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Academic Year 2020

Online-Konferenz zur Einweihung der Forschungsstelle für Japanisches Recht
an der Juristischen Fakultät der Universität Augsburg  „Corona und Recht“

Date: January 22, 2021
Organaizer: Co-Host
Begrüßung
 Prof. Dr. Johannes Kaspar, Universität Augsburg
Grußwort
 Prof. Dr. Heinrich Menkhaus, Meiji-Universität Tokyo
Fachvorträge
 Prof. Tomoaki Kurishima, LL.M. (LMU München), Universität Saitama: COVID-19-Pandemie und das japanische Recht - eine Bestandsaufnahme
 Prof. Dr. Hirokazu Kawaguchi, Meiji-Universität Tokyo: Coronavirusinfizierung und Körperverletzung
 Prof. Dr. Yuki Nakamichi, Waseda-Universität Tokyo: „Ich bin Corona positiv!“ – COVID-19 und japanisches Strafrecht
Schlusswort:
 
RiLG Dr. Oliver Schön

*Website (German)

Climate Change Law and Policy in the Asia-Pacific 2020 in Tokyo(online)

Date: September 11, 2020
Organaizer: Host
Morning session : Subnational Climate Change Action in the Asia-Pacific

Moderator, Prof. Ren-Chuan Kevin Kao (College of Law, National Taipei University, Taiwan)

Ass. Prof. Yuichiro Tsuji (Meiji University) "Agenda of this symposium"

Keynote speaker from Taiwan, Prof.Jiunn-rong Yeh(National Taiwan University, Taiwan), Climate Change Legislation in Asia

Keynote speaker from South Korea,Prof. Cho Hong Sik (Seoul National University, South Korea), The Green New Deal in Korea: A Progressive Transformation of the Green Growth

Keynote speaker from US, Prof. Daniel Farber (UC Berkeley law, USA), The Geography of Subnational Climate Action

Keynote speaker from Japan, Prof. Yoshinobu Kitamura (Sophia university, Japan), Climate change measures in Japan under the Paris Agreement

 

Panel 1: Adaptation and Asia

Moderator, Prof. Toru Yamada (Meiji University)

Discussant, Hitoshi Ushijima (Chuo University)

Prof. Gina Jeehyun Choi (Seoul National University), Inclusive Green New Deal: The Case of the City of Seoul

Dr.Shiyuan Jing (Shanghai Jiaotong University), Towards a Modern Environmental Governance System: China’s City-level Environmental Policy Pilots and Environmental Legislation

Prof.Ren-Chuan Kevin Kao (College of Law, National Taipei University, Taiwan), Avoid Entanglement in Jurisdiction Controversy about Climate Change in Taiwan-Could Cooperative Federalism Play a Successful Role for a Unitary System?

Ass.Prof. Yuichiro Tsuji (Meiji University Law School), Adaptation and wind power generation in Japan -wind power in Japan

 

Afternoon session: Environmental law issue in each area

Panel 2: Possibility of renewable energy in Japan

Moderator, Prof. Gina Jeehyun Choi (Seoul National University)

Prof. Kenichiro Yanagi (Meiji university Law School), Policy Development & Legislative and Regulatory Framework for Promoting and Introducing Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Japan

Prof.Toru Yamada (Meiji University, School of Arts and Letters), Tidal energy plants in the context of Japan’s cultural landscape preservation

Prof. David G. Litt (Keio university law school), The Japanese Nuclear Restart – Some Thoughts on the Role of the Courts, The Japanese Nuclear Restart – Some Thoughts on the Role of the Courts

Prof. Noriko Okubo (Osaka university), Climate Change Litigation in Japan: Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant Cases

 

Panel 3: Energy, adaptation and judiciary

Moderator, Dr.Shiyuan Jing ( Shanghai Jiaotong University)

Discussant, Hikaru Hiranuma (Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research)

Prof. James Prest (Australian National University, ANU College of Law + ANU Energy Change Institute), Legal and Policy Issues in Three National Hydrogen Strategies

Prof. Dr. iur QIN Tianbao (National Changjiang Young Scholar Professor), Prospects of China’s Judiciary for Climate Change Adaptation

Dr. Comwatchara Iangong (Judge at Appeal Court Region 3, Thailand), Green Court in Thailand

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schomerus (Leuphana Universität Lüneburg), Solar Energy Requirements for Existing and new-build Buildings - the Example of the City of Hamburg and the Baden-Württemberg Climate Chance Act

 

Closing Remark

Prof. Dr.Jur. Menkhaus Heinrich (Meiji university, Japan)


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Academic Year 2019

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The New Legal Huns: The Emergent Landscape of International Commercial Dispute Resolution

Date: February  28, 2020
Lecturer:Professor, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, BOUDON Julien
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:OTSU, Hiroshi
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The New Legal Huns: The Emergent Landscape of International Commercial Dispute Resolution

Date:December  11, 2019
Lecturer:Associate Professor (contemporary Chinese research), Oxford University ERIE, Matthew
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:TSUJI, Yuichiro
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Symposium,40 years of ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights torture / 20 years since the ratification of the Convention -Aiming to achieve full international human rights standards

Date:November 15, 2019
Lecturer:Professor, University of Vienna NOWAK, Manfred
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:EJIMA, Akiko
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Weak Courts, Strong Rights: Judicial Review and Social Welfare Rights in Comparative Constitutional law

Date:October 28, 2019
Lecturer:Professor, Harvard Law School TUSHNET, Mark
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:TSUJI, Yuichiro
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The Dilemma of Automatic Driving

Date:October 8, 2019
Lecturer:Professor, Univeristy of Konstanz Wörner, Liane 
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:KAWAGUCHI, Koichiro


Deutsch-Japanisches Symposium zur Rechtspflege, Richterliches Dienstrecht

Date:October 3, 2019
①Das Dienstrecht der Richter nach Bundes- und Landesrecht in Deutschland

Lecturer:Referatsleiterin für Dienstrecht im Thüringer Ministerium für Migration, Justiz
und Verbraucherschutz Düwell, Nora

Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich
②Wahl der Bundesrichter und die Geschäftsverteilung der richterlichen
Dienstgeschäfte an den Obersten Bundesgerichten

Lecturer:Emeritus Professor, Univeristy of Konstanz Düwell, Franz-Josef
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich
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Japanisch-Deutsches Symposium zum Arbeitsrecht,Arbeit außerhalb des gewöhnlichen Rahmens

Date:October 1, 2019
①Verlängerung der Lebensarbeitszeit

Lecturer:Emeritus Professor, Univeristy of Konstanz Düwell, Franz-Josef
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich
②Homeoffice
Lecturer:Geschäftsführendes Vorstandsmitglied DJGA, Rechtsanwalt、 Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht, Dozent für Arbeitsrecht an der Hochschule Düsseldorf Haase, Karsten
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich
③Das deutsche Arbeitszeitgesetz und die EU- Arbeitszeitrichtlinie
Lecturer:Rechnungsprüferin DJGA, Rechtsanwältin, Fachanwältin für Arbeitsrecht Alps, Heike
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich
④Arbeit im Urlaub
Lecturer:Emeritus Professor, Univeristy of Konstanz Düwell, Franz-Josef
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich
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Japanisch-Deutsches rechtsvergleichendes Symposium, Aktuelle Diskussion über das Strafzumessungsrecht in Deutschland und Japan- insbesondere über die sog. Strafzumessungs-Datenbank -

Date:September 21, 2019
Aktuelle Diskussion über das Strafzumessungsrecht in Deutschland– Sentencing Guidelines vs. freies tatrichterliches Ermessen

Lecturer:Professor, University of Auguburg KASPAR, Johannes 
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:KUROSAWA, Mutsumi
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French university management reforms: critical

Date:July 18, 2019
Lecturer:Researcher,Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law RENAUDIE, Maxime
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:MIZUTA, Shuhei


Universality and Exceptionality of U.S. Constitutional Amendment

Date:May 27, 2019 
Lecturer:Professor, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley YOO, John,Professor, Yale Law School SCHUCK, Peter,Professor, University of California, Berkeley,CITRIN, Jack,Lecturer in Residence, University of California, Berkeley CARRILLO, David A.
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS,Heinrich KUROSAWA,Mutsumi
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Academic Year 2018


International Symposium co-hosted by ELM/Comparative Law Center

Date:March 21, 2019
Lecturer:Professor, University of Augsburg GASSNER,Ulrich M.,MERCK KGaA HÖRNER, Elmar、Shionogi & Co., Ltd. HANAWA, Masaaki
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:OTSU, Hiroshi
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The Identification of a Parliamentary Regime—Considered from the Hesitation of France in the early Fifth Republic

Date:December 10, 2018
Lecturer:Professor, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne BOUDON, Julien
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:OTSU, Hiroshi
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Lectures for Japanese and German Bar Associations

Date:October 24, 2019
Lecturer:Professor, School of Law, Meiji University MENKHAUS, Heinrich, Professor, Chuo Law School IDA, Makoto
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich

The Dilemma of Self-Driving Cars -The Trolley Problem 4.0-

Date:September 3, 2018
Lecturer:Professor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ENGLÄNDER, Armin
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich NAKAZORA,Toshimasa
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European Citizenship and the Autonomy of EU Member States in Nationality Matters

Date:August 2, 2018
Lecturer:Professor, Maastricht University Degroot Urune
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich
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Current Developments in EU Migration Law

Date:August 2, 2018
Lecturer:Professor, Maastricht University Schneider Hildegard
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich
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The Roles Played by the Courts in Education Policy -Considering the Policy on Introduction of "Free" Education-

Date:June 5, 2018
Lecturer:Professor, Columbia University REBELL, Michael A.
Organizer:Sponsor
Professor in Charge:HIROSAWA, Akira 
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The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges

Date:May 14, 2018
Lecturer:Professor (Public Law), Department of Business and Law, University of Siena GROPPI, Tania
Organizer:Sponsor
Professor in Charge:EJIMA, Akiko
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Academic Year 2017

Introduction to the German Sentencing Law

Date:March 23, 2018
Lecturer:Research Associate, Faculty of Law, University of Augsburg SCHNEIDER, Julia
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:KUROSAWA, Mutsumi
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(1)The Influence of Criminal Law on Criminal Cases of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany (2)Criminal Prosecutions at the International and National Levels under International Law (3)Aplication Criteria of International Law and Constitution with regard to Prohibition of the Use of Evidence in Criminal Procedures (4)Handing of Dangerous Criminals -Dualism in the German Penal System

Date:January 15-19, 2018
Lecturer:Judge, Federal Court of Justice of Germany (First Criminal Division)
Honorary Professor, Leibniz University Hannover RADTKE, Henning
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:KUROSAWA, Mutsumi MENKHAUS, Heinrich

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Media Ownership and Pluralism -The German Perspective-

Date:November 27, 2017
Lecturer:Professor, Faculty of Law, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany 
Director, Institute for Comparative Law, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany GOUNALAKIS, Georgiou
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:MENKHAUS, Heinrich
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Lecture Meeting Commemorating the Opening of the "Comparative Law Center"

Date:July 15, 2017
①Opening remarks  Director, Comparative Law Center NAKAZORA, Toshimasa
②President's greeting  President, Meiji University TSUCHIYA, Keiichiro
③Congratulatory speech     President, Japan Society of Comparative Law KITAMURA, Ichiro
④Commemorative speech  Professor Emeritus, Chuo University YAMAUCHI, Koresuke  
"Challenges of Comparative Law Studies" -Hopes for Meiji University School of Law-affiliated Comparative Law Center's further endeavors and success-
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge: NAKAZORA,Toshimasa 
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80th Japan Society of Comparative Law Conference

Date:July 15, 2017
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge: SASAKI, Hidetomo

Academic Year 2016

German Schöffen (lay judge) System in Comparison with Japanese Saiban'in (citizen judge) System

Date:March 24, 2017
Lecturer:Research Associate, Faculty of Law, University of Augsburg SCHMIDT, Philipp
Commentator:Associate Professor, School of Law, Meiji University KUROSAWA, Mutsumi
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:KUROSAWA, Mutsumi
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Exiting the Hall of Mirrors—Morality and Law in Human Rights

Date:October 31, 2016
Lecturer:Professor, King's College London TASIOULAS, John Commentator:Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University KAKU, Shun
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:MORIGIWA, Yasutomo 
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Academic Year 2015

Current Problems of South Korean Criminal Policy

Date:March 25, 2016
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①Korean Institute of Criminology: Research Results and Challenges for the Future
President, Korean Institute of Criminology
(Former Chief Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office) KIM, Zin-Hwan
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①Citizen participation in the judicial system in South Korea Senior Researcher, Korean Institute o f Criminology PARK, Misook
②Current Status of Prison Privatization in South Korea Researcher, Korean Institute of Criminology AHN, Sung-hoon
③Protection and Support System for Crime Victims in South Korea Associate Researcher, Korean Institute of Criminology PARK, Baek
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge: MURAKAMI,  Kazuhiro
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Legal Education and Legal System in Japan and the Philippines

Date:March 18, 2016
①Legal education in the Philippines Dean, College of Law, De La Salle University/Lawyer DIOKNO, Jose Manuel
②Legal education in Japan Associate Professor, School of Law, Meiji University KOMURO, Teruhisa
③Legal system in the Philippines Professor, College of Law, De La Salle University/Lawyer PERALTA, Anthony B.
④Legal system in Japan Senior Assistant Professor, School of Law, Meiji University/Lawyer YANAGAWA, Eiji
Organizer:Host
Professor in Charge:KOMURO, Teruhisa 
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10th ASCOLA Conference

Date:May 21-23, 2015
Organizer:Co-host
Professor in Charge:TAKAHASHI, Iwakazu
※ASCOLA webpage