（Abstract）The Position Paper of the Consultation of the Japanese Judicial Reform was officially published at 12 June 2001. Two basic conclusions can be drawn from the process that began 5 year ago：First，the Japanese judicial reforms called for andpromoted by financial and political circles，and became the focus of the publicmedia. This “Third Legal Revolution” continued the movement of modern codification of the Meiji Restoration period and the reconstruction of the legal order during the period <<