This course involves active exploration of Japanese business law and the related business and social environments. In the first half of the semester, we study an overview of the Japanese judicial system, look at Japanese contract consciousness and contract law, and Japanese corporate governance. In the second half of the semester, topics of study are… Continue reading Japanese Business Law

Selected topics presented by faculty members or visiting scholars, focusing upon subjects in the Pacific and Asian area. (B) business; (C) China; (G) global; (H) Philippines; (J) Japan; (K) Korea; (P) Pacific; (S) Southeast Asia. LAW majors only for (B) and (H). Repeatable six times for (C), (J), (K), (P), (S); repeatable five times, up… Continue reading Topics in International Legal Studies

This course will examine international and comparative labor law issues facing the East Asian countries of China, Japan, and Korea, as well as the practical issues confronting American lawyers who will use labor in those countries as they do business in and with them. The course covers the effects of globalization on FDI, trade, migrant… Continue reading Asian Comparative Labor Law

This course teaches how to research legal issues in foreign jurisdictions and how to research topics in international law.  It is especially useful for students who are writing or are planning to write a note or paper on a foreign legal system or a public international law topic.  This course will teach you how to… Continue reading International and Foreign Law Research

This course is an interdisciplinary seminar that explores the pedagogy and theory of teaching law well.  Students use the assignments in Legal Practice I and Legal Practice II, respectively, and additional readings to discover and deliver a range of techniques for teaching writing, using writing to teach, and citing authority appropriately.  Professor permission required.

This course is an interdisciplinary seminar that explores the pedagogy and theory of teaching law well.  Students use the assignments in Legal Practice I and Legal Practice II, respectively, and additional readings to discover and deliver a range of techniques for teaching writing, using writing to teach, and citing authority appropriately.  Professor permission required.

This course is a general introduction to the fundamental principles and distinctive aspects of the American legal system and its institutions including basic concepts of American jurisprudence, including the case method, federal-state jurisdiction and the rules of precedent. This course will also introduce the American adversarial system, the role of the legal profession in the… Continue reading Introduction to American Law