Sakae Wagatsuma

Japanese: 我妻栄 - わがつまさかえ

Born: April 1, 1897 in Yonezawa
[Died] October 21, 1973. Civil law scholar in Atami. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo in 1920, he became an assistant professor at the same university, specializing in civil law under Hideo Hatoyama, and became an associate professor in 1947. He studied in Europe and America from 1948 to 1949, and after returning to Japan, he became a professor at the University of Tokyo in 1952, and retired in 1957, becoming a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo. During this time, he served as a member of various government committees and participated in important legislative work, especially in the chaotic period after World War II, as a member of the House of Peers, he worked to establish a new constitution, and was a central figure in the revision of the Civil Code and the Family Inheritance Act. From 1956 until his death, he was a special advisor to the Ministry of Justice. He made great achievements with his meticulous case study and sharp analysis. He also joined the Constitutional Problems Research Group with Hyoe Ouchi and Toshiyoshi Miyazawa, and advocated for the protection of the peace constitution. He also played a certain role as a scholar in political activities, such as criticizing his schoolmate Nobusuke Kishi during the Security Treaty issue in 1985. In 1964, he was awarded the Order of Culture. His major works include Lectures on Civil Law (5 vols., 1930-72), The Primitive Status of Obligations in Modern Law (53), and Studies in Civil Law (10 vols., 70).

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Japanese:

[生]1897.4.1. 米沢
[没]1973.10.21. 熱海
民法学者。 1920年東京大学法学部卒業後，同大学法学部助手となり鳩山秀夫について民法を専攻，22年助教授。 23～24年ヨーロッパ，アメリカに留学，帰朝後の 27年東京大学教授となり，57年退官，東京大学名誉教授。この間各種政府委員会委員を歴任して重要な立法作業に参画，特に第2次世界大戦後の混乱期に貴族院議員として新憲法の成立に努め，民法，親族相続編改正作業の中心として活躍した。 56年以降没年まで法務省特別顧問。綿密な判例研究と鋭い分析で大きな業績を残した。また大内兵衛，宮沢俊義らとともに憲法問題研究会に加わり，平和憲法擁護の主張をし，六十年安保問題では学友の岸信介を批判するなど，政治活動にも学者として一定の役割をになった。 64年には文化勲章を受けた。主著『民法講義』 (5巻，1930～72) ，『近代法における債権の優越的地位』 (53) ，『民法研究』 (10巻，70) 。

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