Comparative Law in Japan: Birth, Development and Trends

Friday, June 13th, 18:00 JST

Speaker:  Andrea Ortolani

Japan’s modern legal system originated with the transplant of Western law in the Meiji period. Within three decades Japan was transformed into a centralised country with a constitution, codes, and a structured system of courts staffed by professional jurists.
This lecture traces the birth and development of Japanese comparative law studies and institutions, showing how comparative law not only paved the way for the reception of Western law, but was also instrumental in the emergence of an original Japanese jurisprudence.

Andrea Ortolani is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Tsukuba. His research focuses on legal transplants, legal evolution, and on Japanese law and its interactions with foreign jurisprudence.


This hybrid lecture will be held on site and via Zoom.

Registration required in advance from https://forms.gle/NgxLzv2KTEt12W6C7

Zoom Meeting ID: 844 8713 0281

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84487130281

Venue: EFEO Kyoto, 29 Kitashirakawa Bettō-chō, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto 606-8276
You can find the place on Google Maps with the words 'EFEO Kyoto'

Poster download:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QfdzlkIVzPRlxNU4K7sYAHYaADtFtms_/view?usp=sharing

École française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO)
Italian School of East Asian Studies (ISEAS)
Co-hosted by Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University


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