Country
Japan
Position
Former Executive Vice President (University Office),
Emeritus Professor and Visiting Fellow (School of Law)
Research Keywords
Philosophy of Law
Qualifications
MA: (LL.M.) University of Tokyo, 1979
PhD: (LL.D.) University of Tokyo, 1982
Message
I taught philosophy of law and other related issues in moral theory for 39 years at Hokkaido University. I love the beautiful campus of this university and the nationally-known liberal academic environment of its School of Law. During my career, I also taught in both USA and UK on several occasions and gave various presentations at international conferences. Although I retired from the University in 2022, I am honored to be still a part of the School of Law.
Once involved in the establishment and development of MJSP, I believe it is one of the most attractive interdisciplinary programs in Japanese studies. I am delighted to be able to continue supporting my colleagues in advancing MJSP, especially by offering a cultural-philosophical perspective on law in modern Japan.
Selected Publications
・“Human Dignity as a Global Common Good” (in: Reiko Gotoh, ed., Dignity, Freedom and Justice, Springer, 2024, Ch. 5) (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-97-0519-1)
・“The Possibility of the Human Right to Environment” (in: Giuliana Z. Capaldo, ed., The Global Community Yearbook of Int’l Law and Jurisprudence 2021, Oxford U. P., 2022, pp. 57-89)
・“The Fabric of Normative Translation in Law” (in: Helge Dedek, ed., A Cosmopolitan Jurisprudence: Essays in memory of H. Patrick Glenn, Cambridge U. P., 2021, pp. 249-266)
・“On the Modes of Confluence in Law” (in: K. Boele-Woelki et al., eds., Current Issues of Comparative Law, Springer, 2019, pp. 39-48)
(https://www.springerprofessional.de/on-the-modes-of-confluence-in-law/17153716)
・“Interactive Reason in Law” (in：M. S. Sellers, ed., Law, Reason, and Emotion, Cambridge U. P., 2017, pp. 184-201) (https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108355223.009)
・“Normative Translation in the Heterogeneity of Law” (in: Transnational Legal Theory, Vol. 6: 3-4, 2015, pp.501-517) (https://doi.org/10.1080/20414005.2015.1126111)
・“Between Rights and ‘Kenri’” (in: E. Cashin-Retaine, ed., Legal Engineering and Comparative Law, Vol. 2, Schulthess, 2009, pp.87-103)
・“Incorporating Foreign Legal Ideas through Translation” (in: Andrew Halpin, et al., eds., Theorizing the Global Legal Order, Hart Publishing, 2009, pp.85-106)
