Dementia Japan27:208-214, 2013
Legal problem concerning dementia and car driving
Keiko Kobue
Kobue Law Office
The civil responsibility(compensation liability), the criminal responsibility(criminal penalty), the administrative responsibility(administrative punishment)are asked when getting in a traffic accident.
It became a problem though it is necessary to judge the lack of the ability very when competence due to some sickness is lacked.
The pation himself/herself, family members, the physician in charge, and victims, each interests conflict.
The directionality of solution is not decided either.
The ideal way of the society of the future is greatly controlled.
Here, it is the whereabouts of legal problem.
Address correspondence to Keiko Kobue, Kobue Law Office (Nishishinjuku ThemisCourt 2.3F, 14-19 Nishishinjuku8chome, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan)