User Guide

Use of Institute of Comparative Law is limited to Center Members, and Researchers and Visiting Research Fellows with approval from the Comparative Law Center Steering Committee.

1	Institute Member	Full-time faculty members of Meiji University School of Law. However, Full-time faculty members of Meiji University Law School (Juris Doctor Course) or Graduate School of Law may become Center Members with approval from the Comparative Law Center Steering Committee.
2	Researcher	Doctoral Program students and graduates of Meiji University Graduate School of Law.
3	Joint Researcher Visiting Researcher	Research Promotion Staff as described in the Provisions on Employment of Meiji University Research Promotion Staff and Research Support Staff. These researchers are accepted by Meiji University Organization for the Strategic Coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties. However, they are permitted to use the Center with approval from the Comparative Law Center Steering Committee.
4	Guest Professor Guest Researcher	Guest Professor and Guest Researcher as described in the Provisions on Treatment of Foreign Researchers. These professors and researchers are accepted by Meiji University Organization for International Collaboration. However, they are permitted to use the Center with approval from the Comparative Law Center Steering Committee.
5	Visiting Research Fellow	Persons who do not fall under any of preceding items (1) through (4) may be permitted to use the Center as Visiting Research Fellows with approval from the Comparative Law Center Steering Committee based on their areas of research and academic qualifications.

Name	Nationality	Position	Status at Affiliation	Duration	Supervisor
SJHUA, Zhang	China	Partner, attorney at law, Shanghai City Development (Suzhou) Law Firm, China	Visiting Researcher (Research and Intellectual Properties)	Sep/1/2014-Aug/31/2016	KOMURO, Teruhisa

MURATA, AkiraChina

Name	Nationality	Position	Status at Affiliation	Duration	Supervisor
MURATA, Akira	Japan	Professor/Dean, Faculty of Law, Ryutsu Keizai University	Visiting Researcher (Research and Intellectual Properties)	Apr/1/2015-Mar/31/2016	HOSHINO, Shigeru
WIENTZEK, Christine	Germany	Master's Program (Modern East Asian Studies) Student, Goethe University Frankfurt	Visiting Research Fellow	May/11/2015-Jun/26/2015	MIZUTA, Shuhei
XU, Xin	China	Professor, School of Law, Beijing Institute of Technology	Guest Professor (International Collaboration)	Jun/10/2015-Sep/20/2015	SUZUKI, Ken
KARJALA, Dennis S.	USA	Jack E. Brown Chair, Professor of Law, Arizona State University	Guest Professor (International Collaboration)	Jul/1/2015-Jun/30/2016	OHNO, Yukio
JUNG, Woo-seok	South Korea	Section Head, Seoul Detention Center, Korea Correctional Service, Ministry of Justice	Visiting Researcher (Research and Intellectual Properties)	Dec/7/2015-Jun/6/2016	MURAYAMA, Masayuki (UENO, Masao)

Name	Nationality	Position	Status at Affiliation	Duration	Supervisor
MULARA, Rosalia Laura	Germany & Italy	Student assistant, professorship Europe and public international law, Prof. Dr.Dr. hc mult. Gorning	Visiting Research Fellow	Jul/24/2016-Sep/4/2016	MENKHAUS, Heinrich
DIGENNARO, Pierluigi	Italy	Not employed, Voluntary Teaching Assistant, University of Bari Aldo Moro	Guest Researcher (International Collaboration)	Nov/15/2016-Jul/14/2018	KONISHI, Yasuyuki
JOHNSON, Amy	USA	Doctoral Degree Course, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Visiting Research Fellow	Oct/13/2016-Nov/6/2016	SASAKI, Hidetomo
SCHMITT, Philip	Germany	Research Associate, Faculty of Law, University of Augsburg	Visiting Research Fellow	Mar/4/2017-Apr/1/2017	KUROSAWA, Mutsumi

Name	Nationality	Position	Status at Affiliation	Duration	Supervisor
TOMASZEWSKA, Anna Krystyna	Poland	First-year Master's Student, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan	Visiting Research Fellow	Jul/28/2017-Aug/9/2017	MIZUTA, Shuhei
COMINELLI, Luigi	Italy	Senior Lecturer, Aggregate Professor, University of Milan	The Japan Foundation Short-term Foreign Scholar Invitation Program (International Collaboration)	Oct/31/2017-Nov/22/2017	MURAYAMA, Masayuki
SCHNEIDER, Julia	Germany	Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) for criminal law, criminal procedure, criminology, penal law courses at University of Augsburg (Germany) Teaches a course in criminal law case studies	Visiting Research Fellow	Feb/28/2018-Mar/27/2018	KUROSAWA, Mutsumi

Feb/25/2019-Mar/29/2019

Name	Nationality	Position	Status at Affiliation	Duration	Supervisor
HERWEG, Wiete-Johanna	Germany	Third-year student, Law Faculty, University of Potsdam (Germany)	Visiting Research Fellow	Feb/25/2019-Mar/29/2019	MENKHAUS, Heinrich

Name	Nationality	Position	在籍資格	Duration	Supervisor
ISHII, Yasuo	Japan	Professor, Faculty of Law, Dokkyo University	Visiting Researcher (Research and Intellectual Properties)	Apr/1/2019-Mar/31/2024	AONO, Satoru
RENAUDIE, Maxime	France	Researcher,Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law	Visiting Researcher	Jul/12/2019-Jul/30/2019	MIZUTA, Shuhei / MURAYAMA, Masayuki
OFFERMANNS, Christian Benedikt	Germany	Student, Rheinische Fridrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn	Visiting Research Fellow	Aug/5/2019-Sep/27/2019	MENKHAUS, Heinrich