Wagatsuma Sakae

Wagatsuma Sakae ( Japanese 我妻榮 ; born 1. April 1897 in Yonezawa ( Yamagata Prefecture ), died 21st October 1973 ) was a Japanese lawyer.

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Wagatsuma Sakae graduated from Tōkyō University in 1920 . He then studied civil law under Hatoyama Hideo (1884-1946). In 1922 he got a job at his alma mater and worked there until his departure in 1957 as "Meiyo Kyōju". As a member of many government commissions, after the end of the Pacific War in 1945, he was involved in the formulation of the civil code, especially family law.

Wagatsuma's works include the "Lectures on Civil Law" (民法 公 義, Mimpō kōgi), which appeared in seven volumes from 1932 to 1962. They are regarded as the standard work in this area of ​​law. Another work, “The Expressed Precedence of Debt Claim in Current Law” (近代 法 に お け る 債 権 の 優越 的 地位, Kindaihō ni okeru saiken no yuetsu-teki chii), shows Wagatsuma's interest in the relationship between capitalism and private law.

In 1964 Wagatsuma was honored as a person with special cultural merits and was awarded the Order of Culture in the same year .

Remarks

1. ↑ At the University of Tōkyō, the activity as a professor ends without exception upon reaching the age of 60.
2. ↑ Meiyo Kyōju (名誉 教授) is occasionally rendered in German as "Professor emeritus". But in contrast to this title, which is automatically used on retirement, this is a special award only occasionally granted in Japan.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Wagatsuma Sakae . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1678.

Web links

• Biographies Wagatsuma Sakae in the Kotobank, Japanese

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Wagatsuma is the family name, Sakae the first name.