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Administrative law is a legal field that discusses the overall structure of administrative activities and the relationship between the state and the people. How to respond to diverse needs is an issue for administrative activities. Based on this perspective, this lecture aims to understand the basic idea of administrative law.
Depending on the progress of this course, we are considering inviting experts in administrative practice and law as guest speakers.
This course is for investigating General Provisions and Real Rights in the Civil Code of Japan.
This course is for investigating the structure of Japanese intellectual property rights such as copyright, patent and trademark.
All of these can be understood as exclusive rights to the use of "information".
This course provides an overview of the function of intellectual property rights in each of these areas.
This course is for investigating the Contract law and the Tort law in the Civil Code of Japan. The general theory of claims focuses on damages based on default. In the theory of claims, students learn about torts in addition to the rules of various contracts.
In this course, you will learn the basic concepts of administrative law through specific issues related to administration. It deals with important items in the interpretation law such as administrative discretion and legal administration, as well as matters related to public policy such as private consignment, administrative regulation, social welfare and city planning. In addition, as the latest topic, we plan to set the theme of traffic policy such as drones and self-driving cars and digitization of administration. By considering the mechanism of current law and disputes, we would like to examine the direction of legal policy that should be in the future.
Experts may be invited as guest speakers at the request of the students.
This class is also used with Zoom Live or On-Demand, approximately twice a month.
Administrative law is a legal field that discusses the overall structure of administrative activities and the relationship between the state and the people. How to respond to diverse needs is an issue for administrative activities. Based on this perspective, this lecture aims to understand the basic idea of administrative law.
Depending on the progress of this course, we are considering inviting experts in administrative practice and law as guest speaker.
The course will deal with Family Law (Civil Code Part IV Relatives and Part V Inheritance).
It is necessary for us to understand laws about “Family”, because families are changing and diversified in the modern society. The course will explain the basic framework concerning Family Law including marriage, divorce, parent-child relationship, inheritance and so on.
And we will also consider new contemporary issues and problems regarding Family Law.
This course is for investigating General Provisions and Real Rights in the Civil Code of Japan.
In this course, students will learn (1) the meanings and functions of criminal law and punishment, (2) the definitions of crime, (3) basic knowledge of criminal law in general, and (4) an overview of criminal law in particular, and (5) criminal legislation theory, through researching on Penal Code reform related to sex crimes that were enacted on June 16, 2023, and came into effect on July 13, 2023.
The content of this course is designed to provide an opportunity to consider what effective or efficient crime control and criminal policy should be.
This course is designed to assist students to explore the structure of Japan’s Companies Act. We mainly focus on the organization of stock companies under Japan’s Companies Act, as well as the essential Japanese corporate matters, establishment, financing, and organizational restructuring. In this course, we use studies about some contemporary
issues such as startups and corporate governance related to overseas subsidiaries.
Japan's laws and ordinances constitute the legal system of vast spreading hem with the Constitution as the highest regulation at the top. It is important to understand the basic principle and interpretation of the Constitution, since various laws and regulations have been enacted based on the Constitution which is the highest law in the country of law. The Japanese Constitution establishes governance from legislative, judicial and administrative authority. In the Constitution (governance), centering on these, we will study about nation and sovereignty.
Japan's laws and ordinances constitute the legal system of vast spreading hem with the Constitution as the highest regulation at the top. It is important to understand the basic principle and interpretation of the Constitution, since various laws and regulations have been enacted based on the Constitution which is the highest law in the country of law. In this lecture, we acquire the necessary legal thinking for social life through the mechanism of human rights protection in the Constitution.
Environmental law has several peculiarities that distinguish it from other areas of jurisprudence.
First, an understanding of the natural sciences makes the need for environmental law clearer, so an understanding of the mechanisms of various environmental problems is necessary when studying environmental law.
Second, because environmental issues are common to all mankind and need to be resolved, communication among experts and citizens from a wide variety of fields is necessary.
And it can be said that environmental law is a discipline that looks to the future and requires the creation of rules that will enable future generations to have a better life.
This lecture will examine how the law can be used to address environmental issues and solve problems, and will introduce a comprehensive coverage of environmental law from a legal policy perspective. The program will identify the characteristics and challenges of the current system from the "perspective of future generations" and work with participants to find solutions to these issues.
This course is intended for students who have already completed "Civil Code (General Provisions and Property Rights)" and "Civil Code (Torts and Contracts)" or have equivalent knowledge. We will practice using precedents and case studies.
This lecture deals with the history, institutions, and policy of the health care and long-term care services.
In order to utilize full potential of information and communications technologies (ICTs) for promoting economic growth and addressing various social issues, we need to take various steps such as expansion of infrastructure and building capacity of people and society to be ready to use ICTs, in addition to research and development of technologies. Policy intervention is necessary as the utilization of the full potential of ICTs cannot be accomplished, if solely relying on market competition.
In the first stage of this course, explanation will be provided on importance of social expansion of ICTs, mainly focusing on network technologies such as the Internet. Basic knowledge required to understand relevant policies will be also introduced.
Then the course will pick up specific case studies for each sort of ICTs policy practices, to discuss how that policy making was triggered and what impacts the policy brought about, with viewpoints of international comparison. Moreover, students will be welcomed to participate in active discussion on certain topics.
In this course, students will comprehensively cultivate the worldview, problem recognition ability, leadership, and other skills needed when leading organizational and societal reforms or innovations in companies, governments, NPOs, and more after graduation.
Specifically, based on the instructor's experience in approximately 50 organizations, including governments, corporations, and foundations where they played the role of a catalyst for reform, as well as case studies of reforms and innovations from various times and regions, students will develop an understanding of the essence of reform and innovation and its methodology, and gain insights into the societal and organizational perspectives required therein.
The course content includes: 1) Perspectives on world order (e.g., Westphalian System, Pax Americana, UN-centricism, Sino-Barbarian Order, etc.), 2) Fundamental structures of modern states (e.g., democracy, capitalism, nation-states, bureaucratism, etc.), and 3) Trends in social change (e.g., digitalization, globalization, decentralization, etc.). With these fundamentals in mind, the course delves deeper into the backgrounds and transitions that led to innovative systems/services like "container shipping," "Shinkansen (bullet trains)," and "technical standards," and social innovations like "universal health coverage" and "compulsory education." In class, we will trace the history of reforms (sometimes even "revolutions") that occurred during the establishment of these innovations, contemplating the ways of reform and innovation for the next era.
(Note) By the way, there are several other courses at SFC related to "innovation," "social systems," and "leadership." Compared to these, this course offers insights into the essence of "reform" and "innovation" in society and organizations through a flipped classroom style, using classics, masterpieces, and historical events as references. It is designed to produce complementary learning effects with practical courses.Complete and fluent Japanese skill is required.
The rapid economic development of postwar Korea, called “compressed modernity,” was realized in the state-led development economic system from the 1960s. South Korea, a typical developing country, has undergone a dynamic transformation after the development era of the 1960s and 1970s, the June 1987 Declaration of Democracy, the 1997 IMF Economic Crisis, and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. However, the government-led economic system, which was effective during that period, has lost its expiration date. The opening of the domestic market and the transition to a high-wage nation have fundamentally changed the basic framework of the Korean economy, and the impact of globalization is accelerating such movements.
Global companies from South Korea, such as Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, and POSCO, are active on the world stage, while they are fiercely competing with companies in developed and developing countries.
Then, what kind of transformation has Korean society undergone during that time? It is a historical fact that South Korea has become a very prosperous country, driven by the rapid growth of the chaebol, and the economic level has risen significantly overall. It can also be considered that it has achieved the rank of developed countries. However, domestic economic disparities are widening, and there is considerable friction and conflict between groups that can feel affluence and those who do not, forming a background for political conflict.
In this lecture, we will examine how Korean society, led by chaebols, is changing amid historical environmental changes.
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By the Soviet Perestroika which was started by Gorbachev in the mid of 1980s, the communist regimes of the world had great shook. Then, the Soviet Union was collapsed in the end of 1991, most of the former USSR the Eastern European countries abandoned communism; and the dream of communism seemed to be disappeared. However, the many communist regimes have been kept in East Asia and Southeast Asia, although many of their system have been modified. In addition, many of the former USSR states have been keeping the undemocratic regimes, and some of them are almost same to the communist regime in the different names. On the other hand, the pressures of democratization have been given not only from the international society, but from the people in some states, although there are many opinions if such pressures would be effective or not.
In this course, we will try to compare the political systems focusing on the political changes of the former USSR states after the end of cold war.
In addition, it seems to be extremely interesting to focus on the Russian elections, which are rarely focused on in the general media, and the political changes surrounding them, and we are planning to have a guest lecturer concerning this problem.
Note that taking this course in conjunction with "Regions and Society (Europe and CIS)," a course the instructor is offering in the spring semester, will provide a deeper understanding.
This lecture will explain basic theories and empirical studies in health economics, as well as analyze and evaluate medical and long-term care systems in Japan and other countries from the perspective of health economics.
Local government in Japan consists of 47 prefectures and 1,718 municipalities (City, Town and Village). Before HEISEI Merger, the number of municipalities was over 3,000. Difficulty of public finance forced reform of municipalities. Yubari city, Hokkaido is the only bankruptcy municipality in Japan now. In future, some municipality will face the same difficulty.
This class provides the understanding a general and a specific topics of the public finance of local government. Students investigate the accounting reports.
In this course, we will examine the Japanese governance mechanism including the Diet, both central and local governments.
Sharing the professor's experience as a lawmaker and a bureaucrat, we will discuss how to improve Japan's policy making process.
Furthermore, students are expected to design the future society in which not only government sector but also NPOs/NGOs and private companies share more active role in the field of public policies.
The rapid economic development of postwar Korea, called “compressed modernity,” was realized in the state-led development economic system from the 1960s. South Korea, a typical developing country, has undergone a dynamic transformation after the development era of the 1960s and 1970s, the June 1987 Declaration of Democracy, the 1997 IMF Economic Crisis, and the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. However, the government-led economic system, which was effective during that period, has lost its expiration date. The opening of the domestic market and the transition to a high-wage nation have fundamentally changed the basic framework of the Korean economy, and the impact of globalization is accelerating such movements.
Global companies from South Korea, such as Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, and POSCO, are active on the world stage, while they are fiercely competing with companies in developed and developing countries.
Then, what kind of transformation has Korean society undergone during that time? It is a historical fact that South Korea has become a very prosperous country, driven by the rapid growth of the chaebol, and the economic level has risen significantly overall. It can also be considered that it has achieved the rank of developed countries. However, domestic economic disparities are widening, and there is considerable friction and conflict between groups that can feel affluence and those who do not, forming a background for political conflict.
In this lecture, we will examine how Korean society, led by chaebols, is changing amid historical environmental changes.
In this lecture, we will study the Japanese police system and examine various issues and policies related to public safety in Japan. Additionally, special lecturers from not only the police but also other government agencies will be invited to provide lectures from a broad perspective, offering opportunities to deepen understanding of Japan's policy-making and social safety policies. In particular, regarding the situation in cyberspace and its countermeasures and initiatives, active officials involved in policy-making will be invited as special lecturers from various government agencies to provide lectures, offering opportunities to deepen understanding.