福島第一核電站事故國家賠償請求訴訟之現狀與展望

The Status Quo and the Outlook of the State Redress Lawsuit on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident

本文以東日本大震災時發生的福島第一核電站事故所引發的國家賠償請求訴訟中，五個案件的第一審地方法院之判決為對象，分別研究各判決之意義以及課題。此系列訴訟之爭點為，經濟產業大臣之規制權限不行使是否對於防止福島第一核電站事故之發生而言屬於國家賠償法上之違法行為。對此，本文在對規制權限不行使之違法判斷框架進行一般性考察之上，對五份地方法院判決分別對該爭點作出了何種判斷進行詳細分析。

This article takes the state redress lawsuit decisions made by the local courts in five cases about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident that occurred during the Great East Japan Earthquake, and studies the significance and problems of each judgment. The issue of this series of lawsuits is whether the non-exercise of the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry's regulatory authority is an illegal act under the National Compensation Law for the prevention of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. In this regard, this article makes a detailed analysis of how the decisions made by the five local courts judged about the issue, on the basis of a general review of the judgment framework.