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International/Public
Legal Services
Public Legal Services, Environmental
Legal Issues, International Law of Human Rights, and Criminal
Affairs |
| This program aims
to train lawyers who actively work in the field of international
human rights and public affairs. We offer programs to
develop expertise for working as a lawyer on environmental
issues, legal issues and criminal cases. |
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International Law |
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Private International Law |
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Contemporary Society and Crime |
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International Civil Procedure Law |
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Juvenile Law |
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Public Legal Affairs I |
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Public Legal Affairs II |
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Seminar in Public Legal Affairs |
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Criminal Affairs I |
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Criminal Affairs II |
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Seminar in Criminal Affairs |
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International Law of Human Rights I |
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International Law of Human Right II |
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Seminar in International Law of Human
Rights |
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Environmental Legal Affairs I |
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Environmental Legal Affairs II |
[4]
Seminar in Environmental Legal Affairs |
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The colored
area indicates the program package courses.
[Number] shows the number of credits.
Take at least one package of courses consisting of a total
of eight credits: 2 two-credit lectures plus a four-credit
seminar. |
| Grasp the reality of criminal defense practices through mock cases. |
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| Hiroshi Morishita (Professor, Lawyer; Area of Specialization: Criminal Affairs) |
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I am in charge of Criminal Affairs classes where students study the practice of lawyering following the flow from acceptance of a case to appeal trials. I also teach Seminar in Criminal Affairs in which students experience criminal trials through virtual reality. In conventional university lectures, students just listen to teachers speaking. However, in Criminal Affairs class, students play the roles of lawyers. While I become the suspect, the accused, the police officer or the judge giving the lawyers puzzling questions, hindering their defense activities, and making unfair decisions, the students have to answer the questions appropriately and bravely stand up against their adversaries. Likewise, in Seminar in Criminal Affairs, students work through mock cases playing the role of lawyers public procecutors and judges and conduct interviews or defend the cases at trials. Through this exercise, students come to understand criminal defense.
People often ask me: “ Why do lawyers defend bad people?” “ Why do lawyers, who are supposed to be allies of justice, defend villains?” Let’s find the answer to these questions in my class together. |
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| Dynamism
of international human rights law in global society |
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| Yoshiro
Matsui (Professor of International Law) |
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| In the age of globalization, domestic
law is affected by international society in terms of its
content, interpretation and application. International
human rights law is one of the fields in which such influence
is most conspicuous. That is, in order to protect the
rights of individuals in the domestic trial practices,
sufficient knowledge of international human rights law
is indispensable. International human rights law is advanced
when the domestic trials within each country are conducted
with sufficient consideration for human rights. As described,
the application of international human rights law in trial
practice means putting oneself in the center of the dynamic
interaction between “international” and “
domestic.” From such perspective, International Human
Rights Law courses aim to offer an understanding of the
essence of international human rights law and the skills
to use it effectively in trial practice. |
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