Zeitschrift fuer Japanisches Recht / Journal of Japanese Law

Since 2004, ANJeL has collaborated with the German-Japanese Association of Jurists (DJJV) to promote their Journal of Japanese Law (Zeitschrift fuer Japanisches Recht). The journal is now co-published twice-yearly with the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private and Private International Law, as the only regularly published journal in Western languages focusing on Japanese law.

A submissions guide is here and a citation guide is here.

A selection of English language articles and abstracts from the Journal follows.

Number 34 (2012): 

• Table of Contents
• Luke Nottage, “Japanese Law after the 3-11 Disasters, and ANJeL’s Anniversary Conference on Asia-Pacific Disaster Management”
• Hiroshi Kabashima, “Current Issues in Legal Policy for Recovery from the Aftermath: One Year After the 3.11 Tôhoku Earthquake and Tsunami”
• Hatsuru Morita, “Rescuing Victims and Rescuing TEPCO: A Legal and Political Analysis of the TEPCO Bailout”
• Stacey Steele, Chun Jin, “Insolvency Law Responses to a National Crisis: Great East Japan Earthquake and Guidelines for Individual Debtor Out-of-Court Workouts”
• Robert B Leflar, Ayako Hirata, Masayuki Murayama, Shozo Ota, “Human Flotsam, Legal Fallout: Japan’s Tsunami and Nuclear Meltdown”
• Sôichirô Kozuka, “Insurance Law Issues Due to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 (Part Two)”
• Dai Yokomizo, “The New Act on International Jurisdiction in Japan: Significance and Remaining Problems”

Number 33 (2012):

• Table of Contents
• Sôichirô Kozuka, “Insurance Law Issues Due to the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 (Part One)”
• Matt Nichol, “Valuing Professional Japanese Baseball Players and the Role of Statistics, Economics, Culture, and Corporate Governance”
• Mark A. Srour, “Restrained Judicial Constitutionalism in Japan: A Reflection of Judicial Culture Rather than Political Interests”
• Luke Nottage, "Review of Mark D. West, Lovesick Japan: Sex, Marriage, Romance, Law"
• Stacey Steele, “Review of Andrew Harding & Penelope (Pip) Nicholson (eds.), New Courts in Asia”
• Fabio Colombo,'“Kyoto Seminar & Tokyo Seminar: ‘Japanese Law in the Global Era’ Impressions of an Italian Researcher in Kyoto”

Number 32 (2012):

• Table of Contents
• Bruce E. Aronson, “The Brave New World of Lawyers in Japan Revisited: Proceedings of a Panel Discussion on the Japanese Legal Profession after the 2008 Financial Crisis and the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake”
• Melissa Ahlefeldt, “Less than Family: Surrogate Birth and Legal Parent-Child Relationships in Japan”
• Tarô Suizu, “Die Schuldrechtsreform in Japan – betrachtet aus dem Blickwinkel der Kodifikationsidee – ”
• Yuko Nishitani, “The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction and Japan’s Move Toward Ratification”

Number 31 (2011):

• Table of Contents
• Dimitri Vanoverbeke/Narufumi Kadomatsu, “Introduction to the Special Issue”
• Narufumi Kadomatsu, “Accountability of Administration in Japan after the Mid-1990s”
• Yosuke Yotoriyama, “Dynamics of Three Structures of Responsibility in Education under the New Basic Law of Education”
• Naoki Odanaka, “From Responsibility to Compassion: Lessoms from the Controversy over ‘Comfort Women’ in Japan”
• Julius Weitzdörfer, “Die Haftung für Nuklearschäden nach japanischem Atomrecht – Rechtsprobleme der Reaktorkatastrophe von Fukushima I” (Liability for Nuclear Damages pursuant to Japanese Atomic Law – Legal Problems Arising from the Fukushima I Nuclear Accident)”

Number 30 (2010):

• Table of Contents
• Luke Nottage, Review of ‘S.Steele/K. Taylor (eds.), Legal Education in Asia (2010)’

Number 29 (2010)

• Table of Contents

Number 28 (2009)

• Table of Contents
• Sôichirô Kozuka and Jiyeon Lee, “The New Japanese Insurance Act:Comparisons with Europe and Korea”
• Dan W. Puchniak, “Delusions of Hostility: The Marginal Role of Hostile Takeovers in Japanese Corporate Governance Remains Unchanged”
• Moritz Balz, “Book Review of Nottage, Wolff and Anderson, Corporate Governance in the 21st Century – Japan’s Gradual Transformation”

Number 27 (2009):

• Table of Contents
• Dimitri Vanoverbeke, "Conference "Judicial Reform in Japan" - Special issue - Introduction"
• Colin P.A. Jones, "Japan’s New Law Schools: The Story So Far"
• Masahiko Asada/Trevor Ryan, "Post-war Reparations between Japan and China and Individual Claims: The Supreme Court Judgments in the Nishimatsu Construction Case and the Second Chinese "Comfort Women" Case"
• Yasuhiro Okuda/Hitoshi Nasu, "Amendment of the Japanese Nationality Act"
• Leon Wolff, "HARALD FUESS, Divorce in Japan: Family, Gender, and the State, 1600 – 2000"

Number 26 (2008):

• Table of Contents
• Cumulative Index by Subject Matter for Issues 1-25
• Okuda, Y. & Nasu, H. 2008. "Constitutionality of the Japanese Nationality Act: A Commentary on the Supreme Court’s Decision on 4 June 2008". Journal of Japanese Law, 26

Number 25 (2008):

• Table of Contents
• Erik Ficks, "Models of General Court-Connected Conciliation and Mediation for Commercial Disputes in Sweden, Australia and Japan"
• Hiroo Sono, "Japan’s Accession to the CISG: The Asia Factor"
• Noboru Kashiwagi, "Accession by Japan to the Vienna Sales Convention (CISG)"
• Sôichirô Kozuka, TREVOR RYAN, "Dear Judge Ichiro"
• Luke Nottage, DANIEL H FOOTE (ed.), "Law in Japan: A Turning Point"
• Colin P.A. Jones, KAORU INOUE, "Kurutta Saibankan [Crazy Judges]"

Number 24 (2007):

• Table of Contents
• Editorial
• Hiroshi Oda, "The New Financial Instruments Exchange Law"
• Andreas Kaiser, "Real Estate Finance in Japan Is Gaining Momentum"
• Anna Dobrovolskaia, "An All-Laymen Jury System Instead of the Lay Assessor (Saiban-in) System for Japan? Anglo-American-Style Jury Trials in Okinawa under the U.S. Occupation"
• Joel Rheuben, "A Presidential Prime Minister: Japan’s Direct Election Debate"
• Harald Fuess, "Ehebruch als Verbrechen Der europäische Beitrag zur Frauendiskriminierung in Japan"
• Markus Thier, "Rechtskraft im AUM-Fall Eine Rückschau auf die Gesetzesanwendung sowie die täterschaftliche Verantwortlichkeit im Todesurteil gegen den AUM-Begründer Matsumoto Chizuo alias Asahara Shôkô"
• Kunihiro Nakata, "Das japanische Vertragsrecht unter dem Einfluß des europäischen und des deutschen Privatrechts"
• Hans-Peter Musahl and Jörg Grünenberger, "Besteuerungsauswirkungen der Gesellschaftsrechtsreform in Japan"
• Sandra Hotz, "Vom Katalog zur Generalklausel hin zur speziellen gesetzlichen Regelung: Japanische Irrtumsregelungen"
• Carol Lawson, "Found in Translation: The "Transparency of Japanese Law Project" in Context "
• Dan W. Puchniak's Review Essay, "A Skeptic’s Guide to Miwa and Ramseyer’s “The Fable of the Keiretsu"

Number 23 (2007):

• Table of Contents
• Editorial
• D. Hugh Whittaker/Masaru Hayakawa, "Contesting “Corporate Value” Through Takeover Bids in Japan"
• Sanford M. Jacoby, "Principles and Agents: CalPERS and Corporate Governance in Japan"
• Eiji Takahashi/Tatsuya Sakamoto, "Practical Experiences with the New Japanese Company Code
  in 2005/2006"
• Christopher Heath/Mineko Môri, "Ending is Better than Mending – Recent Japanese Case Law on Repair, Refill and Recycle"
• Emily Flahive, "National Identity Crisis: The Politics of Constructing National Identity and Mandatory
  Detention of Asylum-Seekers in Australia and Japan" (Full article)
• Ronald Dore, Shareholder Capitalism Comes to Japan (Full text)
• Noboru Kashiwagi, Translation of Japanese Statutes into English (Full text)
• Anderson/Okuda, Translation of Japan's Private Intl Law (Introduction) (Full text)
• Colin Jones, Book review of Yagi/Kaji (Escaping your Debts in Japan). (Full text)
  

Number 22 (2006):

• Table of Contents
• Editorial
• Henrik Schmiegelow, :"Why Legal Transformation Assistance from Germany and Japan to Former East-Bloc Countries?"
• Robert B Leflar/Futoshi Iwata, "Medical Error as Reportable Event, as Tort, as Crime: A Transpacific Comparison" (Updated Version/full article)
• Kayoko Ishida, "Evidence Law in Japan and Australia: Principles, Practice and Reform"
• Luke Nottage, "Re-regulating Japan: Asbestos, Defectively Designed Buildings, and Secondhand Electrical Products"
• Yasuhiro Okuda, "The Legal Status of Foreign Companies in Japan’s New Company Law"
• Frank G. Bennett, Jr., "Secondhand Japan: Used Goods Regulation 1645 – Present (Part 2)" (full article)
• Hon J.J. Spigelman A.C., "Judicial Exchange between Australia and Japan"

Number 21 (September 2006):

• Table of Contents
• Editorial
• Souichirou Kozuka, "Recent Developments in Takeover Law:Changes in Business Practices Meet Decade-Old Rule"
• Moritz Bälz, "Liberalized Rules for the Restructuring of Japanese Companies: Mergers, Demergers, and Share Exchanges under the New Company Law"
• Frank G. Bennett, Jr, "Secondhand Japan: Used Goods Regulation 1645 – Present (Part 1)" (full article)
• Kent Anderson and Leah Ambler, "The Slow Birth of Japan’s Quasi-Jury System (Saiban-in Seido): Interim Report on the Road to Commencement" (full article)
• Stefan Wrbka, "The Research Commission on the Constitution and the Upper House Issue"
• Harald Baum, "Takeover Defenses in Japan: Corporate Value Reports and Guidelines"
• Curtis J. Milhaupt, "In the Shadow of Delaware? The Rise of Hostile Takeovers in Japan"
• Hiroshi Oda, "Comprehensive Overhaul of the Securities and Exchange Law: The Draft Law on the Trading of Financial Products of 2006"
• Eiji Takahashi and Tatsuya Sakamoto, "Japanese Corporate Law: Two Important Cases Concerning Takeovers in 2005"

Number 20 (February 2006):

• Table of Contents
• Editorial
• Stacey Steele, "Symposium Introduction - 'Build It and They Will Come': The First Anniversary of Law Schools in Japan"
• Masahiko Omura, Satoru Osanai and Malcolm Smith, "Japan’s New Legal Education System:
  Towards International Legal Education?"
• Kay-Wah Chan, "Foreign Law Firms: Implications for Professional Legal Education in Japan"
• Peter Lawley, "The Post-‘Law School’ Future of Japanese Undergraduate Legal Education
  A Personal Perspective Comparison with Australia" (full article)
• Mayumi Saegusa and Julian Dierkes, "Integrating Alternative Dispute Resolution into Japanese Legal Education"
• Kazuhiro Nishida, "Challenging New Law School Education at Okayama University Graduate Law School: We Will Survive"

Number 19 (September 2005):

• Table of Contents
• Editorial
• Kent Anderson and Yoshinobu Eizumi, "Cross-Border Legal Education : Results from a Pilot Japanese-Australian Video Negotiation Project at Australian National University and Aoyama Gakuin University"
• Daniel H. Foote, "Information Technology Meets International Contracting: Tales from a Transpacific Seminar"
• John O. Haley, "Heisei Renewal or Heisei Transformation: Are Legal Reforms Really Changing Japan?"
• Hiroshi Oda, "The Principle of Compatibility in Soliciting Stock Investment Judgment of the Supreme Court, 14 July 2005"
• Trevor Ryan, "Creating ‘Problem Kids’: Juvenile Crime in Japan and Revisions to the Juvenile Act" (full article)
• Malcolm Smith, "A Small Experiment in International Negotiations: Chuo Law School, Japan and Chulalongkorn Law Faculty, Thailand"
• Eiji Takahashi and Madoka Shimizu, "The Future of Japanese Corporate Governance: The 2005 Reform"

Number 18 (February 2005):

• Table of Contents
• Editorial
• Gerald McAlinn and Luke Nottage, "Changing the (JCAA) Rules: Improving International Commercial Arbitration in Japan"
• Hitoshi Nasu, "Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution: Revisited in the Light of International Law"
• Luke Nottage, "Civil Procedure Reforms in Japan: The Latest Round"
• Luke Nottage, "Community and State in the Japanese Farm Village: Farm Tenancy Conciliation (1924-1938) (Book Review)"
• Stacey Steele, "Comments on Okuda, Statelessness and the Nationality Act of Japan: Baby Andrew Becomes a Teenager and other Changes?"
• Yasuhiro Okuda, "The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Japan's International Family Law including Nationality Law"

Number 17 (July 2004):

• Table of Contents
• Editorial
• Leon Wolff, "New Whistleblower Protection Laws for Japan"
• Harald Baum, "Gesellschaftsrecht in Japan (Book Review)"
• Harald Baum, "Product Safety and Liability Law in Japan (Book Review)"
• Harald Baum, "Commercial Code of Japan (Book Review)"

Last updated: 21 May 2013