Professor Akira Minamikata   ●EDUCATION 1975-78 1975 1973 LL.D. Program, Kyushu University M.A., Tokyo University of Education B.A., Tokyo University of Education ●ACADEMIC POSITIONS 1996-97 1995 1991 1984-86 1979 1978 Fellow of the Japan Foundation, University of Essex Visiting Researcher, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, University of Oxford Professor, Faculty of Law, Niigata Universtiy Fellow of the British Council (Faculty of Law, University of Bristol/ Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Wolfson College, University of Oxford) Lecturer, College of Liberal Arts, Ibaraki University Research Assistant, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University