Home Activities ICCLP - Comparative Law and Politics Seminars&Forums Comparative Law and Politics Seminars&Forums 2023 Academic Year 276th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date Date: 9 January 2024 Speaker Professor Kenneth Benoit, London School of Economics Topic PREDICTING LEFT-RIGHT POSITIONS FROM HAND-CODED CONTENT: ANALYSIS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Moderator Professor KATO Junko 275th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 19 December 2023 Speaker Professor Ying Liew, Melbourne Law School Topic Trusts Law in the Asia-Pacific Region: Reflections and Lessons Moderator Professor TAMARUYA Masayuki 274th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 11 December 2023 Speaker Luke Nottage, Professor, the University of Sydney Topic Consumer Law Redress and Administration, Product Safety Regulation and Contracts: Comparing Japan and Australia Moderator ASAKA Kichimoto, Professor, the University of Tokyo 140th Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 13 September 2023 Speaker Ryan Patrick Hanley, Professor of Political Science at Boston College Topic Social Reform in Early Eighteenth-Century French Political Economy: Fénelon, Boisguilbert, Vauban Speaker Craig Smith, Professor of the History of Political Thought at the University of Glasgow Topic Improvement or Progress: Reform in the Scottish Enlightenment Moderator KAWADE Yoshie, Professor, the University of Tokyo Discussant UENO Hiroki, Lecturer at Keio University 273rd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 1 July 2023 Speaker Prof. Geert Bouckaert, KU Leuven, Belgium Topic Reforming the Reform Strategy: The Neo-Weberian State Model Moderator Dimitri VANOVERBEKE, Professor, the University of Tokyo 272nd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 1 June 2023 Speaker Prof. Dr. Yannick Vanderborght, UCLouvain, Belgium Topic Basic income: an idea whose time has come… in Europe and Japan alike? Commentator Sébastien Lechevalier, Professor at EHESS Moderator Dimitri VANOVERBEKE, Professor, the University of Tokyo 271st Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 25 May 2023 Speaker Merritt B. Fox, Professor, Columbia Law School Topic Manipulating Citadel: Profiting at the Expense of Retail Stock Traders' Market Makers Moderator ASAKA Kichimoto, Professor, the University of Tokyo 270th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 13 May 2023 Speaker Kristina Daugirdas, Professor, University of Michigan Law School Topic Are Authoritarian International Organizations Different? Evidence from a New Dataset of IO Charters Moderator TERAYA Koji, Professor, the University of Tokyo 269th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 26 April 2023 Speaker Mathieu Deflem Professor at the University of South Carolina Topic Dilemmas of Law and Culture: The Clash of Values within Modern Legal Systems Moderator Professor Dimitri VANOVERBEKE, the University of Tokyo 2022 Academic Year 268th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 15 December 2022 Speaker Lawrence Repeta Member, Japan Civil Liberties Union Topic Japan’s Prisoners of Conscience: Protest and Law During the Iraq War Moderator Professor Dimitri VANOVERBEKE, the University of Tokyo 267th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 21 December 2022 Speaker Marie ELIPHE JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow Topic L’acte juridique pour autrui Moderator Professor SAITO Tetsushi, the University of Tokyo 266th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 15 December 2022 Speaker Jason Hall Adjunct Lecturer, University of Tokyo Topic Future Generation of Business Lawyers: What is asked of them and how do we help them? Moderator Professor TAMARUYA Masayuki, the University of Tokyo 265th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 17 November 2022 Speaker Bryan D Tiojanco Project Associate Professor, University of Tokyo Topic Democracy and Disengagement Moderator Professor TAMARUYA Masayuki 264th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 8 November 2022 Speaker ・Bruno Theodoro Luciano Postdoctoral Researcher at the San Tiago Dantas Graduate Program in International Relations (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP), São Paulo, Brazil ・Pola Cebulak Tenured Assistant Professor in European Law at the European Studies Department of the University of Amsterdam ・Gustavo Müller Senior researcher at the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies (GGS) and lecturer for the Programme on European Culture and Society (PECS), both at the University of Leuven Topic The Rule of Law and Democratic Backsliding in the European Union’s External Relations: the case of EU-Latin America Relations Moderator Professor Dimitri VANOVERBEKE 263rd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 8 September 2022 Speaker Alexander Cory Evans, Lecturer, the University of Tokyo Topic Two Cases About Fairness: Abuse of Rights, Equity and the Foundations of Private Law Moderator ASAKA Kichimoto, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2019 Academic Year 262nd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 17 January 2020 Speaker Gabrielle Radica Professor, University of Lille Visiting Professor, Yokohama National University Topic The interpretation of law according to Montesquieu: a discussion with jusnaturalism Moderator Yoshie Kawade, Professor, the University of Tokyo 261st Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 12 July 2019 Speaker Trina Jones, Jerome M. Culp Professor of Law, Duke Law School Topic Sexual Harassment Law and the #MeToo Movement in the United States Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2018 Academic Year 260th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 22 March 2019 Speaker Mark Ramseyer,　Professor,　Harvard Law School Topic Thinking About Rural Credit Markets and Land Reform Moderator Minoru Nakazato, Professor, the University of Tokyo 259th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 21 December 2018 Speaker Ian Shapiro, Sterling Professor of Political Science at Yale University / Henry R. Luce Director of the MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies Topic Democratic Competition: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Moderator Junko Kato, Professor, the University of Tokyo 258th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 17 December 2018 Speaker Rebecca B. Morton, Professor, Department of Politics, New York University, NYC & Abu Dhabi Topic Social Groups, Information Sharing, and the Effectiveness of Public Protests Moderator Junko Kato, Professor, the University of Tokyo 257th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 25 October 2018 Speaker Catherine Volpilhac-Auger, Professor, Ecole Normale Superieur de Lyon Topic Montesquieu and the Roman law: model or counter-model? Moderator Yoshie Kawade, Professor, the University of Tokyo 256th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 28 June 2018 Speaker James E. Coleman, Jr., Professor, Duke Law School Topic The Role of Eyewitness Misidentifications and False Confessions in Wrongful Convictions Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 255th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 21 May 2018 Speaker Fredrik Sävje, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University Topic Average Treatment Effects in the Presence of Unknown Interference 254th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 9 May 2018 Speaker Steven B. Smith, Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science and Professor of Philosophy at Yale University Topic Machiavelli's Utopianism Moderator Yoshie Kawade, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2017 Academic Year 253rd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 10 February 2018 Speaker Kazumochi Kometani, General Counsel for International Legal Affairs, METI Topic Interaction-based Developments in International Economic Law Practices Moderator Kazuhiro Nakatani, Professor, the University of Tokyo 252nd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 6 July 2017 Speaker Kosuke Imai, Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo/ Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University Topic Improving Survey Methodologies for Sensitive Questions Moderator Junko Kato, Professor, the University of Tokyo 251st Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 3 April 2017 Speaker Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, President of the International Criminal Court Topic ICC: Its work and future challenges Moderator Yuji Iwasawa, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2016 Academic Year 250th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 4 February 2017 Speaker Motohide Yoshikawa, Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Japan to the UN Topic My life as a diplomat and the UN Moderator Kazuhiro Nakatani, Professor, the University of Tokyo 249th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 8 December 2016 Speaker Loretta Malintoppi, Eversheds, Of Counsel Topic Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Is There an 'Asian Way'? Moderator Kazuhiro Nakatani, Professor, the University of Tokyo 248th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 7 July 2016 Speaker Kosuke Imai, Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, the University of Tokyo / Professor, Department of Politics, Princeton University Topic When should we use linear fixed effects regression models for causal inference with panel data? Moderator Masaki Taniguchi, Professor, the University of Tokyo 247th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 7 July 2016 Speaker Gillian Metzger, Professor, Columbia Law School Topic Administrative Constitutionalism Moderator Yoshiko Kakishima, Professor, the University of Tokyo 246th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 28 July 2016 Speaker Jason Wittenberg, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley Topic Slouching Toward Authoritarianism? Hungary under Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Alliance Since 2010 Moderator Kimitaka Matsuzato, Professor, the University of Tokyo 245th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 28 May 2016 Speaker James C. Hathaway, Professor, University of Michigan Law School Topic Fixing the International Refugee System Moderator Koji Teraya, Professor, the University of Tokyo Commentator Yasunobu Sato, Professor, the University of Tokyo 244th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 12 May 2016 Speaker Richard Briffault, Professor, Columbia Law School Topic American Campaign Finance Law: Its Past and Possible Futures Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2015 Academic Year 138th Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 16 January 2015 Speaker Gablielle Radica, Associate Professor, University of Picardie Jules Verne Topic La place des relations familiales dans le jusnaturalisme moderne (The Place of the family relations in modern natural law) Moderator Yoshie Kawade, Professor, the University of Tokyo 243rd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 19 August 2015 Speaker Rogers M. Smith, Associate Dean for the Social Sciences/Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, the University of Pennsylvania Topic Toward Flexible Forms of Political Peoplehood ? Moderator Fumiaki Kubo, Professor, the University of Tokyo 242nd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 19 August 2015 Speaker Mimi Zou, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Michael Dunn, Lecturer, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford Topic On the New Book on Chinese Elder Law Moderator Norio Higuchi, Professor, the University of Tokyo 241st Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 6 July 2015 Speaker Monica Hakimi, Professor, University of Michigan Law School Topic The Two Codes on the Use of Force Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 240th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 4 June 2015 Speaker Julian Mortenson, Professor, University of Michigan Law School Topic Treaty Interpretation in International Investment Law Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 139th Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 15 May 2015 Speaker Paulo H M Sousa, Professor of Private Law in Brazil (Curitiba, Paranà State) Topic The Right to Die in Brazil: Between the Federal Council of Medicine and the Criminal Code Moderator Norio Higuchi, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2014 Academic Year 138th Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 16 January 2015 Speaker Gablielle Radica, Associate Professor, University of Picardie Jules Verne Topic La place des relations familiales dans le jusnaturalisme moderne (The Place of the family relations in modern natural law) Moderator Yoshie Kawade, Professor, the University of Tokyo 239th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 8 January 2015 Speaker Florencia Marotta-Wurgler, Professor, New York University School of Law; Faculty Director, NYU Law in Buenos Aires Topic E-Commerce and Privacy Moderator Norio Higuchi, Professor, the University of Tokyo 238th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 12 September 2014 Speaker Shotaro Hamamoto, Professor, Kyoto University Carl Baudenbacher, President of the EFTA Court / Professor, University of St. Gallen Topic Development of "Judicial Dialogue" in Europe Moderator Yoichi Ito, Professor, the University of Tokyo 237th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 23 June 2014 Speaker Ronald Mann, Professor, Columbia Law School Topic Assessing the Optimism of Payday Loan Borrowers Moderator Tomotaka Fujita, Professor, the University of Tokyo 137th Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 20 June 2014 Speaker Céline Spector, Professor, Université Bordeaux 3 Topic Rousseau et la critique de l'economie politique: Une refutation de L'Esprit des lois? (Rousseau and the critique of the political economy: a refutation of The Spirit of the Laws ?) Moderator Yoshie Kawade, Professor, the University of Tokyo 236th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 9 June 2014 Speaker Michael S. Barr, Professor, University of Michigan Law School Topic The New International Financial Architecture Moderator Hideaki Kanda, Professor, the University of Tokyo 235th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 29 May 2014 Speaker Anu Bradford, Professor, Columbia Law School Topic The Law and Politics of Antitrust in Open Economies Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2013 Academic Year ICCLP Special Lecture Date 11 July 2013 Topic The Significance of Study in the U.S.: Law and Medicine Introduction Norio Higuchi, Professor, the University of Tokyo Presentation Larry J. Shapiro, M.D. (Distinguished Professor, Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and Dean, Washington University in St. Louis) Discussion Larry J. Shapiro; Norio Higuchi; Chiaki Sato Moderator Chiaki Sato, Project Lecturer, School of Public Policy 136th Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 23 October 2013 Speaker Bruno Viard, Professor, Aix-Marseille University Topic Pierre Leroux théoricien de la triade républicaine (Pierre Leroux, a theorist of the republican triad) Moderator Yoshie Kawade, Professor, the University of Tokyo 234th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 27 September 2013 Speaker Richard Polenberg, Emeritus Professor, Cornell University Topic Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, and the Supreme Court Moderator Fumiaki Kubo, Professor, the University of Tokyo 233rd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 20 August 2013 Speaker Jessica Litman, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School Topic Courts, Protectionism, and Protectionist Purpose: Comparative Musings on the Reluctance of Courts Charged with Suppressing Protectionism to Define It (Properly) in Terms of Protectionist Purpose Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 232nd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 5 July 2013 Speaker Carl Baudenbacher, President, the EFTA Court / Professor, University of St. Gallen Topic Switzerland and the European Economic Area Moderator Yoichi Ito, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2012 Academic Year 135th Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 23 January 2013 Speaker Bruno Bernardi (Rousseau scholar) Topic Les Principes du droit de la guerre et la double nature du corps politique (The principles of the Law of War and the double nature of the political body) Moderator Yoshie Kawade, Professor, the University of Tokyo 231st Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 5 July 2012 Speaker Jessica Litman, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School Topic Copyright Reform for the 21st Century Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 230th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 28 June 2012 Speaker Trevor W. Morrison, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Topic Historical Gloss and the Separation of Powers Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2011 Academic Year 229th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 22 Februay 2012 Speaker Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski, Justice, Federal Supreme Court / President, Superior Electoral Court of Brazil Topic The Judicial System of Brazil: A Discussion Based on the Case of Electoral Courts Moderator Ichiro Kitamura, Professor, the University of Tokyo 228th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 17 December 2011 Speaker Hisashi Owada, President, International Court of Justice Topic International Court of Justice: Present and Future Moderator Yuji Iwasawa, Professor, the University of Tokyo 227th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 24 August 2011 Speaker Carl Baudenbacher, President, the EFTA Court / Professor, University of St. Gallen Topic Europe's Contribution to the Emergence of Global Law Moderator Yoichi Ito, Professor, the University of Tokyo 134th Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 6 March 2012 Speaker David F. Levi, Dean, Duke Law School / Member, Standing Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure Topic The Federal Rulemaking Process: In Praise of the Rules Enabling Act Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 133rd Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 9 July 2011 Speaker Céline Spector, Associate Professor, Université Bordeaux 3 Topic The Spirit of the Laws of Montesqieu in the History of Liberalism Moderator Yoshie Kawade, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2010 Academic Year 226th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 24 January 2011 Speaker Jiunn-rong Yea, Professor, National Taiwan University Topic Features of East Asian Constitutionalism: Looking into the Context of the Post-war Constitutional Development in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Moderator Paul Ch'en Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University/ Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo 225th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 10 January 2011 Speaker Chang-fa Lo, Professor, National Taiwan University Topic The Trend of WTO-plus in FTA and the Implications to Asia Moderator Paul Ch'en Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University/ Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo 224th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 13 December 2010 Speaker Kuniko Ozaki , Judge, International Criminal Court Topic Recent Practices of International Criminal Law and Contributions by Japanese Lawyers Moderator Kazuhiro Nakatani, Professor, the University of Tokyo 223rd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 22 November 2010 Speaker Yung-man Chao, Dean, School of Social Sciences, National Taiwan University Topic The Development and Transformation Model of Democracy in Taiwan Moderator Paul Ch'en, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University/ Emeritus Professor, the University of Tokyo 222nd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 14 October 2010 Speaker Pedro Dallari, Associate Professor ,University of São Paulo / Former President, the Inter-American Development Bank Administrative Tribunal Topic Inter-American Development Bank Administrative Tribunal Moderator Kazuhiro Nakatani, Professor, the University of Tokyo 221st Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 1 July 2010 Speaker Monica Hakimi, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School Topic Situating the 'Responsibility to Protect' in International Law Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 132nd Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 8 May 2010 Speaker Lucien Jaume, Research Director, CNRS/Science Po-CEVIPOF Topic The Problems of Liberal Democracy: Mme de Staël, Benjamin Constant and Tocqueville Moderator Yoshie Kawade, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2009 Academic Year 220th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 2 July 2009 Speaker Jeffrey A. Fagan, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Topic Life Without Parole Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 219th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 29 June 2009 Speaker Jiunn-rong Yeh, Professor, National Taiwan University Topic Agency on the Troubled Water: The Creation of Independent Regulatory Commisions in Taiwan Moderator Paul Ch'en Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University/Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo 218th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 15 June 2009 Speaker Wen-Teu Wang, Professor of Law, National Taiwan University Topic Cross Taiwan Strait Secrities Listing -Focusing on Foreign Issuers Controlled by Taiwanese Firms Moderator Paul Ch'en Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University/Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo 217th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 11 June 2009 Speaker Vikramaditya Khanna, Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School Topic Reforming the Corporate Monitor: Regulating the New Corporate Czar? Moderator Yoshiko Terao, Professor, the University of Tokyo 216th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 28 May 2009 Speaker Kimberly Thomas, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law Shool Topic Interpersonal Power in the U.S. Criminal Justice System Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 215th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 11 May 2009 Speaker Charles Ya-wen Chiu, Senior Partner, Far East Law Offices, Taiwan Topic Taiwan's Respomse to the Global Financial Tsunami -Legal Frame and Public Policy Analysis Moderator Paul Ch'en Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University/Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo 131st Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 22 December 2009 Speaker Alexandre Dias Pereira, Professor, University of Coimbra Topic Portugal and the Globalization Moderator Ichiro Kitamura, Professor, the University of Tokyo 130th Comparative Law and Politics Forum Date 26 May 2009 Speaker Françoise Melonio, Professor, Universite Paris Sorbonne-Paris IV Topic Nations et Nationalisme chez Tocqueville Moderator Hiroshi Watanabe, Professor, the University of Tokyo 2008 Academic Year ICCLP Special Lecture (ICCLP Special Lecture in Commemoration of the Japan-Brazil Year of Exchange and the 100th Anniversary of Japanese Emigration to Brazil) Date 10 November 2008 Opening Addresses Ichiro Kitamura, Professor, University of Tokyo; Kazuo Watanabe, Lawyer (Former Judge of the High Court of São Paulo) Speaker Masato Ninomiya, Professor, University of São Paulo Topic Japanese Emigration to Brazil and the Recent Phenomenon of Brazilians Working in Japan: Civil and Criminal Legal Aid Moderator Yuji Iwasawa, Professor, University of Tokyo 214th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 19 February 2009 Speaker Moritz Balz, Professor, University Frankfurt a. M. Topic Observing a Not-so-Distant Companion: Studying Japanese Law in Germany Moderator Yoichi Nishikawa, Professor, the University of Tokyo 213th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 7 July 2008 Speaker Jiunn-rong Yeh, Professor of Law, National Taiwan University Topic Taiwan's Pro-dialogue Courts in Democrtic Governance Moderator Paul Ch'en Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University/Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo 212th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 24 June 2008 Speaker J.J. Prescott, Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School Topic Do Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws Affect Criminal Behavior? Moderator Kichimoto Asaka, Professor, the University of Tokyo 211th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 23 June 2008 Speaker Chu Peh Sung, Professor of Law, National Taiwan University Topic The Recent Developments of Taiwan's Civil Law Moderator Paul Ch'en Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University/Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo 210th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 5 June 2008 Speaker Zohar Goshen, Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Topic The Efficiency of Controlling Corporate Self-Dealing: Theory Meets Reality Moderator Yoshiaki Miyasako, Professor, the University of Tokyo 209th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 27 May 2008 Speaker Scott Hemphill, Associate Professor of Law, Columbia Law School Topic Intellectual Property Protection for Fashion Designs Moderator Norio Higuchi, Professor, the University of Tokyo 208th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 21 April 2008 Speaker Mr.Charles Chiu, Senior Partner, Far East Law Offices, Taiwan Topic Taiwan's Fragile Democracy in Legal Perspective Moderator Paul Ch'en Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University/Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo 2007 Academic Year 207th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 12 December 2007 Speaker Pavlo Kutuyev,Professor, at the National Pedagogical University in Kyiv Topic Ukrainian Political Elites in Search of a Success Formula: Forging an Ideology of Development for Ukraine Moderator Kazuo Ohgushi, Professor, the University of Tokyo 206th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 9 November 2007 Speaker Pavlo Kutuyev,Professor, National University 'Kyiv-Mohyla Academy' Topic Neopatrimonial Transformations of Ukrainian Politics Moderator Kazuo Ohgushi, Professor, the University of Tokyo 205th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 9 July 2007 Speaker Ming-Jye Huang, Professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University Topic The Development of "General Clause" in Fair Trade Act of Taiwan Moderator Paul Ch'en, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University 204th Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 20 June 2007 Speaker Mr. Dominique Martin, Office National des Indemnisation des Accidents M dicaux Topic No Fault Compensation System for Medical Accidents in France and the role of ONIAM Moderators Manabu Wagatsuma, Professor Tokyo Metropolitan University Norio Higuchi, Professor, the University of Tokyo 203rd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 11 June 2007 Speaker Mr.Charles Chiu, Senior Partner, Far East Law Offices, Taiwan Topic Recent Development of Theories and Practices on Freedom of the Press in Taiwan Moderator Paul Ch'en, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University 202nd Comparative Law and Politics Seminar Date 14 May 2007 Speaker Jiunn-Rong Yeh, Professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University Topic Taiwan's New Constitution Initiative: Needs and Constraint Moderator Paul Ch'en, Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University Comparative Law and Politics Seminars&Forums before 2007 → ICCLP Annual Report