@article{oai:kansai-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00010595, author = {大須賀, 英郎 and 安部, 誠治}, journal = {社会安全学研究 = Journal of societal safety sciences}, month = {Mar}, note = {The origin of the Japanese shipping casualty investigation system can be traced back to 1876, when the regulation stipulating the license for masters and engineers was introduced after the European maritime systems. This was developed into a maritime disciplinary tribunal system for seamen in 1896. This system served also for casualty investigation to a limited extent. Since it had a specific focus on the seamen's behavior, the coverage of the investigation on the significant marine casualties was unsatisfactorily low and lacked in the notion of prevention of recurrence. Although it had a certain role in preventing significant fault or violation of regulations, judging from today's standard, the maritime disciplinary tribunal system did not fulfil most of the requirements of the shipping casualty investigation. The Titanic casualty and its subsequent investigation report in England had a significant impact on the Japanese shipping community as well, encouraging criticisms on the 1896 disciplinary system. The formal investigation in England served as a good example, which brought about a lot of new safety knowledge and system improvements. The critics, including Niichiro Matsunami and Kiyoshi Mori argued that a new casualty investigation system with the specific purpose of marine casualty prevention, should be set up and replace the old one. The drafts of new legislation were made twice, but a new law had never come into being before 1947. The Maritime Casualty Tribunal established in 1947 was intended to remedy the shortcomings of its predecessors. The 1947 system's role and limitations will be dealt with in a separate article by the same author.}, pages = {19--42}, title = {近代日本における海員審判の意義と限界 : 船舶事故調査の視点から}, volume = {8}, year = {2018} }