Japan
Summary
The Japanese system is a nonfederalist organization with four court levels: summary courts, district and family courts, high courts, and the Supreme Court. The Japanese system was reconstructed in 1946, at the end of World War II. The Japanese Bill of Rights (1946), with 31 articles related to human rights and many other laws emphasizing human rights, is modeled after the U.S. legal system. It is considered a civil law system with customary differences.