。 本稿の結論は，以下の二点である。第一に，管財人による訴訟の場合 については，免責条項の適用を否定すべきである。このような管財人に は，上記免責条項が懸念するような馴れ合いのおそれは存しないこと等 を理由とする。第二に，再生債務者による訴訟の場合については，免責 条項の適用を肯定すべきである。米国の場合に比して，再生債務者に対 する監督の程度が弱いこと等を理由とする。

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The aim of this study is to demonstrate the functions of the interactions of lawyers and clients in the practices of legal interview and counseling in Japan. Legal interview and counseling in Japan is considered as a form of counseling in the view of clinical psychology.
In order to gain better knowledge of these forms of counseling, actual legal interview/counseling was recorded.
The data was analyzed using grounded theory approach, which is one of the qualitative research methods. From this data analysis, 10 important functions of the interactions of lawyers and clients in the practices of legal interview and counseling were discovered: (1) understanding the situations of the client, (2) checking the lawyer's understandings, (3) sharing the purpose of applying a solution, (4) sharing the legal judgments, (5) sharing the coping strategies, (6) checking the client's understandings, (7) understanding the client's reactions, (8) negotiating the solution policy, (9) sharing the achievements of the consultation, and (10) establishing a rapport. Comparing these functions with those from previous studies of the medical field, lawyers seem to play more multiple roles as their profession.
In addition to these 10 functions, problems of interviewing skills derived from these multiple functions are discussed in the remaining part of this paper.

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Sports comprise inherent physical dangers in playing, and accidents such as injuries are inevitable to a certain extent. Tennis is obviously no exception. However, these accidents may lead to trouble between the parties concerned and legal disputes, such as lawsuits. When such disputes occur, it is important for tennis players to understand who is legally responsible in case of an accident. Therefore, this study aims to analyze court decisions on different tennis accidents to clarify what kind of negligence is found on the part of the parties involved in tennis accidents, and what factors related to tennis are emphasized in finding negligence. The results of the analysis suggest that the level of the participants, the danger of the chosen practice methods, and the existence or non-existence of specific safety instructions by the coach or the organizer are key factors in judging negligence in court cases of tennis accidents. Based on the results of this study, we propose actions for tennis players to prevent accidents and to avoid legal liability in case of accidents.

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今般の民法（債権法）改正案に含まれる中間利息控除の新たな規律は，変動制に移行する法定利率の適用について定めるものであり，賠償責任保険の実務に多大な影響を及ぼすことが想定される。新規律は，損害賠償制度全般に関する議論に立ち入らず最低限の手当てをしたものと言え，将来における不法行為法の検討に多くの課題を託すものである。中間利息控除への変動利率の適用は，現行実務に対する問題意識も考慮した対応ではあるが，不法行為時が異なることで賠償額に大きな差異を生じさせ，また損害賠償制度に係る従来の整理や既存の実務に修正を迫ることも想定されるものであり，その合理性について検証が試みられる必要がある。不法行為法の検討においては，想定される諸論点を網羅した議論を通じ，変動・固定双方の利率を組み合わせた中間利息控除スキームの是非も含め，様々な選択肢から最適な仕組みを採ることが追求されるべきである。

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