Course List/Catalogue AY2026

　　　

1) Japanese Law and Asian Law in Global Practical Perspective

【1-1】Law, Culture and Development in Asia / Hiroshi MATSUO / 2credits / Spring
【1-2】Introduction to Asian Law / Nobumichi TERAMURA / 2credits / Spring
【1-3】Japanese Law (Public Law) / Rikako WATAI, Takayuki MATSUO / 2credits / Spring
【1-4】Japanese Law (Criminal Law) / Toshiya TAKEKAWA / 1credits / Fall
【1-5】Japanese Law（Economic Security Legislation) / Rikako WATAI/ 1credit / Fall
【1-6】Japanese Law（Economy and Social Structure） / Hanae FURUYA, Ayako KOGA, Masayuki KATO / 2credits / Fall
【1-7】Japanese Law (Legal History and Transformation) / David LITT / 2credits / Fall
【1-8】Japanese Law (Labor and Employment) /Koji KAMEDA, Hideyuki MORITO, Michiyo MOROZUMI / 1credit / Fall
【1-9】Japanese Law in Cross-border Matters/ Lowell BATTLES /1credit / Fall
【1-10】Japanese Law (Property Law)/ Hiroshi MATSUO /2credits / Fall
【1-11】Cross-Border Investment into Japanese Real Estate; Acquisition, Financing, and Ownership / Jerry CARTER / 2credits / Fall

2) Global Business and Law

【2-1】International Commercial Transactions / David LITT , Tim HEWITT / 2credits / Spring
【2-2】Bankruptcy Laws / Hajime UENO / 2credits / Fall
【2-3】Japan-EU Business and Sustainability Law / Yumiko KANETO, Yosuke SAKURAI, Hiroshi MIYASHITA / 2credits / Spring
【2-4】Corporate Governance and Risk Management / David LITT, Koji TSURUMI / 2credits / Fall
【2-5】International Commercial Arbitration I / Douglas FREEMAN, Ayako TSURU / 2credits / Spring
【2-6】International Commercial Arbitration II / Yoshimi OHARA, Tony ANDRIOTIS, Annia HSU / 2credits / Fall
【2-7】International Arbitration Practice in Northeast Asia / Masako MIYATAKE, Harald SIPPEL / 1credit / Spring
【2-8】Japanese Competition Law / Hiroshi YAMADA / 2credits / Fall
【2-9】Law of the Internet / David LITT, Patrick FORMAN / 2credits / Spring
【2-10】Start-up Company and Venture Capital Law / Aaron MONROE-SHERIDAN, Anthony LUNA, Eric MARCKS / 2credits / Fall
【2-11】Case Study in International Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Law / Yuko NITTA, Tony ANDRIOTIS / 1credit / Spring
【2-12】International Capital Markets/ Aaron MONROE-SHERIDAN, Nirav MEHTA, Moegi SHIRAKAWA / 2credits / Spring
【2-13】Introduction to the Law of Investment Funds / Takashi FUJIYAMA / 1credit / Spring

3) Global Security and Law

【3-1】International Law / Hirofumi OGURI / 2credits / Fall
【3-2】Law of International Organizations / Yoshinobu TAKEI / 2credits / Spring
【3-3】Introduction to Global Law / Keisuke KONDO / 1credit / Fall
【3-4】Globalization and International Human Rights in Asia / Hajime YAMAMOTO, Akiko EJIMA, Kazuko ITO / 1credit / Fall
【3-5】Globalization and International Criminal Law / Philipp OSTEN / 1credit / Fall
【3-6】International Security Law / Hirofumi OGURI / 1credit / Fall
【3-7】History of International Law / Hirofumi OGURI / 2credits / Spring

4) Innovations and Intellectual Property Law

【4-1】Intellectual Property from a Global Perspective / Tsukasa ASO, Hiroyuki TANAKA, Koudai KIMURA / 2credits / Spring
【4-2】Global Intellectual Property Management / Hiroyuki HAGIWARA / 2 credits / Spring
【4-3】International IP Licensing Agreements / Masato HAYAKAWA, Stuart BERAHA / 2credits / Fall
【4-4】Innovation and Law I / Junko ASAI, Satoshi FUKUNAGA / 1credit / Fall
【4-5】Innovation and Law II / Tsukasa ASO, Taro ISSHIKI / 1credit / Fall
【4-6】Intellectual Property Case Law and Enforcement /Toshiko TAKENAKA, Tsukasa ASO / 2credits / Fall
【4-7】Comparative Japanese IP Case Law: Product Design Protection / Tsukasa ASO / 1credit / Fall

5) Area Studies

【5-1】Area Studies of Law(South East Asia) / Hiroshi MATSUO, Hitomi FUKASAWA / 1credit / Fall
【5-2】Area Studies of Law(Asia-Pacific) / Nobumichi TERAMURA / 1credit /Fall
【5-3】Area Studies of Law(EU-Japan) / Yumiko KANETO, Hiroshi MIYASHITA / 1credit /Fall

6) Comparative Law

【6-1】Introduction to American Business Law / Aaron MONROE-SHERIDAN, Brandon WHITTAKER / 1credit / Fall
【6-2】Advanced Topics in American Business Law /David LITT/ 1credit / Fall
【6-3】American Law and Society /David LITT / 2credits / Spring
【6-4】Comparative Constitutional Law / Luis PEDRIZA / 2credits / Fall
【6-5】Comparative Contract Law / Kenji SAIGUSA, Takashi FUJIYAMA / 2credits / Spring
【6-6】Comparative Corporate Law/ David LITT, Nathaniel ROWE / 2credits / Spring
【6-7】Comparative Corporate Finance and Law / Karl PIRES, Eric MARCKS, Christian ORTON / 2credits / Fall

7) Current Legal Issues

【7-1】Sports Law and Dispute Resolution / Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Shoichi SUGIYAMA, Kengo IIDA / 1credit / Fall
【7-2】Legal English for Law Students / Masako MIYATAKE, Mindy ALLEN / 1credit / Fall
【7-3】Seminar (Investment and Doing Business in Asia)-India, Singapore and China- / Akira MORIWAKI, Ryo KOTOURA, Sherman NG / 1credit / Spring
【7-4】Seminar (Case Study in International Competition Law) / Hiromitsu MIYAKAWA / 1credit / Spring
【7-5】Seminar (Global Tax Perspectives) / Eric ROOSE / 1credit / Spring
【7-6】Seminar (Current Legal Issues)-AI and Its Legal Landscape- / Anthony LUNA, Takashi NAKAZAKI / 1credit / Spring
【7-7】Seminar (Current Legal Issues)-LegalTech- / Takayuki MATSUO / 1credit / Fall
【7-8】Seminar (Current Legal Issues)-Energy Projects- / Hojung JUN / 1credit / Spring

8) Legal Research and Writing

【8-1】Graduate Writing Seminar / Mindy ALLEN, Alexandra TAKAMATSU / 1credit / Fall
【8-2】【8-3】Research PaperⅠ，Research Paper Ⅱ / Hirofumi OGURI / 2credits
【8-2】【8-3】Research PaperⅠ，Research Paper Ⅱ / Hiroshi MATSUO / 2credits
【8-2】【8-3】Research PaperⅠ，Research Paper Ⅱ / Rikako WATAI / 2credits
【8-2】【8-3】Research PaperⅠ，Research Paper Ⅱ / David LITT / 2credits
【8-2】【8-3】Research PaperⅠ，Research Paper Ⅱ /Tatsuya TANIGAWA / 2credits / Fall
【8-2】【8-3】Research PaperⅠ，Research Paper Ⅱ / Masako MIYATAKE / 2credits
【8-2】【8-3】Research PaperⅠ，Research Paper Ⅱ / Tsukasa ASO / 2credits
【8-2】Research PaperⅠ / Tatsuhiko YAMAMOTO / 2credits
【8-2】【8-3】Research PaperⅠ，Research Paper Ⅱ / Nobumichi TERAMURA / 2credits

9) Practical Training

【9-1】International Commercial Dispute Resolution -An Introduction to Professional Practice- / Nobumichi TERAMURA / 2credits / Spring
【9-2】Negotiation / Masako MIYATAKE, Tomohiko KAMIYA / 2credits / Fall
【9-3】Mediation / Masako MIYATAKE, Tomohiko KAMIYA / 2credits / Spring, Fall
【9-4】Arbitration / Masako MIYATAKE, Douglas FREEMAN, Harald SIPPEL, Nobumichi TERAMURA / 2credits / Fall
【9-5】SIAC and Institutional Arbitration I / Masako MIYATAKE, Nobumichi TERAMURA / 1credit / Spring
【9-6】SIAC and Institutional Arbitration Ⅱ / Masako MIYATAKE, Nobumichi TERAMURA / 2credits / Spring
【9-7】Legal Debate and Negotiation / Sai Ganesh VAHEISVARAN, Tae Jun PARK / 2credits / Fall
【9-8】Drafting International Agreements / Kenji HOSOKAWA, Sam INOHARA / 2credits / Fall
【9-9】Drafting and Negotiation of M&A and JV Transactions / Nels HANSEN / 2credits / Fall
【9-10】Moot Court / Yohei SUDA / 2credits / Spring
【9-11】Moot Court / Zhongyu LI / 2credits / Fall
【9-12】Internship I / Hiroshi MATSUO, Tsukasa ASO, Nobumichi TERAMURA, Nobuko MATSUSHITA / 1credit / Spring & Fall
【9-13】Internship Ⅱ / Hiroshi MATSUO, Tsukasa ASO, Nobumichi TERAMURA, Nobuko MATSUSHITA / 2credits / Spring & Fall
【9-14】Internship Ⅲ / Hiroshi MATSUO, Tsukasa ASO, Nobumichi TERAMURA, Nobuko MATSUSHITA / 3credits / Spring & Fall
【9-15】Internship Ⅳ / Hiroshi MATSUO, Tsukasa ASO, Nobumichi TERAMURA, Nobuko MATSUSHITA / 4credits / Spring & Fall