Nagoya University (NU) was first founded in 1871 as a temporary hospital and medical school on the site of a local feudal council building in Nagoya. After undergoing several transitions, NU received its charter as a Japan’s seventh Imperial University. After 1949, in the comprehensive post-war reform of the nation’s educational system, Nagoya University was given a leadership role in the Chubu region. It has since grown into one of the leading national universities in Japan. In April 2004, Nagoya University was reformed as a “National University Corporation”. This transition to National University Corporation status has made it possible to manage the University under the strong leadership of the President founded upon university-wide consensus while still continuing to respect the independence and unique features of each school and department.
Throughout its history, NU has maintained a free and vibrant academic culture. Conducting research and education on all aspects of human beings, society, and nature, the university pursues its goal of contributing to the well-being and happiness of humankind. As an educational institution, NU aims at cultivate leaders with genuine courage and intellect. We call such leaders “Yuuki-aru chishiki-jin”; social contributors endowed with the powers of rational thought and creative imagination who have the ability to open up a new age.
The large and lush green campus of the University, only a short subway ride from the lively city center of Nagoya, provides a comfortable setting for students to focus on fulfilling ambitious goals and satisfying their thirst for knowledge. Today, NU is taking new steps to become a globalized university where students are able to acquire comprehensive knowledge, develop personal ethics and aspire to international careers.
Located in the center of Japan, Nagoya is the heart of the country's business and industrial network. Its rich natural and human resources draw numerous companies to house their headquarters or R&D centers in the region. Known as a technology powerhouse, Nagoya has a highly developed infrastructure. At the same time, the city is filled with cultural and modern design composes a uniquely attractive and convenient environment. This vibrant metropolitan city is surrounded by mountains and seashores, which provide outdoor and cultural activities all year round. The bled of energetic city and refreshing nature allows students to enjoy a versatile lifestyle in Nagoya.
The Graduate School of Law (GSL) has promoted the international cooperation project of the “ Asian Technical Legal Assistance “ for twenty years from 1998. It is to assist the development of legal systems in various Asian countries, which has been undertaking the transition to a market economy and constitutional and democratic nation-states.
As part of the project and to fulfill our educational and research mission as a leading center of legal and political study in Japan, GSL has established in 1999 an educational and training program of an English-taught “LL.M. (Comparative Law) Program in Law and Political Science.” It aimed for training the next generation of top Asian legalists who can contribute to nation-building through the constructing legal systems and providing education in law and expanding the legal professional networking among Asian countries. We expect that the Program will contribute to the human resources development in these countries and to create a structure for new networking potential among former students and provide feedback to GSL.
In this way, over the last 20 years, GSL has built a wide-range of the Asian legal network. In 2018, following the above programs and making the networking system sustainable, we have renamed the Comparative Law Program to the “Program for Expanding the Asian Legal Exchange Network”. Under this concept, the Program continues to train human resources in the legal arena who can develop and expand the Asian Legal Exchange Network.
We have accepted JDS participants from the targeted countries of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, Myanmar and China so far. The total number of JDS participants of our school is 205 (as of April 2020).
We are proud to count among our graduates, the staff of core ministries, judges, public prosecutors, counsel in significant corporations, active lawyers and progressive academics of the jurisdictions as independent legal professionals responding to the needs of their time, continuing to be engaged in the building of their nations, fulfilling their essential role in this new period as internationally-minded Asian leaders. A network has emerged among these graduates, created a structure for finding new talent, and for offering ongoing feedback to the faculty of our Graduate School generated a diverse and varied academic environment.
Our Program emphasizes a curriculum offering from fundamental grounding to specific areas in law and politics through classes conducted in English and the individual guidance of academic supervisors, along with a wealth of supports within the faculty and the University. Each student can immerse themselves in the joys of learning, while building strong bonds with fellow students from various nations and regions. In this way we seek to provide the conditions for our students to reach their full potential. Each year, overseas students who join our programs enrich us further by bringing with them the immediate experience of their countries of origin.
The Master's degree at our school seeks to produce people endowed with high-level general and balanced abilities. The Program constructs the curriculum around the following elements:
(1) Broad and basic training in law and political science,
(2) Highly specialized research involving analyses of the situation in the student’s own country with a view to explore solutions,
(3) Studies in the principles of a just market economy, the rule of law, human rights, and democracy conducive to a market economy system,
(4) Acquisition of the abilities and techniques needed for theoretical and practical thinking,
(5) A system of collective and flexible individual guidance in the independent academic writing and the research methods needed for this, and
(6) The promotion of comparative research in group discussions with Japanese students.
Students enter Nagoya University in October of each year. Matched with a faculty supervisor, students begin their legal studies in the Master’s Program to deepen comparative understandings of laws and political system in Japan and that of students’ home countries.
In addition to the course obligations, students are required to set a practical research theme based on a systemic topic related to market economic development and to produce thesis from a comparative perspective. To progress with their research topic, students receive individual and specialized tutorials from a supervisor and get a group and staged guidance through an initial mandatory academic writing semester course followed by two semester-length courses. Thesis writing guidance is a significant component of our Program enhancing the abilities for self-initiated research, data collection skills, and methods of thinking and analysis.
The Program offers a Seminar on the “Japanese Judiciary Institutions” with onsite visits to judiciary institutions in Japan. The Seminar helps develop students’ insights and understandings of the legal system in Japan. Besides, students’ mentorship arrangement, private sector internship and a set of student-driven cross-national seminars (the Peer Support Initiative) complement the Program.
Along with the courses in legal domain, students can also take Japanese language courses at the Nagoya University International Language Center (ILC). Japanese language is the most common medium of expression both on campus and in everyday daily life. We, therefore, stress the importance of attendance for the first six months in the intensive introductory Japanese language study course at ILC.
Apart from regular courses, the legal practitioners and scholars from home and abroad are invited to give JDS special lectures. Under the JDS Special Program, study-away trips to various regions of Japan are offered, which aims at having JDS Fellows understand the actual conditions of Japanese society and culture which has supported the legal and political system of Japan.
A Master degree requires students to attend the compulsory subjects which are in total 10 credits; Special Research I (two credits), Special Research II (two credits), and Academic Writing I (two credits). Completion of 30 credits of study and writing a Master's thesis in English under the supervision of academic staff are requisites to obtain a Master’s degree.
Regular courses are in a lecture, seminar and practice formats. In seminars, students are expected to prepare a research topic and present their findings to colleagues and faculty. Grades are assessed mainly from presentations and in class discussions. In addition to the courses listed below, the faculty recognizes certain subjects taught in the Department of International Cooperation Studies (DICOS) at the Graduate School of International Development (GSID) of Nagoya University as counting toward the degree. Recognition may be extended to other courses, if they are relevant to the candidate’s research. Such recognition requires specific faculty approval.
Subject | Course title | Credit | Instructor (professors) |
Lecture/ Seminar | Targeted students/ Term offered |
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Academic Writing I [Compulsory] | Legal research and writing I | 2 | Frank Bennett / Yoshiharu Matsuura | Lecture | M1 / Autumn Term |
Academic Writing II | Legal research and writing II | 2 | Frank Bennett / Paul Lege | Lecture | M1/ Spring Term |
Academic Writing III | Legal research and writing III | 2 | Frank Bennett / Paul Lege | Lecture | M2(M1) / Autumn Term |
Professional Studies in Contemporary Legal Disciplines | Comparative Property Law | 2 | Frank Bennett | Lecture | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Comparative Studies in Jurisprudence I | The Law and its Personnel | 2 | Seminar | Not open for 2020 | |
Comparative Studies in Jurisprudence II | Uses of the Public Sphere: good practice vs. corruption | 2 | Seminar | Not open for 2020 | |
Comparative Studies in Constitutional Law | Outline of Modern Constitution | 2 | Minori Ohkohchi | Lecture | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Comparative Studies in Administrative Law | Introduction to Administrative Law | 2 | Kazumasa Inaba | Lecture | M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Professional Studies in International Law | Introduction to International Law | 2 | Hideo Yamagata (GSID) | Lecture | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Professional Studies in International Human Rights Law I | Development and Issues on Law on International Human Rights | 2 | Lecture | Not open for 2020 | |
Professional Studies in International Human Rights Law II | Seminar on Human Rights and Refugee Law | 2 | Kaoru Obata | Seminar | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Professional Studies in International Economic Law I | Studies in Law on WTO | 2 | Tomoko Ishikawa (GSID) | Lecture | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Professional Studies in International Economic Law II | Problems of International Economic Law | 2 | Tomonori Mizushima | Seminar | M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Studies in Comparative private law I) | Introduction to International Commercial Arbitration | 2 | Giorgio Fabio Colombo | Seminar | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Studies in Comparative private law II) | Case Study of International Commercial Arbitration | 2 | Giorgio Fabio Colombo | Seminar | M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Fundamental Studies in Comparative private law A) | Recent issues in International Commercial Law | 2 | Giorgio Fabio Colombo | Seminar | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Fundamental Studies in Comparative private law B) | International Commercial contracts | 2 | Giorgio Fabio Colombo | Seminar | M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar Case Study of International Commercial Arbitration) | Case Study of International Commercial Arbitration | 2 | Dai Yokomizo / Giorgio Fabio Colombo | Seminar | M1&M2 / Autumn Term Joint lecture with Special Lecture and Seminar (Studies in Comparative private law II) |
Comparative Studies in Civil Law I | Contract Law | 2 | Lecture | Not open for 2020 | |
Comparative Studies in Civil Law II | Family Law in Japan and Asian Countries | 2 | Hiroko Itoh (Aichi Gakuin University) | Lecture | M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Comparative Studies in Criminal Law | Development of national criminal law under the influence of foreign and international law | 2 | Kanako Takayama (Kyoto University) |
Lecture | M1 / intensive course |
Comparative Studies in Judicial System | Introduction to the Civil Justice System | 2 | Yoshitaka Nakamura | Lecture | M1&M2 / intensive course |
Comparative Studies in Business Law I | Corporate Law I | 2 | Junko Ueda (Aichi University) |
Lecture | M1&M2 / intensive course /Biennial opening of a course/ open for 2020 |
Comparative Studies in Business Law II | Corporate Law II | 2 | Lecture | Not open for 2020 | |
Comparative Studies in Politics I | Comparative European Politics | 2 | Yasushi Kondo | Lecture | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Comparative Studies in Politics II | International Politics | 2 | Satoshi Miura | Lecture | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Comparative Studies in Public Administration | Public Administration and Public Policy in Japan | 2 | Reiko Arami | Lecture | M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Comparative Studies in Political Thought | History of political theories | 2 | Lecture | Not open for 2020 | |
Special Research I [Compulsory] | Tutorials | 4 | Each supervisor (main advisor) | Tutorials | M1/ One-year |
Special Research II [Compulsory] | Tutorials | 4 | Each supervisor (main advisor) | Tutorials | M2/ One-year |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Business law and Practices) | Corporate Legal Practices | 1 | Lecture/ Seminar/ Practice |
Not open for 2020 | |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Workshop on International Negotiation) | Workshop on International Negotiation | 2 | Frank Bennett | Lecture/ Seminar/ Practice |
M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Japanese Judicial Institutions) |
Japanese Judicial Institutions | 2 | Ogawa, Hayakawa, Oda, Yamaguchih, Tanahashi, Tsukahara | Lecture | M1/ Autumn Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Japanese Legal System) |
Justice Theory and Legal Theory | 2 | You Matsuo | Lecture | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Japanese Law and Society) | Japanese Law and Society | 2 | Ayako Harada | Seminar | M1&M2 /Autumn Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Private International Law) | 2 | Yoshiko Naiki (GSES) | Lecture | M1&M2 / Autumn Term | |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Introduction to the Japanese Litigation) | Introduction to the Japanese Litigation | 2 | Yasunori Honma (Waseda University) |
Lecture | M1&M2/ intensive course |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Comparative Law and Politics Seminars I) | Peer Support Initiative (Comparative Law and Politics Seminars I) | 2 | Fumito Sato | Seminar | M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Comparative Law and Politics Seminars II) | Peer Support Initiative (Comparative Law and Politics Seminars II) | 2 | Fumito Sato | Seminar | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Intellectual Property Law) | International/Japanese Intellectual Property Law | 2 | Masabumi Suzuki / Shiori Nishii | Seminar | M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Foreign Law Special Seminar Ⅰ) | Global Tort (K.H.A.N Summer School) | 2 | Seminar | Not open for 2020 | |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Foreign Law Special Seminar Ⅱ) | International Negotiation (K.H.A.N Summer School) | 1 | Seminar | Not open for 2020 | |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Labour Law) | Comparative Labour Law | 2 | Seminar | Not open for 2020 | |
Research of East Asian Law I A | East Asian Comparative Law | 2 | Yoshiharu Matsuura | Seminar | M1&M2/ Spring Term |
Research of East Asian Law I B | East Asian Comparative Law | 2 | Yoshiharu Matsuura | Seminar | M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Research of East Asian Law II A | East Asian “Jus Commune” | 2 | Katsuya Ichihashi | Seminar | M1&M2 / Autumn Term |
Research of East Asian Law II B | East Asian “Jus Commune” | 2 | Kaoru Obata | Seminar | M1&M2 / Spring Term |
備考/Note:
The academic year of 2020 begins in October 1, 2020 and ends in September 30, 2021.
[The Graduate School of Law introduced the "Cross-Border Legal Institution Design" program under the MEXT Program for Leading Graduate Schools (2011-2017). Those students who wish to have the official recognition on completion of the Program for Leading Graduate Schools when you complete a Master’s program are required to earn more than eight credits from the following courses, including required courses.]
Subject | Course title | Credit | Instructor (professors) |
Lecture/ Seminar | Targeted students/ Term offered |
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Project Management I | 2 | Taeko Nakano, Yoshiharu Matsuura, Yusuke Takahashi | Lecture | M1/Autumn Term | |
A Comparative LAW Workshop | 2 | Dai Yokomizo / Sean McGinty | Lecture | M1/Autumn Required to choose either 602 or 603 |
|
Comparative Politics Workshop |
2 | Hiroko Takeda | Lecture | M1/Autumn Term Required to choose either 602 or 603 |
|
Legal Transplantation | 2 | Katsuya Ichihashi | Lecture | M1/Spring Term Omnibus |
|
Joint Research Workshop I | 2 | Giorgio Fabio Colombo / Dai Yokomizo / Sean McGinty | Seminar | M1/Spring Term Compulsory |
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Joint Research Workshop II | 2 | Giorgio Fabio Colombo / Dai Yokomizo / Sean McGinty | Seminar | M2/Autumn Term Compulsory |
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Seminar in International Law and Politics I | 4 | Each Supervisor (Main advisor) | Seminar | M1/intensive course Summer internship |
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Special Lecture and Seminar (Jurisprudence: Japanese Context) | Jurisprudence: Japanese Context | 2 | You Matsuo | Lecture | M1&M2/Spring Term Common with the course, “Justice Theory and Legal Theory” |
Special Lecture and Seminar (Asian Family Law) | Family Law in Japan and Asian Countries | 2 | Hiroko Ito (Aichi Gakuin University) | Lecture | M1/Autumn Term Common with the course, “Family Law in Japan and Asian Countries” |
Project Management II | 2 | (TBD) | Lecture | D1/intensive course/Autumn Term Not open for 2020 |
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Leading Program Academic Writing II | 2 | (TBD) | Lecture | D1/Autumn Term Not open for 2020 |
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Joint Research Workshop III | Organizing a workshop | 2 | Giorgio Fabio Colombo / Dai Yokomizo / Sean McGinty | Seminar | D1/intensive course |
Seminar in International Law and Politics II |
4 | Each Supervisor (Main advisor) | Seminar | D1/intensive course Summer internship |
(Graduated schools and awarded degrees, field of specialty and research interest)
<Department of Combined Graduate Program> | |
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Assoc. Prof. ARAMI Reiko Ph.D,MPP., B.A.in Liberal Arts from the University of Tokyo. |
*Public Administration, Public Policy, Local government. 1. Social policy and policy implementation 2. Bureaucratic politics and organizational theory 3. Public management in local government |
Assoc. Prof. Frank BENNETT JD, UCLA School of Law, B.A. from University of California (Berkeley) |
*Comparative Law (Japan) Comparative Law (property, secured claims and related aspects of civil procedure) |
Prof. FURUKAWA Nobuhiko LL.B., the University of Tokyo |
*Criminal Law 1. The Theory of Criminal Negligence |
Prof. Giorgio Fabio Colombo J.D, University “Luigi Bocconi”, Milan Ph.D., University of Macerata |
*Comparative Private Law |
Prof. HARADA Ayako LL.D., Kyoto University |
*Sociology of law 1. Socio-legal analysis on the current system dealing with children and family issues 2. Comparative study of such system working in Japan and in the United States |
Prof. HATANO Satoshi LL.D., Kyoto University |
*European Legal History |
Prof. HAYASHI Shuya Completed Dr. course work in Kyoto University Graduate School of Law, LL.D., Kyoto University |
*Competition Law 1. Competition law and policy 2. Trade regulation law (electricity and telecommunication) |
Prof. INABA Kazumasa LL.D., Nagoya University |
*Administrative Law 1. Reformation of administrative law in the age of Deregulation 2. Legal limitation on privatization 3. Broadcast law in the US and Japan |
Prof. KANG Dongkook Doctor of Laws with the Honor of Highest from the University of Tokyo (Dr.), Graduate School of Seoul National University (M.A.), Seoul National University (B.A.) |
*History of East Asian Political Thought 1. Nationalism and Colonialism in East Asia 2. Conceptual History in East Asia |
Assoc. Prof. KATO Tetsuri LL.M., Kyoto University |
*History of Political Thought (Western) 1. Philosophical Hermeneutics as a Way to Dialogue between Civilizations 2. Tradition of Western Mysticism 3. Politics and Religion |
Assoc. Prof. KAWASHIMA Takanori LL.M., Keio University |
*Civil Procedure Law |
Prof. KONDO Yasushi LL.D., Nagoya University |
*Political History (Europe) 1. Comparative European Politics 2. Party Politics |
Prof. MASUDA Tomoko LL.D, Nagoya University, M.A. from Aoyama Gakuin University |
*Political History (Japan) 1. Constitutional Emperor system 2. Ultra nationalism in modern Japan |
Assoc. Prof. MATSUDA Takafumi LL.D., Kobe University |
*Civil Law |
Prof. MATSUNAKA Manabu LL.M., Osaka University |
*Corporate Law, Economic Analysis of Law 1. Rule making of takeover regulation 2. Law on equity finance 3. Regulation of control shareholders private benefit |
Prof. MATSUO You LL.D., Kyoto University |
*Jurisprudence |
Prof. MIZUSHIMA Tomonori LL.D., Kyoto University |
*International public law 1. Jurisdictional Immunity of Foreign States 2. WTO law 3. International investment law |
Prof. MIURA Satoshi M.A., the University of Tokyo |
*International Relations 1. Global governance 2. International political economy |
Prof. MIYAKI Yasuhiro LL.M., Doshisya University |
*Criminal Procedure 1. Undercover operations |
Prof. MOTO Hidenori LL.D., Nagoya University |
*Constitutional Law 1. Constitutional law in Japan and Germany 2. Law on political parties and constitution 3. Constitutional theory about democracy 4. Constitutional analysis of ‘public sphere’ |
Prof. NAKAHIGASHI Masafumi LL.D., Nagoya University |
*Corporate Law 1. Mergers and Acquisitions 2. History of Corporate Law 3. Corporate Law and Securities Regulation in Canada |
Prof. NAKANO Taeko LL.B., the University of Tokyo |
*Social Services Law 1. Sick insurance 2. Social welfare 3. Social Security in Sweden |
Assoc. Prof. Nishii Shiori Degrees: Ph.D., LL.M. & LL.B., the University of Tokyo |
*Intellectual Law 1. Patent Law |
Prof. OBATA Kaoru LL.M., Kyoto University |
*International public Law, International Law of Human Rights 1. Diplomatic protection, state responsibility, status of foreigners 2. European convention of human rights 3. United Nations and human rights |
Prof. OHKOHCHI Minori LL.D., Nagoya University |
*Constitutional Law 1. Constitutional interpretive methodology 2. Constitutional theory in U.S. 3. Judicial review system |
Prof. OKA Katsuhiko LL.D., Hokkaido University |
*Comparative Law (Korea) 1. Public law in Korea 2. Justice system in Korea |
Assoc. Prof. OKUBO Akira LL.D., Keio University |
*History of International Politics |
Prof. SAITO Akiko LL.M., Kyoto University |
*Criminal law 1. Criminal Law 2. Omission 3. Complicity |
Prof. SATO Fumito LL.M., Waseda University |
*Russian Law 1. Representation System in Russia 2. Russian Judicial System |
Assoc. Prof. SATO Yasunori J.D., the University of Tokyo |
*Civil law 1. Communio |
Prof. TAKEDA Hiroko LL.M., Rikkyo University Ph.D., School of East Asian Studies, University of Sheffield |
*Theory of Political process |
Prof. TAMURA Tetsuki LL.D., Nagoya University |
*Political Science 1. Contemporary democratic theory 2. Welfare regime and basic income 3. Gender in policies and political science |
Prof. UDAGAWA Yukinori LL.M., Hokkaido University |
*Comparative law (China) 1. Private law in China 2. Judicial reform in China |
Prof. WATANABE Miyuki LL.B., Tohoku University |
*Civil Procedure law 1. Effects of judgment 2. Arbitration 3. Fundamental theory of civil procedure |
Prof. YANO Masahiro LL.M., Waseda University |
*Labor Law |
Prof. YOKOMIZO Dai LL.M., the University of Tokyo |
*Conflict of Laws 1. Structure of conflict of laws 2. International aspects of intellectual property 3. International judicial jurisdiction |
<Department of Program for Legal Practice> | |
Prof. FUJIMOTO Akira LL.M., Osaka City University |
*Practical Legal Education |
Prof. FUKASAWA Ryuichiro LL.D., Kyoto University |
*Administrative Law |
Prof. HASHIDA Hisashi LL.M., Kyoto University |
*Criminal Law 1. Self-defense and necessity 2. Subjective elements of illegality |
Prof. IMAI Katsunori LL.D., Nagoya University |
*Commercial Law 1. Payment Law 2. Banking Law |
Prof. KANEKO Yoshiaki LL.B., the University of Tokyo |
*Civil Law |
Prof. KOBAYASHI Ryo LL.M., Kyoto University |
*Commercial Law 1. Commercial Law 2. Financial Law |
Prof. KOJIMA Jyun LL.M., Waseda University |
*Criminal procedure 1. Double jeopardy |
Prof. KURITA Masahiro LL.D., Kyoto University |
*Civil law |
Prof. MURAKAMI Masako LL.D., Hitotsubashi University |
*Civil Procedure |
Assoc. Prof. MURATA Kensuke J.D., Kyoto University |
*Civil Law |
Assoc. Prof. SAITO Kazuhisa LL.M., Waseda University |
*Constitutional Law |
Prof. SUZUKI Masabumi LL.M., Harvard Law School |
*Intellectual Property Law 1. Law and policy concerning intellectual property 2. International intellectual property system |
Prof. TAKAHASHI Yusuke LL.M., Kyoto University, LL.B., Kyoto University |
*Tax Law 1. Taxation on business organizations 2. Partnership taxation in Japan and U.S. |
<International Student Advisor> | |
Asst. Prof. OKUDA Saori LL.B. & B.A., Nagoya University |
*Advising and Assisting International Students and Coordinating Students Exchange |
Asst. Prof. TOMITA Eriko M.A., University of Warwick M.A., University of Nottingham |
*Assistant to International Student Advisor |
Graduate School of Law 2020 - 2021 GSL Calendar for October entrants | |||
Date | Targeted students | Event & things to-do | |
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Month | Day | ||
September | 9 | M1 | Main supervisor decided |
September | M1 | Registration at the ward office | |
September | M1 | Academic guidance / IT guidance / insurance, bicycle, immigration guidance / university-wide-guidance/ Japanese language course registration | |
September | Two weeks | M1 | Two-weeks English language training |
September | The end of the month | M1 | Moving into university residence |
October | 1 | Entrance ceremony | |
October | 2 | M1 | Classes start for Autumn term |
October | 2 | M1 | Course registration (to October 12) |
October | M1 | ID students card issued | |
October | M1 | Medical check-up | |
October | M1 | GSL (Graduate School of Law) Welcome Party for new international students | |
November | 30 | M1 | Submission of Study plan and Registration form |
December | 28 | Winter holidays (to January 7) | |
January 2021 | 8 | M1 | Classes restart and end on January 26 |
January | Not decided | Field trip (not confirmed) | |
February | Middle or End of this month | Ski Training Trip to the National Norikura Youth Friendship Center (optional) | |
April | M1 | Classes start for Spring term | |
April | M1 | Course registration | |
April | M1 | Sub supervisors decided | |
April | M1 | Medical check-up | |
May | M1 | Submission of Master’s thesis writing plan | |
August | Summer holidays (to September 30) | ||
August | M1 | Submission of Mid-term thesis progress report |
Newly enrolled students from abroad are generally accommodated in one of the five university international residences: International Residence Higashiyama, International Residence Yamate, International Ohmeikan House, Ishida Memorial International Residence Myoken and International Residence Daiko, The period of residency in each residence is basically limited to six months, for the number of international students greatly exceeds the capacity available.
For further information of housings for international students at Nagoya University, visit the following of webpage:
http://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/academics/campus_life/housing/index.html
The Law Library placed in our School contains approximately 261,892 volumes of books in the field of law and political science, including approximately 110,830 volumes in foreign languages. An additional amount of Japanese issued periodicals and foreign journals in the field of law and political science are available in the University Central Library. The Law School Library, along with other satellite collections within the University, is covered by the OPAC system and, for older books, the comprehensive card catalog housed in the Central Library.
The University Library, which processes all library materials and maintains the union catalog of all books and journals in the university, offers circulation and a book detection by an ID card system, and reference services, including inter-library loan, photocopying and computer-based information retrieval.
For language education and other educational and research purposes, the University Library has access to satellite TV channels, including CNN news, CCTVa, and KBSa.
The Central University Library contains 1,000 reading desks in the open-stack area. Group study rooms, seminar rooms, an information corner, and an audio-visual room are also available. For further information, please visit the webpage:
http://en.nagoya-u.ac.jp/about_nu/admin/sch/deta/nul.html
Within your application, the Research Proposal is of critical importance to the admission decision. The application is the basis of the initial document screening. Still, beyond that, it plays an essential role in shaping the interview for applicants who reach the final stage. It can have a determinative effect both on the selection.
Accordingly, you are well advised to take particular care in the drafting of the Research Proposal within the framework of the issues of the JDS project in Uzbekistan. Describe your interests, research objectives and originality clearly and well-reasoned.
When reviewing your Research Proposal or conducting interviews, the following factors will be at the forefront of our thinking:
1) Is there evidence of enough foundation knowledge and research skills to begin work on substantive research immediately upon entering into the study in the Graduate School? The reviewers are concerned with both general knowledge and experience in the field of law and specialized skills and knowledge necessary to the proposed topic. Are you familiar with the prominent scholars in the area? Are you aware of recent trends? Do you have a sense of the critical issues in the area, and are you able to relate them to a broader context?
2) Is there a clear, concise, and meaningful research topic? Setting the purpose and objective of a project is one of the most challenging tasks in research.
3) Is the topic you propose a good fit for research in Japan? While your proposed issue of a point may concern international matters or the laws of third countries, the reviewers are looking for its connections with Japan, and if it fits the research environment in Japan.
4) Do you know the basic outlines of Japanese law, politics and public administration? What is Japan's position or experience within your topic area?
5) Suitability for supervision
Have you investigated our faculty members? Information on our Program and our staff are available on the Website of our School. Members of our faculty publish their articles and books in English, Japanese and other languages. Try to be aware of our work and familiarize yourself with the work of members of our faculty who specialize in your chosen area.
Please refer to the profile of our professors* page of the Website of our school.
* http://www.law.nagoya-u.ac.jp/en/faculty_members.html%20
In closing, we would stress that, whatever the result; your choice to apply to our Program presents an opportunity for learning and personal growth. We encourage you to do your best in preparation, and challenge the application process with skill and effort.