Programs and Courses
Kyoto / Tokyo and Canberra Seminars
ANJeL also teaches intensive courses in Japan with Ritsumeikan University, the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars in Japanese Law. These courses are available for credit through the various ANJeL institutions in Australia. Along with the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars, ANJeL teaches an intensive course in Australia for Japanese students, the Canberra Seminar in Australian Law. This course is available for credit from various ANJeL partner institutions in Japan.
A panel discussion "Beyond Borders in the Classroom: The Possibilities of Transnational Legal Education" co-hosted by Ritsumeikan School of Law and ANJeL on 10th February 2007 and sponsored by Japan’s Ministry of Education, which covers the merits of programs such as the Kyoto Seminar, is available here.
Kyoto/Tokyo Seminar
in Japanese Law
Details of 2009 Seminars
A flier is available here. An orientation for both Seminars was held in Sydney on 2nd February.
- February 9 - 13 (Kyoto)
The 2009 Kyoto Seminar on Japanese Law in the Global Era was held at the Suzaku Campus of Ritsumeikan University. The course examined the enormous changes to Japanese law in response to the pressures of globalisation. In addition to field trips to the Osaka District Court, the Osaka Bar association and a manufacturer of traditional Japanese sake, the course considered issues in criminal law and procedure, civil justice, business regulation, consumer rights, gender equity and public law in Japan.
- February 16 – 20 (Tokyo)
The Tokyo Seminar on Japanese Law and the Economy was held at the Tokyo Campus of Ritsumeikan University near the centrally-located Tokyo Station. The course examined the relationship between economic change and the reform of corporate and commercial law in Japan. In addition to a field trip to the legal department of a major Japanese trading corporation and guest lecture on Japanese regional economic policy by an official from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the course explored issues in employment law, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, commercial dispute resolution, foreign investment regulation and the legal profession in Japan.
For more information on course content, registration procedures and tuition fees, please see the official website at www.kyoto-seminar.jp. For details on obtaining institutional credit, contact your home university or ANJeLinfo@gmail.com.
Details of 2008 Seminars
Canberra Seminar
in Australian Law
The Canberra Seminar in Australian Law was held again in Canberra in February 2009. Details of past Canberra Seminars are available here. This course is available for credit from various ANJeL partners institutions in Japan.
Courses on Japanese Law available at the University of Sydney and the Australian National University
The ANJeL directors offer a number of courses on Japanese law at
their respective institutions.
- At the Australian National University, Kent
Anderson teaches Japanese Law and Society, a one-semester
course cross-listed in both the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Asian
Studies, Accessing Japanese Law, a one-semester course
based on the co-directors teaching materials and including a video-negotiation
project between ANU and Aoyama Gakuin University students, and
Advanced Readings in Japanese Law, a language course
on Japanese legal materials.
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At the University of Sydney , Luke Nottage teaches Japanese Law , a one-semester elective to upper-year undergraduate law students; and one or two Japanese Law units at postgraduate level. Some or all of these courses may be taught in Japan in some years. He also teaches another undergraduate elective, International Commercial Transactions, revolving around a Japan-Australian case study.
The directors are also developing courses for delivery at other
leading law schools in Australia and elsewhere.
Last updated: 25 August 2009 |
