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The Annals of Legal Philosophy
Latest Issue: Legal Pluralism
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2018, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2019, Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- The 2018 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference “Legal Pluralism: Laws in the Age of Globalization"
- Legal Pluralism: Laws in the Age of Globalization / ASANO Yuki
- Legal Pluralism from the Perspective of Administrative Law / HARADA Hiroki
- Multiple Order Formation in the Era of Global Regulations and its Significance / MATSUO Yoh
- Legal Pluralism in the Sector of Commercial and Financial Law / KOZUKA Souichirou
- How to Generate Private Norms on Legal Pluralism / YAMADA Yachiko
- On the Legal Pluralist Challenge to the Conceptual Analysis of Law: the Blurring Boundaries between International and Domestic Legal Systems / KAKU Shun
- Legal Pluralism and International Human Rights Law: a Possibility for a Pluralistic, Non-hierarchical and Circulative System for Human Rights Protection / EJIMA Akiko
- Legal Pluralism and Legal Reasoning: toward a Relational Theory / KONDO Keisuke
- Global Legal Pluralism and the Contemporary Role of Private International Law / NISHITANI Yuko
- Comments on the Significance of Legal Pluralism / HASEGAWA Ko
- Book Review
- Conceptual Analysis, Confronting Opponents Sincerely, and Equality: A Reply to Usami / INOUE Akira
- The Crux of the Problem of Political Obligation: Book Review of Philosophy of the State: from Political Obligation to Global Republic by Prof. Hirohide Takikawa / YOKOHAMA Tatsuya
- A Judicial State as an Utopia: a Reply to Tatsuya Yokohama / TAKIKAWA Hirohide
- "TAKESHITA Ken's Rechtsphilosophie" als dem Shulussstein / SUGAWARA Yasunori
- What is Rational Thinking in Confrontation with Law and Government? / SEKI Yoshinori
- Workshops
- Developments of Animal Rights Theories / ASANO Koji
- Legal Pluralism and the Modern American Law / Legal Thought / KAINO Michihiro
- Current Issues of Immigration Justice: Social Integration of Migrants and Boundary of Democracy / YOKOHAMA Tatsuya
- Reports
- Law and Communicative Action in Habermas's Legal-Political Theory / TABATA Shinichi
- Why Does Law Matter to Economics?: Examination of Robert L. Hale's "Theory of Coercion" / KIKUCHI Ryo
- Animal Rights and Welfare: Significance of Legal Arguments and the Role of Philosophical Arguments / KUBOTA Sayuri
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- In Memory of Professor Yukio UEHARA / SAKURAI Tetsu
Past Issues
2017: Biomedical Research and Law
Biomedical Research and Law
Biomedical Research and Law
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2017, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2018, Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- The 2017 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference “Biomedical Research and Law"
- The 2017 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference "Biomedical Research and Law" / HATATE Toshihiko
- Public Regulation of Biomedical Sciences / HISHIYAMA Yutaka
- Rethinking the Role of Research Ethics Committees: beyond Subject Protection / TASHIRO Shimon
- The Analysis of Current Legal Regulations on Biomedical Research / YONEMURA Shigeto
- Professionalism, Governance and Law in the Life Science Research Area / NOZAKI Akiko
- Ehics and Law in Biomedical Research: Rethinking through Democracy / OKUDA Junichiro
- Biomedical Research and Law: on the Structure of Legal Regulation / HIRANO Hitohiko
- Concluding Remarks: the Function of Law in Bio-medical Research / MORIGIWA Yasutomo
- Book Review
- Utilitarianism Never Dies / MORIMURA Susumu
- Replies to Professor Morimura / WAKAMATSU Yoshiki, KODAMA Satoshi, YONEMURA Kotaro, INOUE Akira
- A Quest for the Philosophical Foundation of Libertarianism: Libertarianism Re-examined by Akio Fukuhara / HASHIMOTO Yuko
- A Reply to Prof. Yuko Hashimoto / FUKUHARA Akio
- What Kind of Ideal Is Eqality? A Review of Akira Inoue, Justice, Equality, and Responsibility: Towards a New Theory of Egalitarian Justice / USAMI Makoto
- Workshops
- Interdisciplinary Examination on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues posed by the Advancement of Life and Medical Science / SETOYAMA Koichi
- R. Brandom and Legal Theory / WAKAMATSU Yoshiki
- Reports
- How should Justice be Sought in Relation to Legitimacy?: A Critique of Public Reason Liberalism / OSAWA Shin
- Legal Positivism and Elimination of Arbitrary Private Judgments / HIRAI Mitsuki
- Hate Speech Acts: from the Perspective of H. L. A. Hart's Legal Theory / HONDA Kohsaku
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- In Memory of Professor Masaru Takeshita / TSUNODA Takeshi
- In Memory of Professor Hiroshi Noguchi / YAMAZAKI Yasuzi
2016: Care from Law, Law from Care
Care from Law, Law from Care
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2016, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2017, Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- Care from Law, Law from Care
- The Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference "Care from Law, Law from Care" / HATTORI Takahiro
- Respect for Care: toward a Society that Fosters Valuable Caring Relations / IKEDA Hirono
- Comment: from the Viewpoint of Vulnerability Theories / ODAGAWA Daisuke
- Children and Care / OE Hiroshi
- Comment: Publicness of Child Care / YOSHIOKA Takehiko
- Thinking "Supported Decision Making" Seriously / SATO Shoichi
- Toward Notion of Care as Basic Idea for Social Vision / INOUE Masako
- Multi-layered Structure of Care and Law: from Examination of Public Nursing Care Insurance and Hospice / KAWAMI Makoto
- Ethics of Care for Long-Term Care Insurance in Japan / TSUTSUMI Shuzoh
- Book Reviews
- Indirection of Power and Law: on Satoshi Narihara's Freedom of Expression and Architecture / OHYA Takehiro
- Reply to Prof. Ohya's Comments / NARIHARA Satoshi
- States without the Ruled and Irony-Free Arguments for Political Obligation: on Tatsuya Yokohama, The Obligation to Obeyy the Law / NASU Kosuke
- The Reason to Inquire into the Basics of Obligation to Obey the Law Revisited / YOKOHAMA Tatsuya
- If Dworkin were a Japanese Constitutional Law Scholar / MORIMURA Susumu
- Possibility of the Emancipation of the Disabled / SUEHISA Toshihiko
- A Reply to Prof. T. Suehisa / OBATA Seigo
- Beyond the Fruitless Antagonistic Composition: a Reply to Prof. T. Ohya and Prof. F. Takahashi / TANAKA Shigeaki
- Workshops
- Artificial Intelligence / Robot and Law / KOBAYASHI Fumiaki
- Intergenerational Justice in Aging Society / KIRA Takayuki, TERADA Mayu
- The Theory of "Political Question" and its Cases in Japan / FUKAWA Reiko
- The Order of Liberty and Co-operation in Risk Society / NOZAKI Akiko
- Radbruch and Contemporary Idealistic Legal Philosophy / SHINOHARA Toshio
- Reports
- Hermann Isay's Theory of Law: a Distorted Truth / KIKUCHI Kyosuke
- Luck Egalitarianism, Surviving Family Pension, and the Entrenchment of the Status Quo: Reexamination of John Roemer's "Equality of Opportunity" and Egalitarian Alternatives / MORI Yuichiro
- A Critique of Joseph Raz's Conception of Human Rights / KIYAMA Kosuke
2015: The Future of Retribution: Mapping the Questions Concerning Retributivism
The Future of Retribution: Mapping the Questions Concerning Retributivism
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2015, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2016, Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- The 2015 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference “The Future of Retribution: Mapping the Questions Concerning Retributivism"
- The Future of Retribution / TAKIKAWA Hirohide
- Retributive Punishment and Vengeance / HASHIMOTO Yuko
- Desert and Retribution / YONEMURA Kotaro
- Repugnance between Consequentialism and Retrivutivism (?) / ANDO Kaoru
- Retribution as the Ground Justifying Punishment: From the Viewpoint of Criminal Law / MATSUBARA Yoshiro
- Development of the Recent Neuroscience and Direction of the Retributive Theory / OKAUE Masami
- Comment / MORIMURA Susumu
- Comment: From the Viewpoint of Criminal Law / IDA Makoto
- Special Project
- Thinking LAW in Okinawa: The disposition of Ryukyu and Legal Pluralism (summary) / TOKUNAGA Kenji
- Ryūkyū Shogun and Sparing the Old Orders / DANA Masayuki
- Book Review
- Philosophy of Law and “Common Understandings” / TAKAHASHI Fumihiko
- Thinking “Jurisprudence” Over Again / TAKAHASHI Hiroshi
- Toward a Deeper Understanding of The Pure Theory of Law: A Reply to Prof. Hitoshi Takahashi’s Comment / OHTSUKA Shigeru
- Spontaneous Order in Japan / HAMA Shinichirou
- A Reply to Prof. Shinichiro Hama / KATSURAGI Takao
- “Acoustics of Society” written by Yasutoshi Mouri / AOYAMA Haruki
- Some Remarks about the Possibilities of Extension of Luhmanean System Theory in Favor of Legal Theory: A Reply to Prof. Haruki Aoyama / MOURI Yasutoshi
- Are You Ready to Bear the Costs to Revive a Liberal Society?: Review of the Book, Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Happiness: On Possible Alternatives of Society in the 21st Century, by Takehiro Ohya (Chikuma, 2014) / MATSUO Yoh
- A Reply to Prof. Matsuo / OHYA Takehiro
- A Reply to Prof. Michihiro Kainoh / OKAZAKI Osamu
- The Significance of Historical Studies on Anglo-Americal ‘Legal’ Thought: A Reply to Prof. Ryuichi Yamaoka / KAINOH Michihiro
- Workshops
- Towards Legal Reforms of Sexual Violence Crime / SEKI Yoshinori
- Beyond the Retribution: The Challenge of Restorative Justice and Restorative Practice / SYUKUYA Akihiro
- Whether the Death Penalty can be Justified? / AOYAMA Haruki
- Reports
- Some Observations on the Nation State II: Its Ideas and Institutions / TSUNAMI Atsushi
- The Common Law Tradition Underlying the Constitutional Theory in the Late Nineteenth Century America / SHIMAZU Jun
- Legal Powers in Right-Duty Relationship / SATO Ryo
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- In Memory of Professor Yoshiyuki Ishimae / HAMA Shinichirou
2014: Legal Philosophy of Legislation: Reconsideration of Legisprudence
Legal Philosophy of Legislation: Reconsideration of Legisprudence
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2014, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2015, Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- The 2014 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference "Legal Philosophy of Legislation: Reconsideration of Legisprudence"
- Legal Philosophy of Legislation: Reconsideration of Legisprudence / YAMADA Yachiko
- Toward Rehabilitation of Parliamentary Sovereignty: A Normative Positivistic Theory of Legislation: YOKOHAMA Tatsuya
- Authority of Law, Not Deriving from That of Legislation / SHIMAZU Itaru
- Legislation Embedded in the Government Structure: A View from Public Law Scholarship / FUJITANI Takeshi
- Legisprudence in the Eta of Post-Administrative State / MATSUO Yoh
- Legislation in the Development Process toward Good Governance: With Special Attention to the Complementarity between Legitimacy and Justness / MATSUO Hiroshi
- The Communication between the Legislature and the Courts: A Comment on Professor Matsuo’s Article / HAMA Shinichiro
- Quality Control and Democratic Legitimacy on Legislation / OHYA Takehiro
- Current Situation and Issue of Politics and Law on the Quality of Legislation in Japan / KAWASAKI Masai
- Legal Philosophy as a Philosophy of Legislation: A Comprehensive Comment / INOUE Tatsuo
- Symposium Summary / YAMADA Yachiko
- Book Review
- Law in Monarchy and Law in Republic / YAMAOKA Ryuichi
- The Historical Background of the Modern AMerical Legal Thought / KAINO Michihiro
- Global Justice and Nationalism: In Reply to Teruhisa Se / INOUE Tatsuo
- Reductionism on Personal Identity and Libertarianism: A Reply to Takayuki Kira / MORIMURA Susumu
- A Reply to Prof. Ichiro Sako / KIHARA Jun
- Workshops
- Theories on Legislation in 19th Century Germany and England / MURABAYASHI Seiko
- Hegel’s Theory, Civic-Jurisprudence, Constitutionalism and Republicanism / SAKO Ichiro
- Sexual Business and Legal Order / SUEHISA Toshihiko
- Deliberative Democracy and the Modern Japanese Politics / OHNO Tatsuji
- Reports
- Deconstructive Philosophy of Law of D. Cornell: On the Ethics in the Law / KATADA Kenichi
- How Law Should be Related to Emotions: An Argument on the Theories of Nussbaum and Dworkin / TAKAHASHI Hideharu
- Solving the Fullerian Puzzles: Legal Morality in the Age of Globalization / SHIINA Tomohiko
- In Defense of Same-Sex Marriage against Moral Animosity in the United “States”: An Approach from the Argument of Legislative Discretion in Constitutional Theory / ABE Junko
- The Relativity of Hobbes’s Fundamental Natural Law / NAITO Atsushi
- A Study on Bereaved Family’s Legal Role in the Law on Organ Transplantation from a Constitutional Perspective / SHISHIDO Keisuke
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- In Memory of Professor Yoshimi Mishima / SAKO Ichiro
2013: ‘Tacit Knowledge’ of Legal Thinking in Civil Cases
‘Tacit Knowledge’ of Legal Thinking in Civil Cases: ‘Judicial Syllogism’ Revisited
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2013, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2014, Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- The 2013 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference “‘Tacit Knowledge’ of Legal Thinking in Civil Cases: Judicial Syllogism Revisited"
- ‘Tacit Knowledge’ of Legal Thinking in Civil Cases / TAKAHASHI Fumihiko
- Do Lawyers Apply the Law to the Facts or Apply the Facts to the Law? / KAMEMOTO Hiroshi
- Syllogistic Reasoning in the Supreme Court's Cases on Excess Interest Rates / SEGAWA Nobuhisa
- How Do Judges Choose and Construct Legal Rules in Civil Cases? / MURATA Wataru
- Fact-finding in Civil Process: Tacit-knowing Behind Language / SHIMAZU Itaru
- Fact for a Lawyer: Legal Thinking in the Formative Process of Minor Premise / NAKAMURA Tamiko
- The Structure of Fact-finding in Civil Cases / TEJIMA Asaml
- A Comment on AI Presentations: "Legal Syllogism" Revisited / KATO Shintaro
- Elucidation and Examination of “Tacit Knowledge" in Legal Thinking: An Overall Comment / TANAKA Shigeaki
- Symposium Summary / TAKAHASHI Fumihiko
- Book Review
- A New Reading on Kant: Philosophy of Law or Political Philosophy? / SAKO Ichiro
- The Potency of Justice / SE Teruhisa
- Temporality and Personality in Libertarianism / KIRA Takayuki
- A Reply to Prof. Yoshiki Wakamatsu / ITO Yasushi
- Workshops
- On the Queer Legal Theory / AYABE Rokuro
- Dialogue between Normative Theory and Positive Theory / WAKAMATSU Yoshiki
- Kant’s Rationalist Legal Theory and Republicanism / TAKESHITA Ken
- Reconstruction of Public/Private Law Divide in Globalization / ASANO Yuki
- In Search of a Real Image of Fact-finding in Civil Litigation / KOBAYASHI Satoshi
- Judicial Independence and the Implementation of Natural Law by Courts: The US Documents on Sunagawa Case in Japan / FUKAWA Reiko
- Reports
- Legal Institutionalism of Ethics: Clinical and Research Ethics / YAMAZAKI Yasuji
- Some Observations on the Nature and Phases of the Nation State / TSUNEKI Atsushi
- Critical Study on the Historical Development of the Juristic Methodology in Japan: Comparing with the Controversy and the Situation of Discussion in Germany / HATTORI Hiroshi
- Possibility of the Normative Legal Theory of Semantic Change / HIRAI Mitsuki
- Is Self-Deception Responsible? / OTA Masako
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- In Memory of Professor Junichi Aomi / INOUE Tatsuo
- In Memory of Professor Junshiro Miyokawa / SAKURAI Tetsu
2012: Justice beyond State Borders
Justice beyond State Borders
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2012, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2013, Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- The 2012 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference "Justice beyond State Borders"
- Justice beyond State Borders / ISHIYAMA Fumihiko
- Global Economic Justice / USAMI Makoto
- Global Distributive Justice and Membership of Political Community / URAYAMA Seiko
- Is International Law an Obstacle to Global Justice? / KAKU Shun
- Conceptualizing Justice in a Globalizing World / OSHIMURA Takashi
- A Cosmopolitan Conception of Justice / TAKIKAWA HIrohide
- Problem of Justice Beyond Borders: An Overview and Comments / INOUE Tatsuo
- Lecture
- A Brief Report on My Two Favorite Subjects of Study: Ockham and Moudawwana / KOBAYASHI Isao
- Book Review
- A Monumental Work of Jurisprudence / OHYA Takehiro
- The Best Guidebook for Legal Philosophers / WAKAMATSU Yoshiki
- A Reply to Prof. Fumihiko Takahashi / SHIMAZU Itaru
- Let Each Student Think of Herself / KAMEMOTO Hiroshi
- Workshops
- Human Rights and Legal Cultures on Human Rights under Legal Pluralism in the Global World: From the Perspective of Jurisprudence and Legal Anthropology / TSUNODA Takeshi
- Prospects of Philosophy of International Law: Interaction with International Legal Studies / KAKU Shun
- Shinpei Goto's Philosophy and Technology for Governance: Public Health, Colonial Administration and the Law: SUZUKI Shintaro
- Uncertainty of Law and Science: on the Legitimacy of "Science Courts" / KIRA Takayuki & KAWASE Takayuki
- Reports
- Rawls's Theory of Justice and 'Meaningful Work' / OSAWA Shin
- The Transition from Philosophy to Politics in the Existential Thought of Hannah Arendt / HASEGAWA Yoko
- Law as Humanities : Humanistic Law of James Boyd White / KOBAYASHI Fumiaki
- National Responsibility in the Context of Global Economic Justice: A Critical Examination of David Miller's Two Models of Collective Responsibility / ISHIZUKA Atsuko
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- Condolences to Prof. Dr. José Llompart, S.J. / KUZUU Eijiro & KAWAMI Makoto
- A Tribute to the Memory of Prof. Setsuko Sato / TAKAHASHI Fumihiko
2011: The Renaissance of Utilitarianism
The Renaissance of Utilitarianism as Philosophy for Governance
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2011, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2012, Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- The 2011 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference "The Renaissance of Utilitarianism as Philosophy for Governance"
- The Renaissance of Utilitarianism as Philosophy for Governance / WAKAMATSU Yoshiki
- Utilitarianism and Public Health / KODAMA Satoshi
- Public Health and Liberal Utilitarianism: A Comment on Professor Kodama's Article / SUZUKI Shintaro
- Utilitarianism and Education: The Role of Education in Jeremy Bentham's Theory of Government / KOMATSU Kayoko
- Does Bentham's Utilitarian Theory of Education Connect Individual Freedom and Government of Society?: A Reply to Prof. Komatsu / SEKI Yoshinori
- Utilitarianism as a Philosophy of Government / ANDO Kaoru
- Utilitarianism and Law: Mutual Relation of Regulators / OHYATakehiro
- Utilitavianism as a Theory of Governance: in Response to Ando and Ohya / INOUE Tatsuo
- Symposium Sumary / WAKAMATSU Yoshiki
- Book Review
- We Cannot But Live with the Question, 'Is It Just?' / TAKAHASHI Fumihiko
- On the Usage of the 7th Chords in the Philosophy of Law / MOURI Yasutoshi
- Human Rights and the Golden Rule / KOBAYASHI Isao
- Workshops
- Hegel and Modern Society: Recht, State, and CivilSociety / SHINOHARA Toshio
- Philosophy of Law & Norme: From M. Foucault to Legal Theory / SEKI Yoshinori
- Law and Experiences of Families: Views into/from Intimate Spheres / NASU Kosuke
- Citizen Participation in Criminal Justice in Japan and South Korea / OKA Katsuhiko
- Reports
- Legitimacy of Constitutional Law Education: An Introduction - A Perspective of Liberal Constitutionalism / KURITA Yoshiyasu
- Norm and the Law in Francois Ewald's Legal Philosophy / NISHISAKO Daisuke
- Social Rights and Positive Duties / ENDO Chikako
- Meanings and Problems of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Over the Definitional Issues of "Indigenous Peoples" / INADA Yasuaki
- Jus Post Bellum / FUKUHARA Masato
- The Rights-based Approach to the Intimate Sphere: Starting from Kitay's Case / OGUMIYoshie
- The Distortion of Hege'ls Concept >Volksgeist< in the Nationalistic Legal Thinking of Karl Larenz: Its Reasons and Extent / KANAZAWA Shuji
2010: Roles of Citizen or "Civil Society" and Responsibility of State
Roles of Citizen or "Civil Society" and Responsibility of State
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2010, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2011, Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- The 2010 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference "Roles of Citizen or "Civil Society" and Responsibility of State"
- Roles od Citizen or "Civil Society" and Responsibility of State: Concepts, Issues and Prospects / OHNO Tatsuji
- Current State and Issue of Governmental Policy of Nonprofit Organization in Japan --- Why the Government Stifled Volunteerism on Nonprofit Organizations? / TANAKA Yayoi
- The Role of the State in Consumer Law / KUMAGAI Shiro
- The Legal System of "Civil Society" where People with Mental Disabilities Can be Included Rightly --- the Concept of "Civil Society" in the English Adult Guardianship System / SUGA Fumie
- Opening Administrative Organization and Its Legitimacy / MORI Toru
- On Civil Society and its Non-Political Foundation: Between Civiv Virtues and Civil Liberties / NASU Kosuke
- The Citizen / Society beyond Borders? --- The Case of the European Union / ENDO Ken
- Globalization and the Fate of Community / TANIGUCHI Koichi
- Comment / SUGITA Atsushi
- Symposium Summary / OHNO Tatsuji
- Book Review
- A Response to Mr. Shimazu's Review on my Book: "A History of Legal Thoughts" (TUP, 2009) / SASAKURA Hideo
- Law, Logic, Calculation --- Recension: Kobayashi, Ko: Philosophy of Law / KABASHIMA Hiroshi
- Workshops
- The Legal Theory of R. Alexy / ADACHI Hidehiko
- "Law and Literature" Studies / KOBAYASHI Fumiaki, TANIGUCHI Koichi
- Searching the Substantive Grounds for the Restriction of Free Will in Bioethics: Social Anxiety about Unforeseen Consequences? / NOZAKI Akiko
- Revising Rawls' Theory of Justice / WATANABE Mikio
- Reports
- Judicial Viewpoint and Internal-Measurement in Law / MATSUOKA Nobuki
- "Great Society" and its Constituting Norms / NOBORIO Akira
- Principle of Proportionality --- Arguments for and against Robert Alexy's Theory of Constitutional Rights / MATSUBARA Mitsuhiro
- Border and the Democratic Peace by Kant / KIHARA Jun
- Lecture
- Legal Philosophy, Legal Study and the Problems of Rule of Law / FUKADA Mitsunori
2009: Risk Society and Law
Risk Society and Law
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2009, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2010, ISBN 978-4-641-12544-5 Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- The 2009 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference "Risk Society and Law"
- Risk Society and Law: Concepts, Issues and Prospects / NAKAYAMA Ryuichi
- Law and Democracy in "Risk Society" / AIKYO Koji
- Deliberative Risk and Deliberative Hope: A Comment / HIRAI Ryosuke
- Transformation of Private Law in a Risk Society / ASANO Yuki
- On the Bottleneck Problem of Private Law in the Risk Society: Comments on Prof. Asano's Discussion Report / FUKUI Kota
- Risk Society and Environmental Law: Precautionary Principle in Environmental Law / OTSUKA Tadashi
- Risk Society and Precautionary Principle in Environmental Law: Comment on the Paper Presented by Professor Ptsuka (Abstract) / MATSUMOTO Mitsuo
- Risk Society and Criminal Law / MATSUBARA Yoshihiro
- Horror House / Mirror House: A Reply to Professor Matsubara / OHYA Takehiro
- A World Order against Global Risks / TAKIKAWA Hirohide
- Government Networks and "Cosmopolitan Common Sense": Short Comment on Professor Takikawa's Presentation / MORIMOTO Taku
- Symposium Summary / NAKAYAMA Ryuichi
- Book Reviews
- A Fresh Start for Utilitarian Political Theory / MORIMURA Susumu
- Response / ANDO Kaoru
- A History of Legal Thoughts and Theory of Historical Stages / SHIMAZU Itaru
- Workshops
- Ronald Dworkin / USAMI Makoto and HAMA Shinichiro
- Legal Studies of Animals: COnsiderations from Philosophy of Law / SHIMAZU Itaru and FURUSAWA Emi
- Juristisches Denkensmodell in bezug auf die Tatbestands- und Sachverhaltslehre bzw. die japanische Relationstechnik: aus der Sicht der Jurisprudenz / KABASHIMA Hiroshi
- A modern meaning of Adam Smith / NAKAMURA Koji
- Reports
- The Limit of Contractarian Rationality: through the analysis of Gauthier's "Humanism" / NAKAMURA Takafumi
- Immigration Justice: the Relationship between Liberal Egalitarianism and Nationalism / URAYAMA Seiko
- On the Limits of the Harm Principle: Some Considerations of "Legal Enforcement of Morality" / MIYAZAKI Mayu
- Why Should Organ Sales Be Prohibited?: Property, Family and Organs for Transplants / SUZUKI Shintaro
- Political Obligation and The Constitutional Law: KOIZUMI Yoshiyuki
- Why Did Michael Ignatieff Support Iraq War?: examined through his human rights philosophy / MORITA Akihiko
- Professor Masaji Chiba In Memorial / OTSUKA Shigeru
2008: Economics and Law
Economics and Law: an Interdisciplinary Dialogue
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2008, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2009, ISBN 978-4-641-12539-1 Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- The 2008 Japan Association of Legal Philosophy Annual Conference "Economics and Law: an Interdisciplinary Dialogue"
- Economics and Law: Concepts, Issues, and Prospects / USAMI Makoto
- Efficiency, Equity and Social Respect for Individual Rights / SUZUMURA Kotaro
- On the Identification and Exercise of Rights: A Comment on Professor Suzumura's "Efficiency, Equity and Social Respect for Individual Rights" / GOTOH Reiko
- Law and Economics of Employment Protection / YASHIRO Naohiro
- A Comment on Professor Yashiro: A Right's Perspective / ASANO Yuki
- Economics Effects of Public Policy / IHORI Toshihiro
- Reply to Professor Ihori / TANIGUCHI Koichi
- Law, Jurisprudence, and Economics in the Perspective of R. H. Coase / KAMEMOTO Hiroshi
- New Directions in Law and Economics: A Comment on Professor Kamemoto's Paper: OTA Shozo
- Economics and Law: Commenting on the Presentations: SHIMAZU Itaru
- Symposium Summary / USAMI Makoto
- Book Review
- Laws which Foster "Reasonable Trust" / TORISAWA Madoka
- Workshops
- Multi-layeredness and Multi-dimensionality of the Legal Institutions and Cultures in East Asia: From the Perspectives of Multiculturalism, Legal Pluralism and Theory of Comparative Legal Cultures / TSUNODA Takeshi
- Between 'Law and Economics' and the Legal Theory: Rationality and Publicness / TSUNEKI Atsushi
- Law and Obligations / TAKIKAWA Hirohide
- Reports
- Law and Time: time order by law and internal time structure in law/ KIRA Takayuki
- Feminist Perspectives on the Concept of law: Toward a Dialogue with Normative Legal Positivism / IKEDA Hirono
- The Difference / Equality Dilemma: Approaches from Feminist Jurisprudence / OGUMI Yoshie
- From Lessig to Pound: the utility and task of "architecture" as an agency of social control / SASAHARA Waori
- Methodology and theory of constitution in Gerber and Laband / NISHIMURA Kiyotaka
- Manners of culture criticism: A critical study of Joseph Carens' Arguments / KAWASE Takayuki
- The Duty to Obey the LAW is not Particular / TAKIKAWA Hirohide
- Two Paths to the Theory of the Duty to obey the Law / NASU Kosuke
- Why do we have to inquire the basis of obligation to obey the law? / YOKOHAMA Tatsuya
- Liberalism, Fallibilism and Individual Self-Development: Some Comments on a Millian Perspective / George Mousourakis
2007: What is Modernity for the History of Legal Ideas?
What is Modernity for the History of Legal Ideas?
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2007, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2008, ISBN 978-4-641-12531-5 Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- Articles / Comments
- The Annual Meeting of Legal Philosophy 2007 under the Title of "What is Modernity for the History of Legal Ideas?" / SAKURAI Tetsu
- Thomas Aquinas' Philosophy and Modern Legal Thought / KAWAMI Makoto
- Theological Foundation of Late Medieval Discourse on Natural Rights / KOBAYASHI Isao
- Hume and the Transformation of Modern Natural Jurisprudence / SHIMOKAWA Kiyoshi
- Rousseau: A Republican Approach of His Legal Theory / KAMBARA Kazuhiro
- Law of Autonomy and Autonomy of Law: Kant's "Grounding" / TAKAHASHI Hiroki
- Bentham's Legal Positivism, Utilitarianism and the Modernity / KAINO Michihiro
- Hegel's Thought of Right and Modernity / NAGAO Takao
- F. C. v. Savigny's and J. Grimm's Historical Jurisprudence / KATADA Takeshi
- National Socialism: Anti-modernism or Modernism / MINAMI Toshiaki
- A Comment to Nine Presentations / SASAKURA Hideo
- Book Reviews
- AOI Hideo, "Outline of Legal Theory" / SAKO Ichiro
- NAKAMURA Naomi, "Studies on Paternalism" / WAKAMATSU Yoshiki
- Reports
- On G. A. Cohen's critics against Liberal conceptions of Distributive Justice / FUJIOKA Daisuke
- The United Nations as an Administrator of Peace: Countering Resurgence of a Punitive Just War Theory / KAKU Shun
- John McDowell's "Spaces of reasons" and problems of legal meta-axiology / ITO Katsuhiko
- Study on Value Relativism: from Max Weber to Karl Jaspers / SUGAWARA Yasunori
- "Folk" and "Language" in Humboldt's educational theory / YOSHINAGA Kei
- Do you believe objectivity of interpretation of law? / HAYASE Katsuaki
- A Memorandum on the development from the jurisprudence of interest to the jurisprudence of evaluation / HATTORI Hiroshi
- Libertarianism as a Theory of Justice: On Hillel Steiner's Theory of Rights / INOUE Akira
- Natures of regulatory functions in architecture and its significance / MATSUO Yoh
- Westernization of Asian Law and Asian Identities / KAWAMURA Arinori
2006: Legal Philosophy and Legal Education
Legal Philosophy and Legal Education: in the Law School Era
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2006, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2007, ISBN 978-4-641-12522-3 Yuhikaku Publishing Co. Ltd.,Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- Articles / Comments
- The Annual Meeting of Legal Philosophy 2006 under the Title of "Legal Philosophy and Legal Education: in the Law School Era" / OTSUKA Shigeru
- Japanese Law School and the Legal Education in Japan / OTSUKA Shigeru
- An Empirical Study in "Law & Philosophy" Classes at Law-schools in Japan: A preliminary analysis / KITAMURA Takanori
- The Justice System Reform and its Impact on Legal Education / HAGIWARA Kaneyoshi
- Legal Education from the Perspective of a Semi-outsider / NAKAMASA Masaki
- On the Significance of Learning Law for non Lawyers: Halting an Argument for Deleting the Faculty of Law / NASU Kosuke
- An Overall Comment on Discussions about Law School and Undergraduate Law Faculties / MIYAKAWA Koji
- Legal Education for Legal Professions in Law School and Legal Philosophy / YAMADA Yachiko
- Teaching Jurisprudence: American Legal Education and the Idea of Responsive Law / HIRANO Hitohiko
- Standardization in Education of Legal Philosophy / KAMEMOTO Hiroshi
- Comments and Questions to the Reports of Profs. Yamada, Hirano, and Kamemoto: From the Perspectives of a Civilist / DOGAUCHI Hiroto
- Being Accountable for Social Order and other Issues: Comments / SHIMAZU Itaru
- Reports
- Hohfeld and Deontic Logic / MITSUMOTO Takuya
- Significance and Problem of Dworkin's Moral Interpretation: Compared with 'Originalism', on the Case of Abortion / HAYAKAWA Nozomi
- Reproductive Rights as a Right to Reproduction: The Importance of Reproductive Self-determination in a Society with Decreasing Birthrate / ISA Tomoko
- Person, Resistance, and Tolerance in Arthur Kaufmann's Legal Philosophy / YOSHIOKA Takehiko
- Rawls and Democracy: The Place of Democracy in Rawls's Theory of Justice / ISHIKURO Futoshi
- The Scope and Limits of Cosmopolitan Citizenship / INADA Yasuaki
- Revisiting the Problem of Political Obligation: Legitimacy as Deference to Ruler / YOKOHAMA Tatsuya
- An Interpretation of Plato's Laws 845b-860e: Criminal Justice and a Socratic Paradox / AKAIWA Junji
- The Position of "Moral Sense" in the Natural Law Theory / NAKAMURA Takafumi
- Francois Ewald and the Legal Philosophy of Risk / NISHISAKO Daisuke
2005: The Rule of Law in Contemporary Japanese Society
The Rule of Law in Contemporary Japanese Society: Ideal, Reality and Perspective
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2005, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2006, ISBN 4-641-12513-9 Yuhikaku Publishing Co.Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- Articles/Comments
- The Various Problems about the Rule of Law and their Examination/ FUKADA Mitsunori
- The Normative Tradition of the Rule of Law: A Sketch/ HASEGAWA Ko
- Constitutionalism, Rule of Law and Rechtsstaat/ DOI Masakazu
- The rule of law in Japanese Administrative Law/ NAKAGAWA Takehisa
- Why should we care about the rule of law?: The Agonisticity and Legitimacy of Law/ INOUE Tatsuo
- The Development of Rechtsstaat/ HATTORI Takahiro
- Rule of Law and Indeterminacy of Law/ ISHIMAE Yoshiyuki
- A Framework for Comparative Constitutional Study of the Rule of Law/ TAKAHASHI Kazuyuki
- An Overall Comment on Discussion about the Rule of Law/ TANAKA Shigeaki
- Reports
- Logically Consistent Libertarian Systems: A Denial Theory of Inheritance Institutions/ YASHIMA Takayuki
- Meta-Ethical Naturalism Reexamined: Normative Values and Human Science/ NAITO Atsushi
- A Dilemma of an Equal Idea over "Sexuality"/ AYABE Rokuro
- Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism: A view from Kant's "Gemeinwesen"/ KIHARA Jun
- Legal Philosophy on Injustice (Unrecht) and Struggle: Considering the Legal Theory of Georg Jellinek/ MORIMOTO Taku
- The History of the Concept of Legal Interpretation in Jan Schroeder's Law as Science (Recht als Wissenschaft)/ MATSUSHIMA Yuuichi
2004: Libertarianism and Legal Theory
Libertarianism and Legal Theory
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2004, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2005, ISBN 4-641-12504-X Yuhikaku Publishing Co.Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- Articles/Comments
- The Libertarian View of Human Nature/ MORIMURA Susumu
- A critical examination on self-ownership oriented libertarianism/ HASHIMOTO Tsutomu
- Liberty to Conform to "Social Norms"?: Spontaneous Order Reexamined/ TORISAWA Madoka
- Freedom does not support libertarianism/ TATEIWA Shin'ya
- Libertarianism and Truth of Ideologies: Some Comments for the Symposium/ SHIMAZU Itaru
- Libertarian Legal Theory/ HASHIMOTO Yuko
- Should We, Constitutional Lawyers in Japan, Take Libertarianism More Seriously/ AIKYO Koji
- The Structure of Liberty in Private Law: On Contract Law Theory/ YAMADA Yachiko
- Libertarianism and corrective-communicative justice/ ASANO Yuki
- Reports
- A Study on theories of tradition: F.A.Hayek and A.MacIntyre/ DOI Takahiro
- On Relational Rights/ NOZAKI Akiko
- Structural Discrimination and Law: Feminism's Subjects and Legal Practices/ WAKABAYASHI Tsubasa
- Discussing the Legal Indeterminacy Problem/ SATO Kenichi
- Relationship between Right and Good in Theories of Justice/ ITO Yasushi
- A Comment on J.Rawls' Theory of International Justice/ MATSUZAWA Toshiki
- Review Articles
- The Tradition and Modernity of Natural Law Theories: Permissive Natural Law in B.Tierney's The Idea of Natural Rights/ YAMAMOTO Yoichi
- Professor Mitsukuni Yasaki(1923-2004): In Memorial/ TAKESHTA Ken/ MATSUURA Yoshiharu
2003: Gender, Sexuality and the Law
Gender, Sexuality and the Law
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2003, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2004, ISBN 4-641-02793-0 Yuhikaku Publishing Co.Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese, with English summaries)
- Articles
- Evil, Violence, and Injustice: a view from feminism as critique of violence/ OHKAWA Masahiko
- Toward the Embodiment of the Ethic of Care in Our Social Institutions/ KAWAMOTO Takashi
- Sexual Harassment/ HORIGUCHI Etsuko
- Can Law and Feminism find common 'Justice' for regulating technologies that intrude human reproductive issues?/ SAITOH Yukiko
- Where are the genders in Liberalism?/ EHARA Yumiko
- Two Perspectives of Liberal Feminism/ INOUE Tatsuo
- Gender and State Power/ TSUJIMURA Miyoko
- A Happy Marriage between Feminism and Biological Sciences/ UCHINO Masayuki
- Toward Anarcho-Sexualism/ SUMIYOSHI Masami
- Reports
- Paradigm change of the theory of justice/ KABASHIMA Hiroshi
- International Society and Justice: The Possibility of Global Justice/ TAKEMURA Kazuya
- Hungarian School of Legal Philosophy/ MITOMA Tamio
- A reinterpretation of Radbruch's legal philosophy/ ADACHI Hidehiko
- Jhering's Concept of jurisprudence/ TAKASU Noriyuki
- J.S.Mill's On Liberty and Perfectionism/ TAGO Tomoyuki
- Law and Ethics of Organ-Donation-Incentive/ IMAI Tetsuya
- Making Social Capital Work/ HOSOMI Yoshiko
- Review Articles
- Free Society and 'Vice' of people/ NOBORIO Akira
- On a New Japanese Legislation concerning Sex Registration of People Having Gender Identity Disorder/ TANIGUCHI Koichi
2002: Religion and Law
Religion and Law: Comparative Legal Culture of Sacredness and Secularity
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2002, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2003, ISBN 4-641-02790-0 Yuhikaku Publishing Co.Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese)
- Articles/Comments
- Religion and the Law. Considered from the Prespective of Christianity / Jose LLOMPART
- Formation of Natural/Positive Law Dichotomy and Secularization of Law / ICHIHARA Yosuhisa
- Religion and Law: Comparative Legal Culture of Sacredness and Secularity from a nos-Western Perspective / CHIBA Masaji
- Religion and Law from and Islamic Viewpoint / ODA Yoshiko
- Comparative Theory of Legal Culture concerning Law and Religion -- basing on the Emperor system and Aum-shinrikyo / TSUNODA Takeshi
- Religion and Law in Present Japan / Hirano Takeshi
- Religion und Recht im heutigen Deutschland / SHIYAKE Masanori
- Liberalism and Illiberal Regimes: John Rawls's Self-Restraint in The Law of Peoples?
- Some Remarks on Religion and Law / MORIMURA Susumu
- Reports
- Was Bentham Liberal or Authoritarian? / KAINO Michihiro
- Rationality of Self-Decision Making and Human Preferences: Behavioral Law & Economics and Its Theoretical Implications Concerning Legal Paternalism / SETOYAMA Koichi
- How can the Law of a Liberal Society Recognise "Good Samaritans"? / SUGA Fumie
- The New Aspects of Responsibility: Focusing on the Arguments of Collective Responsibility / UEMOTO masaaki
- Two Weakness and Autonomy -- Thinking about the Scope and Limit of "the Right to Die"-- / OKUDA Jun-ichiro
- Plurality of Justice and Conflict-of-Laws Justice / ITO Takaya
- On the Public Legitimacy of the Legal Framework -- Possibilities and Limits of Republican constitutionalism / OMORI Hidetomi
- Review Articles
- Original Intention and Authority / MARU Yuichi
- Obligation to Obey the Law and Normativity of Law / YOKOHAMA Tatsuya
2001: Problems of Order in the Information Society
Problems of Order in the Information Society
The Annals of Legal Philosophy 2001, edited by the Japan Association of Legal Philosophy
2002, ISBN 4-641-02781-1 Yuhikaku Publishing Co.Ltd., Tokyo, Japan (written in Japanese)
- Articles/Comments
- Law, Information and Technology / SAKO Ichiro
- Some Philosophical Aspects of the Privacy Issues in the Age of the Internet / MIZUTANI Masahiro
- Efficiency, Diversity Freedom / TAMURA Yoshiyuki
- Remarks MATSUURA Yoshiharu
- "Commons" of Information on the Internet--A Note on Hermeneutics of Private Property / SERIZAWA Hideaki
- Information Society and Transformation of Politics and the Public / HATTORI Takahiro
- The Internet and Overlapping Communities / OHYA Takehiro
- The Possibility of "e-Democracy"--A Constitutional Perspective / MATSUI Shigenori
- Whistleblowing and Law in the Information-Oriented Society / AONO Toru
- Reports
- Justification of Legal Proposition and Radical Conventionalism / YAMADA Yachiko
- Value-Pluralism and Liberalism / HAMA Shinichiro
- Freedom of Contract and Freedom of Association / ASANO Yuki
- Cultural Resources and Market / Oe Hiroshi
- A Study of Equality and Equalization / TSUNEKI Atsushi
- Constitutionalism of George Lawson and the Theories of the Ancient Constitution / YAMAMOTO Yoichi
- Original Pragmatism as Realism-- from C.S. Peirce to O.W.Holmes-- / KANAI Mituo
- Women's Right to Self-Determination in the Clinical Setting / ISHIMURA Kumiko
- Review Articles
- A Possibility of Postnational Citizenship: A Commentary on Delanty's "Citizenship in a Global Age" / INADA Yasuaki
- The Emergence of Conventions / TORISAWA Madoka
- Professor Shigeru Inoue: In Memoriam / TAKESHITA Ken, KOYANO Katsumi
