Department of Law Curriculum

The aim of the Department of Law is not only to train lawyers. Our goal is to cultivate a legal mindset in our students. This refers to the ability to analyze social phenomena from a legal perspective, which is a necessary skill in judicial, governmental, and business settings, as well as in everyday life. The Department of Law’s curriculum is designed to provide students with a rigorous foundation of knowledge by familiarizing them first with constitutional, civil, and criminal law before they move on to core and advanced subjects to deepen their expertise in accordance with their interests. Jurisprudence is by no means a field that only a handful of experts can understand. It is a means through which we can solve individual problems and design what human society should look like.

Students build a foundation of knowledge by studying constitutional, civil, and criminal law in their first and second years. In their third and fourth years, the wider world of jurisprudence awaits them. Students can study various domains of jurisprudence according to their interests and with their future career goals in mind.

Cross-Listed Courses

Cross-listed courses are a unique aspect of the Faculty of Law curriculum, with students taking a systematic rather than comprehensive approach to liberal arts courses. Through seminars on the humanities and natural sciences, students can further develop and deepen their understanding, and they can also earn a sub-major after completing specific academic requirements in an area after four years of study.

Seminars

In their third and fourth years, students study in small, specialized seminars under the guidance and support of a single professor. This program is an extension of the classes taken by first and second-year students, allowing them to deepen their research in a more specialized area. Although these seminars are not required, they are taught by full-time members of the Faculty of Law, with small groups of students studying specialist areas in greater depth.

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  Hirotaka TADAKA Seminar
  Civil Law

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  Akimasa YANAGI Seminar
  Commercial Law

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  Misa KIM Seminar
  Civil Procedure

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  Keigo KOMAMURA Seminar
  Constitutional Law

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  Takahiro SUGITA Seminar
  Commercial Law

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  Shinobu OHAMA Seminar
  Civil Procedure

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  Tatsuya OTA Seminar
  Criminal Justice, Victimology

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  Tamesaburo YAMAMOTO Seminar
  Business Law

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  Norihisa YOSHIMURA Seminar
  International Tax Law

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  Masanori YABUMOTO Seminar
  European Legal History and Philosophy

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  Go KOYAMA Seminar
  Constitutional Law

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  Juro IWATANI Seminar
  Legal History and Philosophy

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  Gentaro KAMEI Seminar
  Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

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  Michiyo MAEDA Seminar
  Latin American Law

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  Takuma SATO Seminar
  Criminal Law

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  Yuko KIMIJIMA Seminar
  Intellectual Property Law

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  Philipp OSTEN Seminar
  International Criminal Law

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  Chikako SUZUKI Seminar
  Corporate Law

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  Junichi AOKI Seminar
  Administrative Law

Sub-Majors

The Faculty of Law offers courses in the areas of foreign languages, humanities, natural sciences, and beyond so that students may acquire a broad range of knowledge and a thorough liberal arts education. However, it goes without saying that factual knowledge and a solid liberal arts grounding can only be developed into a comprehensive worldview if they are studied with a systematic approach. For example, studying Area Studies on Culture I through IV will allow students to build up their knowledge systematically. In addition, there are humanities and natural sciences seminars for third- and fourth-year students in which they can apply the knowledge acquired in the first two years.
After completing specific academic requirements, students qualify for a sub-major and receive an official certificate from the Faculty of Law.

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• Politics is the study of “people.” Even if we don’t always agree, diverse perspectives are what we need to build a society where people can connect and share their ideas with one another. And the Department of Political Science is no different. Here, the unique personalities of each of our students shine through as they help each other grow as individuals.
• • Department of Political Science Curriculum
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