| Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Precontractual Liability. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Senior Assistant Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Comparative law study for legal issues in insurance. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Senior Assistant Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Critical thinking and curriculum design, intercultural communication skills, and gamified learning activities. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | A pluralistic , Non-hierarchical and Circulative System for Human Rights Protection , Global Constitutionalism | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Study of judicial review in France. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Senior Assistant Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Party autonomy in private international law | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Study of Nullity and rescission of the Juristic Act (contract). | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Theoretical examination on the educational value of outdoor education | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Legal issues of families in modern society. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Analysis of language use in legal settings. English and Japanese syntax and word formation. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | The Formation of Imperial China seen through Institutional Changes between the Ch'in and the Han as reflected in recently excavated sources. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | The Research on the Accused's Rights of Defence (the Right to Silence and the Right to Legal Assistance) and Miscarriage of Justice | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Assistant Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Consent by the victim | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Developing the theory of criminal law based on classical liberalism | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Culture and Society in the German-Speaking Area at the Fin-de-siecle, Romanian Culture | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Myth | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Philosophy, History of Ideas, Study of the Gift, Study of the Community, Study of Bataille | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Corporate Governance System in Capital Market Regulations | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Relationship between civil society and professional sports, German sports club research, physical cultural history, physical theory. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Physical collateral and public notification method. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | History of Modern Theories of Justice | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Senior Assistant Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Reexamination of the basic theory on the binding power of contracts. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Relation between novels on Japan of Edo period and classic novels on China. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Study of intellectual property laws through inter-comparison and comparison with civil laws. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Chinese traditional dramas and classical literature. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Engineering | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Study of civil liability in financial service businesses, cashless means of payment, and bank debentures. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Philosophy of criminal law | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Chinese folk religion (magic, charms, local gods) and culture of ethnic minorities (ethnic groups in the southwestern part of China). | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Law and Humanities | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Study of the basic theory of tax law, the Income Tax Act, and the Consumption Tax Act. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Metaethics(constitution of moral judgment), Philosophy of action(self-knowledge, agency, ability), Modern French Philosophy | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | On the historical issues of legal dispute resolution, governance and administration in Europe | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Study of Long-term Care Insurance Law in Japan and Germany. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Research on medical device (especially medical AI) systems | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Employment system and labor law. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | The study of classical Chinese poems written by Japanese poets in the Edo-period. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Criminal Justice System | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Civil liability and public responsibility of Internet Platformers | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Senior Assistant Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | History of Sports and State-Building in Early 20th-Century South America | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                        
                            
MENKHAUS, Johannes Heinrich
                        
                     
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Enterprise law, History of Japanese-German legal relations law and religion | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Senior Assistant Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Issues surrounding the Law of the Sea and the Law of Armed Conflict. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Development and spread of civil law and the role of legal community in modern and contemporary Japan. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Structure and scope of contract liability. Differential and historical aspects of civil liability. Service contracts. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | postcolonial literature in English, comparative culture and literature, minority studies | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Basic issues of the modern Corporation Law and research from the perspective of comparative law. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Law of Networked Society, Legal Informatics, AI and Law, Identification | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Minority Shareholder Protection in Takeovers | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Studies of culture and representation. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | A Multifaceted Analysis of the Changes That Have Occurred in the Minority World due to Han Chinese Immigration | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Development of Modern Law of Treaties, Fragmentation of International Law and Proliferation of International Dispute Settlement Mechanism | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | the Spanish novelists between the 19th and 20th century | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Intellectual property litigation. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Dispute Resolution by Negotiation, ADR, and Litigation, Legal Mind, Legal Profession, Law & Economics, etc. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Constitutional theory of State structure and local government, Right of self-determination, Constitution and culture | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Contemporary American literature, American film History. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Constitution and Education | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Comparative study of "Law and Information Policy" between the United States and Japan. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Effect of EU law on the existing international law structure | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Senior Assistant Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | The History of Crime and Punishment in Modern Germany / Dark Tourism and the Politics of Remembrance 
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                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | film studies | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Civil evidence law, Issues related to the practice of lawyers | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Study of comparative laws concerning responsible U.S. and Japanese democratic public administration. Study of U.S. local government administrative law. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Correlation between the development of communication technology and changes in social structure. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | contemporary chinese law, judicial system, democratization and law in Tiwan | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Nordic Living Culture, Outdoor Activities and Recreation for the Disabled | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Japanese Linguistics, History of Japanese and Dialects of Japan. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Issues related to Commercial Law. Development of legal systems and theories associated with the development of payment clearing systems. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Assistant Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Field | Study on Crimes of Negligence Based on Normative Theory | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | History of German Anarchism, History of Russian Jewish Immigration. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Judicial review, commerce clause, environmental law, cyber law | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Theory of second language acquisition and foreign language education. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Complex transaction in modern times, Consumers' collective remedies, Law on cashless paiments | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Reconstruction of the property offense system. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | International Relation
China Foreign Relation | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Study of issues associated with crime control activities, the Juvenile Act and juvenile delinquency | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | 19th Century French literature Physical representations | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
             
        
            
        
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Culture, Society and Ethnicity in America. | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Economic and Corporate Law | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Resolution of labour disputes; Implementation of labour laws and policies | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Associate Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Realizing a Speedy Civil Procedure: Legislative Methods and Interpretive Measures | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Information administrative law in a data-driven society, administrative lawsuits, and legal policy theory for risk control | 
                                        
                                    
                                
                             
                         
                     
                
            
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                                | Title | Professor | 
                                        
                                            
                                                | Research Themes | Examination of the various issues in real rights law, using the example of the proposed revision to French real rights laws. |