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ANJeL / Ashurst Essay Prize in Japanese Law (formerly the ANJeL /Blake Dawson Essay Prize)
Ashurst (formerly Blake Dawson Waldron) one of Australia’s leading law firms, has sponsored an Essay Prize for ANJeL. The prize of $1000 is for the best research essay on Japanese law, primarily by a student (or group of students) enrolled in an Australian university (see detailed "Conditions of Entry", below).
The conditions of entry are:
The closing date for submissions for the next essay prize will be 30 October 2013. It should be noted that the winning essays in this competition are often later published.
The 2011 ANJeL/Ashurst Essay Prize in Japanese Law was won by ANESTI PETRIDIS of Melbourne University, for his paper 'Knocking at the Door Of the Stone Fortress: Appeals to the Supreme Court Under Japan’s 1996 Code of Civil Procedure'. A Special Mention was awarded to SHANE CURRAN of the University of Sydney for his paper The Grey Crime Wave - Crime Amongst the Elderly of Japan.
The 2010 ANJeL / Blake Dawson Essay Prize in Japanese Law was won by MELISSA AHLEFELDT of the Australian National University, for her paper “Less than Family: Surrogate Birth and Legal Parent-Child Relationships in Japan”. A Special Mention was awarded to MARK SROUR of Macquarie University for his paper “Restrained Judicial Constitutionalism in Japan: A Reflection of Judicial Culture Rather than Political or Institutional Interests”.
The 2009 ANJeL / Blake Dawson Essay Prize in Japanese Law was won by ADRIAN WONG of the Australian National University, writing on "Continuity and Change: Judicial Review of Administrative Action in Japan in Light of the 2004 Amendments to the Administrative Case Litigation Act".
The 2008 ANJeL / Blake Dawson Essay Prize in Japanese Law has been won by MARI SAKURAI of the University of Melbourne, writing on Japan's recycling laws in a paper entitled "Take-Back Legislation in Japan: What Lessons Can Be Learned from Japan's Experience of Extended Producer Responsibility Laws?". A Special Mention goes to NADINE COURMADIAS of the University of New South Wales, writing on Japan's drink driving laws in a paper entitled "A Instrumentalist Based Model of Social Justice and Japanese Law: How Reform of the Road Traffic Act Drove Social Change in Japan".
The winner of the prize in 2007 was JOEL RHEUBEN of the University of Sydney with a paper on Japan’s local government reform entitled "The Rumble in the Regions: Decentralisation and a ‘State System’ for Japan".
The co-winners of the prize in 2006 were LEAH AMBLER (ANU) who wrote "The People Decide: The Effect of the Introduction of the Quasi-Jury System (Saiban-in Seido) on the Death Penalty in Japan" and PETER LAWLEY (ANU) who wrote "Panacea or Placebo? An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of the Japanese Committee-System Corporate Governance Law Reform". ANJeL also awarded Special Mentions to CLAIRE HAZLETT (ANU) and ANTONIA ABELSON (USyd).
The co-winners of the prize in 2005 were EMILY FLAHIVE (ANU) who wrote "National Identity Crisis: The Politics of Constructing National Identity and Mandatory Detention of Asylum-Seekers in Australia and Japan" and CAROL LAWSON (UNSW) for "Japan's New Privacy Law in Context". ANJeL also awarded a Special Mention to ANNA HYLAND (UMelb) for "Victim's Rights in Japan: A New Framework for Reform?".
The winner of the prize in 2004 was TREVOR RYAN from the Australian National University, who wrote on "Creating ‘Problem Kids’: Juvenile Crime in Japan and Revisions to the Juvenile Act". ANJeL also awarded a Special Mention to MELANIE TREZISE (at Kyoto University, from the University of Sydney) for her research into "Compensating Australian Prisoners of War of the Japanese Imperial Army"; and EMILY FLAHIVE and TIM HEWITT (both from ANU) who wrote in Japanese on, respectively, "Comfort Women" and the Self-Defence Force in Iraq.
The winner of the prize in 2003 was TALI BUDLENDER from the University of Melbourne, who wrote on "The Privacy Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Japan: A Challenge to ‘Asian Values’". ANJeL also awarded a special prize in research for the runner-up to AUDRIUS SKEIVYS from the University of Melbourne, who wrote on "A Change in Form, But Not in Substance? Evaluating Japan's ‘New’ Corporate Governance Regime". Those awarded Special Mention included MIKI SATO, who wrote on juvenile justice.
Last updated: 24 April 2012 |
