Tokyo Barrister: Start the law firm bankruptcy

Chapter 195 Media Reviews
In the evening, Eto Law Firm.

It was already pitch black in the office, only the TV was turned on, emitting a somewhat dazzling light.Bei Yuan lay on the sofa, yawned lazily, stretched his waist, and glanced at the TV.But I saw a talk show on TV, and the content of the program happened to be about the lawsuit of the General Hotel.On the screen, the hostess was showing a sweet smile, introducing the guests in the show.

"Everyone, good evening. Welcome to the current episode of the Legal Consultation Office. Presumably, all the audience, you have already heard about the recent disputes in the General Hotel. Just because the load-bearing columns encroached on two square meters of land in the hotel, the The entire building may be forced to be demolished. This incident has aroused public attention. Whether the Grand General Hotel should demolish the entire building is a very interesting legal issue."

"Today we specially invited two guests to discuss this incident together." The hostess sat on a chair, turned slightly, and faced a rather bookish middle-aged man next to him, "The one sitting next to me is the University of Tokyo Hideyuki Yaskawa, associate professor of the Faculty of Law. Professor Yaskawa’s main profession is legal sociology, and he studied under the famous sociologist Emerson during his study abroad. The uniqueness of Professor Yaskawa’s research lies in the combination of law and sociology. Interdisciplinary research. Many of his papers once aroused heated discussions in the academic circle."

Listening to the hostess' introduction, Yasui sat behind the table, turned towards the camera, nodded slightly, and greeted the audience.

Then, the hostess turned to the younger looking man on the other side, "The other is Yuta Saiki, a senior investigative reporter. Reporter Saiki has always been known for writing in-depth investigative reports to expose current abuses. This time , we also invited him to be the talker of this program."

Qi Mu listened to the introduction and nodded to the camera.

"Okay. I would like to invite Professor Yasui to talk about his views on the dispute at the Grand General Hotel." The hostess turned her head slightly and looked at the associate professor of the Faculty of Law of Dongda University next to her.

Yaskawa nodded a little embarrassedly, "Thank you for the invitation of today's program group. In fact, the host also introduced it just now. My major is legal sociology, which is not the same as a law professor in the conventional sense who studies legal hermeneutics. The same. I am not particularly familiar with the laws of real estate. Therefore, today, I cannot make a judgment on the specific legal issues involved. "

"However, behind the General Hotel incident, there is actually a very important issue involved. That is the boundaries of our private rights. In other words, can we exercise our private rights to the limit without being restricted. In this case, according to the current information, the land of General Hotel has indeed occupied two square meters of the opponent’s land. There is no doubt that the owner of the land that has been occupied can exercise his private right and ask for the removal of the nuisance, so that General The big hotel removed the pillars. However, this exercise of private rights, we can see that it has led to an extremely serious consequence. That is, the entire building will be forced to be demolished along with the removal of the load-bearing columns.”

"There is no doubt that the cornerstone of our modern civilized society is the protection of private rights. However, with the development of our society, production and housing have become more sophisticated and complex. Sometimes the exercise of private rights often leads to Unexpected consequences. Then under such circumstances, it is not appropriate to still adhere to the old creed of the supremacy of private rights while turning a blind eye to the latest changes and developments in society? The same is true for this case. It is of course no problem for the owner of the land that has been occupied to exercise his private right to request removal of the nuisance.”

"If it was in the era of pastoral villages, this lawsuit would not have brought any unexpected consequences. However, the background of the current era has undergone tremendous changes. Many people now live in super-large-scale urban agglomerations In the city, all kinds of high-rise buildings are lined up here. It is very interesting that in the city, private land rights are greatly restricted. Land property rights must be subject to the relevant land planning of the city hall."

"I think this case will rekindle the discussion on the issue of the boundaries of the exercise of private rights, which is of great significance to contemporary society." Yaskawa concluded.

The investigative reporter Qi Mu next to him shook his head when he heard these words, and before the hostess could speak, he said, "I'm afraid I disagree with Professor Yaskawa's point of view. What Professor Yaskawa wants to express is that private rights are outdated and not Adapt to the development of modern society. However, Professor Yaskawa himself admits that the foundation of modern civilized society is private rights. It is the protection of private rights that enables us to walk out of the cruel history of people being ruled by feudal monarchs and walk out of more than 1000 years of history. The chaos cycle of shogunate rule."

"Let me ask Professor Yaskawa. How can such things as foundation become obsolete? If the foundation can be discarded and restricted, can this kind of thing still be called a 'root'? I think that in modern society, private rights are not only It will not become obsolete, but will become more and more important. Professor Yaskawa believes that the development of modern society has made society too complex, so the exercise of private rights will lead to unpredictable consequences, which need to be restricted. But this One point, it just doesn’t prove Professor Yaskawa’s point of view. If it is said that society has become too complex to be predictable, isn’t it the restriction of private rights that will also lead to unpredictable consequences?”

"The more complex and incomprehensible the society becomes, the more it needs a decentralized, trial-and-error method to coordinate and improve. And this decentralized, trial-and-error system can only rely on a private power society. As for The example of urban land planning cited by Professor Yaskawa is not appropriate. In fact, there are a lot of real examples of land planning that is inefficient and causes a lot of problems.”

"Let me go back to the case of General Hotel. Private rights must be fully protected. This is not a question of whether the creed is old or not. If you can give up 2 square meters to the hotel today, what about tomorrow? Is it another There is a Prince Hotel that can occupy an area of ​​3 square meters? Then it is 4 square meters, 5 square meters. In this way, what is the end? The reason why a civilized society is a civilized society lies in the importance and protection of citizens' private rights .”

The smell of gunpowder between the shows became stronger.Soon, Professor Yaskawa and reporter Qi Mu immediately started arguing over the limits of exercising private rights.For as long as twenty minutes, they fought with each other, and you came and went.The hostess seemed to have not expected that this topic would cause such a fierce confrontation, and she was a little busy maintaining the order of the debate...

Sitting on the sofa, Bei Yuan sneered while watching the show.

The limits of privacy.

I didn't expect to see this kind of discussion on Toyo's program.

Bei Yuan stood up, turned on the lights in the law firm with a "snap", looked at the file in the Grand General Hotel next to him, and murmured to himself, "I don't know, what do the judges in the court think of this?" question."

(End of this chapter)