Announcement of international symposium:
The Civil Responsibility Explosion:
An International Comparison of Contractual and Tort Practices
Tokyo, March 26-27, 1996
Hama Rikyu Asahi Hall, Tsukiji 5-3-2, Chuo-ku
Leading legal scholars from Japan, the U.S., and Canada will present their
latest research in the fields of tort and contract law. Among the topics
to be addressed are developments in products liability, informed consent in
health care, long-term contracting practices, and corresponding changes in
legal consciousness and doctrine.
The conference is sponsored by the 21st Century Law & Policy Research
Association. It is funded by the Japan Foundation Center for Global
Partnership and Shoji Homu Kenkyukai (Commercial Law Centre Inc.).
Schedule and participants are as follows:
MARCH 26 (Session 1)
RELIANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY: COMPARISON OF LONG-TERM TRANSACTIONS
IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES
John O. HALEY (Washington U.)
Toshiaki HASEGAWA (attorney, Tokyo)
Shogo KITAYAMA (Niigata U.)
Masahiro MURAKAMI (Yokohama Nat'l U.)
Hiroyasu NAKATA (Hitotsubashi U.)
Takashi UCHIDA (U. of Tokyo)
Michael K. YOUNG (Columbia U.)
MARCH 27 (Session 2)
TORT LAW TRENDS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY
Lewis N. KLAR (U. of Alberta)
Robert B LEFLAR (U. of Arkansas)
Tsuneo MATSUMOTO (Hitotsubashi U.)
Richard S. MILLER (U. of Hawaii)
Akio MORISHIMA (Nagoya U.)
Gary SCHWARTZ (UCLA)
Shigeaki TANAKA (Kyoto U.)
Yutaka TEJIMA (Tsukuba U.)
MARCH 27 (Session 3)
TOWARD A NEW PARADIGM OF CIVIL RESPONSIBILITY
John O. HALEY (Washington U.)
Tsuneo MATSUMOTO (Hitotsubashi U.)
Yasutomo MORIGIWA (Nagoya U.)
Akio MORISHIMA (Nagoya U.)
Itaru SHIMAZU (Chiba U.)
Shigeaki TANAKA (Kyoto U.)
Takashi UCHIDA (Tokyo U.)
Frank K. UPHAM (New York U.)
For information contact:
Prof. Yasutomo Morigiwa
School of Law, Nagoya University
morigiwa@nomolog.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Tel. +81 (0)52-789-4908
Fax +81 (0)52-789-4900
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