CONFERENCES
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON "PROBLEMS OF LAW IN RESPONSE TO DISASTERS"
March 6-7, 2012, Tokyo, Japan
and
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON "LAW AND DISASTERS: WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM COMPLEX DISASTERS"
March 7, 2012, Tokyo, Japan
Co-sponsored with Meiji University
[WORKSHOP PROGRAM] [SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM]
The second of three planned workshops on disaster response was held in Tokyo on March 6-7, 2012, with a public symposium on the topic held on March 7.
2011 SHO SATO WORKSHOP ON "THE PROBLEM OF LAW IN RESPONSE TO DISASTERS"
October 25-26, 2011, Berkeley, CA
Co-sponsored with the Japan Foundation
[COPY OF PROGRAM] [CONFERENCE SUMMARIES]
Prof. Masayuki Murayama of Meiji University and Profs. Harry Scheiber and Charles Weisselberg of Berkeley Law organized an interdisciplinary and international group of scholars to explore the problem of law in response to disasters, with a primary focus on the catastrophe of this year in Japan. The first meeting of this group was held in Berkeley on October 25-26, 2011. The next two meetings are planned for March 2012 in Tokyo and for June 2012 in Honolulu.
"THE JAPANESE LEGAL SYSTEM: AN ERA OF TRANSITION"
March 14-15, 2011, Berkeley, CA
[COPY OF PROGRAM]
"TAX LAW, SOCIAL POLICY, AND THE ECONOMY"
March 9-10, 2009, Berkeley, CA
[COPY OF PROGRAM]
"JAPANESE FAMILY LAW IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE"
March 7-8, 2008, Berkeley, CA
[COPY OF PROGRAM]
"CLINICAL LEGAL EDUCATION IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES"
March 10-12, 2006, Berkeley, CA
co-sponsored with the Center for Clinical Education, UC Berkeley
[COPY OF PROGRAM]
"EMERGING CONCEPTS OF RIGHTS IN JAPANESE LAW" and "A SYMPOSIUM HONORING PROFESSOR TAKAO TANASE"
February 12-13, 2005, Berkeley, CA
[COPY OF PROGRAM]