I can use the Internet to study 24 hours a day and make copies free of charge. And the school has a great library system. Chanthal Douangvilay, Laos Asians Chanthal Douangvilay is more like a professional researcher than what he really is, which is a graduate student from Laos. Before coming to Japan, he worked in a court as a judge for seven years. Douangvilay says that, unlike Japan, civil cases in Laos take a long time, though the total number of civil cases amount to only about 2,000 annually.
Some cases take more than five or six years.
The present situation usually requires both plaintiff and defendant to spend more money to keep the case going, which leads to mistrust of the system, says the law student. He says court routines in Laos should be shortened. Studying in the Japanese university will improve his skills as a judge. He says he has no problem going overseas to study judicial issues he's interested in. Each country has different norms and customs, not to mention different social and natural environments.