CRN33 East Asian Law and Society
Sessions
at
The
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting
(San Francisco, USA; June 2011)
|
Thursday, June 2 8:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Roundtable
Session: Cross-Connecting Citizen Movements in Japan: An Exploration in Legal
Mobilization Methods and Results Chair: Mark A. Levin (University
of Hawaii at Mânoa, USA) Participants: Michelle Daigle (University of Hawaii at Mânoa, USA) Mitsuharu Vincent
Okada (University of Hawaii at Mânoa, USA) Yoko I. Wang (University of Hawaii at Mânoa, USA) Takeshi Yanagisawa (Meijo
University, Japan; Visiting Scholar, University of Hawaii at Mânoa, USA) 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. How Has the
Justice System Changed in Japan: Tenth Anniversary of the Justice System
Reform Council (1) Chair: Tom
Ginsburg (University of Chicago, USA) Discussant: Mark
Levin (University of Hawaii, Manoa,
USA) Panelists: Atsushi Bushimata (Fukuoka University, Japan), Lawyers and Access to Legal Services in
Japan Akira Fujimoto (Shizuoka University, Japan), Legal Education and Training of Lawyers:
What Has Changed and NOT Changed Takayuki Ii (Hirosaki University, Japan), Form over Substance?
Japan’s Reformed Judicial Appointment and Evaluation Setsuo Miyazawa (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan), The
Politics of Implementation of the Recommendations of the Justice System
Reform Council 12:30 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. How Has the
Justice System Changed in Japan: Tenth Anniversary of the Justice System
Reform Council (2) Chair: Setsuo Miyazawa (Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan) Discussant: Eric
Feldman (University of Pennsylvania, USA) Panelists: Makoto Ibusuki (Seijo University, Japan), Criminal Justice
Reform in Japan Shozo Ota (University of Tokyo, Japan), Reforms in Civil Justice System and ADR in
Japan Lawrence Repeta (Meiji University, Japan), The Mission of the Judicial System Reform Council Hitoshi Ushijima (Chuo University, Japan), Administrative Litigation and Legal
Accountability of the Government 2:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Language Shift in Postcolonial Law: Comparing East Asian Policies and Practices Chairs: Richard Powell (Nihon
University, Japan) and Ng Kwai
Hang (University of California, San
Diego, USA) Panelists: Azirah Hashim
(University of Malaya, Malaysia) and Maya Khemlani David (University of Malaya, Malaysia), Comparing
Language Policy and Practice in the East and West Malaysian Courts Isabel Pefianco Martin (Ateneo de Manila University, Philippine), Prospects for Expanding
the Role of the National Language in the Philippine Legal System Ng Kwai Hang (University of California,
San Diego, USA), Is There a Chinese Common Law? - Notes from Studying the
Bilingual Common Law System of Hong Kong Richard Powell (Nihon
University, Japan), Challenges Facing the Construction of a Vernacular Legal System
in Timor Leste/Timor Lorosae Friday, June 3 10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Media, Public
Perceptions, and Public Legal Participation in East Asia (Co-sponsored by IRC
Lay Participation in Legal Decision-Making) Chair and Discussant: Robert B Leflar (University of Arkansas, USA) Panelists: Yukyong Choe (University of California, Berkeley, USA),
The Legislative Process of the Judicial Reform Acts of Korea: Focusing on the
Legal Education and Legal Professional Training System Anne Greenleaf (University of Washington,
USA), Blurring
International Boundaries: Legal Epistemologies and Administrative Law in
China Jongcheol Kim (Yonsei University, Korea), Complexity of Media
Law: The Case of Korea Masayoshi Koga (Chuo University, Japan),
Cross-National Analysis of Juvenile Correctional Education in Japan and the
U.S. Through the Comparison of Teen Peer Courts in California and Juvenile
Reformatory Centers in Japan Richard Wu (University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong) and Grace Leung (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong), The Legal and Policy Issues in Implementing “Three Network
Convergence” in China 2:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. IRC 18:
Socio-Political-Economic Developments and East Asian Legal Systems Chairs: Kay-Wah Chan (Macquarie University, Australia) and Younghoa Jung (Chonbuk
National University, Korea) Panelists: Kay-Wah Chan (Macquarie
University, Australia) and (Non-presenting panelist: Takayuki Ii, Hirosaki University, Japan), An Analysis of the Effect of
Justice System Reform on Judicial Scriveners in North-Northeast Japan Denis De Castro Halis (University
of Macau, Macau), Societies Need Dissent--Does Macau Also Need? Hard Cases
and Unanimous Decisions: Homogeneity of Thought in the Highest Courts of the
Macau SAR, China Mary Ip (University
of Sydney/University of New South Wales, Australia), The Nexus of Social,
Economic, Political, and Legal Factors in Chinese Consumer Movement Younghoa Jung (Chonbuk National University, Korea), The Role and Limit
of Constitutional Litigation among the Changes of Economy and Society in
Korean Post Democracy Saturday, June 4 8:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Asian Criminal
Justice: Incarceration, Interrogation, and Inequity Chair and Discussant: Jonathan D Marshall (Carthage
College, USA) Panelists: Michael Fox (Hyogo University, Japan),
Incarceration as a Tool of Political Suppression in Japan Masahiro Fujita (Kansai University, Japan) and
Syugo Hotta (Meiji
University, Japan), Japan’s Sentencing Disparity Before and After the
Introduction of the Lay Judge (Saiban-in) System Mari Hirayama (Hakuoh
University, Japan), Revenge of “Shi-min-kan-kaku”?
How “General People’s Opinions” Has Impacted the Criminal Justice System in
Japan Min Kim (Korean Institute of
Criminology, Korea), The CSI Effect in Korea: A Comparison Between
Prosecutors and Lay Persons Mami Hiraike Okawara (Takasaki
City University of Economics, Japan) and Kazuhiko Higuchi (Cosmos Law
Firm), Disappearance of Witness’s Own Words 2:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Courts,
Litigation, and Mediation in East Asia Chair and Discussant: Bruce Aronson
(Creighton University, Japan) Panelists: Thomas Chih-hsiung
Chen (National Chiao Tung
University, Taiwan), Captured Specialists? The Promise and Performance of
Medical Courts in Taiwan Jinhua Cheng (East
China University, China), Does Guanxi Matter in
Affecting Chinese People’s Access to Law: A Perspective of Dispute Resolution Robert B Leflar
(University of Arkansas), Medical Malpractice Disputes in Japan Yun-Hsien Diana Lin (National
Tsing Hua University,
China), Civil Mediation in Taiwan and Mainland China: Legal Culture,
Practices and Recent Developments Eri Osaka (Toyo
University, Japan), Asbestos Regulations and Litigations in Japan: Recent
Development and the Prospects for the Future 4:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Gender and Law
in East Asia Chair: Haesook Kim
(Long Island University, USA) Discussant: Ilhyung
Lee (University of Missouri, USA) Panelists: Sandra Hotz (University
of Zurich, Switzerland), Family Law Reforms in Japan Wu Ye Kang (Korean Institute of
Criminology), Gender and Law in East Asia Haesook Kim (Long
Island University, USA), Women in Law in Korea in the First Decade of the 21st
Century JaeWon Kim (Sungkyunkwan University), Korean Society and the Law on
Abortion Shu-chin
Grace Kuo (National Cheng Kung
University, Taiwan), Divorce Negotiation for Marriage Immigrants: An
Ethnographical Legal Project in Mediation Room in Taiwan 4:30 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. The Saiban-in System: New Developments in the Japanese
Experiment with Citizen Participation (IRC09/CRN04 Lay Participation in the
Legal System co-sponsored by CRN33) Chair: Takashi Maruta
(Kwansei Gakuin
University, Japan) Discussant: Valerie Hans (Cornell
University, USA) Panelists: Syugo Hotta
(Meiji University, Japan) and Masahiro Fujita
(Kansai University, Japan), Examining Legal Decisions on the Mixed-Jury Cases in
Japan: A Corpus-Based Approach Jay Klaphake (Ritsumeikan University, Japan) and Takashi
Maruta (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan): The Death Penalty and Sentencing
in Japan: What’s the Verdict on Saiban-in Involvement? Takeshi Nishimura (Osaka Bar Association, Japan), Revision Proposal of Saiban-in System--Centering around JFBA's
Discussion Points Satoru Shinomiya (Kokugakuin University, Japan), What Is the
Two-Year-Old Baby, Saiban-in System, Doing for
Japanese Society? Sunday, June 5 8:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Law and Public
Policy in East Asia Chair: Hiroshi Fukurai (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) Discussant: Craig Martin (University
of Baltimore, USA) Panelists: Roman David (Newcastle University, UK), Justice and Its Memory: Attitudes of South Koreans to Japan’s Policy
of Dealing with the Past Yong-Sung J. Kang (University of Washington,
USA), Confucianism and the Rule of Law Mark Levin (University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA), Civil Justice and Constitution: Limits on
Instrumental Judicial Administration in Japan Carol Chih-Chieh Lin (National
Chiao Tung University,
Taiwan), Too MuchVs Too Less: A Comparative View of
Policing and Prosecuting White-Collar Crimes Shao Dan
(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA), Bloodline and Borderline:
Nationality Law and Sovereignty Contestation over Taiwan (1894-1980) |
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