Subject

Master's course

Requirement for Completion of the Graduate School

Students must be enrolled for at least two years, complete at least 32 Credit, and pass Master’s Thesis review and examination. However, those who have achieved excellent results may be allowed to complete the course early. In addition, instead of Master’s Thesis, students may submit "results of research on a specific topic."

Course registration

Of the 32 Credit Requirement for Completion of the Graduate School 12 Credit (8 Credit for those who wish to complete early) are compulsory, and the rest are optional. Required Subject (1) 8 Credit for “Seminar” by academic Professor (taken in 1st and 2nd years; however, 4 Credit for those who wish to complete early) (2) 4 Credit for “Lecture” by academic Professor Elective Subject (1) Earn at least 20 Credit from subjects other than “Seminar.” (2) Up to 8 Credit of original text research will be included in Requirement for Completion of the Graduate School. (3) Up to 8 Credit for Lecture offered by other research schools will be included in Requirement for Completion of the Graduate School.

*Full-year course 4 Credit

Department of Public Law and Political Science

subject name	The instructor
Special Lecture on Constitution	ー
Constitutional Special Seminar	ー
Special Lecture the Constitutionll	IIDA Minoru  Professor
Constitution Special Seminar	IIDA Minoru  Professor
Special Lecture on Constitution	ー
Administrative Law Special Lecture	ー
Administrative Law Special Lecture	YOKOUCHI Megumi Associate Professor
Special Seminar on Administrative Law	ー
Special Seminar on Administrative Law II	ー
Administrative Law Special Lecture	ー
Special Lecture on Tax Law	HIGO Haruki Professor
Special Seminar on Tax Law l	HIGO Haruki Professor
Special Lecture on Tax Lawll	Professor Shigeru Ino
Special Seminar on Tax Law II	Professor Shigeru Ino
Special Lecture on Tax Lawlll	Special Duty Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi
Special Seminar on Tax Law lll	Special Duty Professor Hiroyuki Taniguchi
Special Lecture on Tax Law	[Spring semester] Lecturer Tetsuya Sato [Fall semester]
Special Lecture in Political Science	OHARA Shunichiro  Associate Professor
Special Seminar in Political Science	OHARA Shunichiro  Associate Professor
Special Lecture in Political Sciencell	ー
Special Seminar in Political Sciencell	ー
Special Lecture on the history of political thought	ー
Special Seminar on the History of Political Thought	ー
Public Administration Special Lecture	HIRAI Bunzo Professor
Special Seminar on Public Administration	HIRAI Bunzo Professor
Public Administration Special Lecture	ー

Criminal Law Division

subject name	The instructor
Special Lecture Criminal Law	YAMAMOTO Takako Associate Professor
Special Seminar on Criminal Law	YAMAMOTO Takako Associate Professor
Special Lecture Criminal Lawll	Cancelled this year
Special Seminar on Criminal Law ll	Cancelled this year
Special Lecture on Criminal Law	ー
Special Lecture on Criminal Procedure Law	Professor Hirofumi Danjo
Special Seminar on Criminal Procedure Law	Professor Hirofumi Danjo
Special Lecture on Criminal Procedure Law	ー
Criminal Policy Special Lecture	ー
Criminology Special Lecture	ー

Civil Law Department

subject name	The instructor
Civil Law Special Lecture	TANAKA Kenichi Professor
Civil Law Special Seminar	TANAKA Kenichi Professor
Civil Law Special Lecture	KASHIMA Hideki Professor
Special Seminar on Civil Law II	KASHIMA Hideki Professor
Civil Law Special Lecture	KIHARA Hiroyuki Professor
Civil Law Special Seminar lll	KIHARA Hiroyuki Professor
Civil Law Special Lecture lV	Associate Professor Kusano Rui
Civil Law Special Seminar lV	Associate Professor Kusano Rui
Civil Law Special Lecture	ー
Commercial Law Special Lecture	ー
Commercial law special Seminar l	ー
Commercial law special Lecture	SHIBUYA Mitsuyoshi Professor
Commercial law special Seminar ll	SHIBUYA Mitsuyoshi Professor
Commercial law special Lecture lll	UEDA Hiromi Professor
Commercial law special Seminar lll	UEDA Hiromi Professor
Commercial law special Lecture	ー
Special Lecture on the Law of Civil Procedure	ー
Special Seminar on the Law of Civil Procedure	ー
Special Lecture on the Code of Civil Procedurell	ー
Special Seminar on Civil Procedure ll	ー
Labor law special Lecture	NAKAMASU Yoko Professor
Labor Law Special Seminar	NAKAMASU Yoko Professor
Labor law special Lecture	ー
Private International Law Special Lecture	ー
Private International Law Special Seminar	ー
Private International Law Special Lecture	ー

Fundamental Faculty of Law

subject name	The instructor
Special Lecture Legal History	ー
Special Seminar on Legal History	ー
Special Lecture Legal Philosophy	FUJIOKA Daisuke Associate Professor
Special Seminar Legal Philosophy	FUJIOKA Daisuke Associate Professor
Anglo-American Law Special Lecture	ー
Special Lecture on Foreign Law	Lecturer Tamaki Morimura
Special Lecture on German Law	TANAKA Kenichi  Professor
Special Lecture French Law	UEDA Hiromi  Professor

Original research

subject name	The instructor
research Original Texts (English)/Public Law Section	IIDA Minoru　Professor
research Original Texts (English)/Private Law Division	ー
Original text research (Germany)	Cancelled this year
Original text research (France)	Cancelled this year
research original texts (Italy)	NAKAMASU Yoko Professor
Original text research (Japanese)	Associate Professor Kusano Rui

Related departments

nickname	The instructor
Economics special Lecture	ー

doctoral course

Requirement for Completion of the Graduate School

Students in the doctoral program must be enrolled for at least 3 years, complete 12 Credit more credits, and pass Doctoral Dissertation review and examination.
However, those who have completed and entered a law Graduate School must have attended the school for at least two years, completed at least eight Credit in subjects, and passed Doctoral Dissertation review and examination.

Course registration

(1) Take 4 Credit “special research” taught by your academic Professor each year, for a total of 12 Credit. (2) It is desirable to take courses offered by the Graduate School of Law under the supervision of two co-Professor while in school.

*Full-year course 4 Credit

Department of Public Law and Political Science

subject name	The instructor
Special research on Constitution I	ー
Constitutional Special research II	IIDA Minoru  Professor
Special research in Administrative Law	ー
Special research on Tax Law	HIGO Haruki Professor
Special research in Political Science	ー
Special research in Political Sciencell	ー
Special research on the History of Political Thought	ー
Special research in Public Administration	HIRAI Bunzo Professor

Criminal Law Division

subject name	The instructor
Special research in Criminal Law	ー
Criminal Law Special research ll	ー
Special research on Criminal Procedure Law	DANJO Hirofumi Professor

Civil Law Department

subject name	The instructor
Special research on Civil Law	TANAKA Kenichi Professor
Special research on Civil Law II	KASHIMA Hideki Professor
Civil Law Special research lll	KIHARA Hiroyuki Professor
Commercial law special research	ー
Commercial law special research ll	SHIBUYA Mitsuyoshi Professor
Commercial law special research lll	UEDA Hiromi Professor
Special research on Civil Procedure Law	ー
Special research of Civil Procedure ll	ー
Labor Law Special research	NAKAMASU Yoko Professor
Private International Law Special research	ー

Fundamental Faculty of Law

subject name	The instructor
Special research on Legal History	ー

Paper Evaluation Criteria

master's degree

Master’s Thesis evaluation criteria 1. research topic must be set appropriately, and the intention behind writing the thesis and the problem awareness must be clear. 2. Appropriate research methods are used according to research topic. 3. There must be a consistent logical structure from the problem statement to the conclusion. 4. The research must be original in its field. 5. The thesis statement must be written appropriately. (1) Citations of precedents, references, etc. must be made clearly and appropriately. (2) The analysis, introduction, and discussion of legal precedents, references, etc. must be written from the author's perspective in his or her own words. (3) There must be a clear distinction between the contents of references, etc. and the author's own views. 6. It must conform to the rules for writing Master’s Thesis specified by research school. research outcome evaluation criteria 1. research topic must be set appropriately, and the intention behind producing research results and the problem awareness must be clear. 2. Appropriate research methods are used according to research topic. 3. The issues related to research topic have been accurately grasped and clarified. 4. There must be a consistent logical structure from the problem statement to the conclusion. 5. The research results are described appropriately. (1) Citations of precedents, references, etc. must be made clearly and appropriately. (2) The analysis, introduction, and discussion of legal precedents and references must be written from the research 's perspective in his or her own words. (3) There must be a clear distinction between the contents of references etc. and the views of the research. 6. It must conform to the rules for producing research results and research ethics specified by research school.

PhD degree

Doctoral Dissertation evaluation criteria 1. research topic must be set appropriately, and the intention behind writing the thesis and the problem awareness must be clear. 2. Appropriate research methods are used according to research topic. 3. There must be a consistent logical structure from the problem statement to the conclusion. 4. The research must be original in its field. 5. The thesis statement must be written appropriately. (1) Citations of precedents, references, etc. must be made clearly and appropriately. (2) The analysis, introduction, and discussion of legal precedents, references, etc. must be written from the author's perspective in his or her own words. (3) There must be a clear distinction between the contents of references, etc. and the author's own views. 6. In addition to satisfying criteria 1 to 5 above, the paper must utilize sufficient sources of information and references, and provide original and new knowledge in the relevant research field. 7. The content of the doctoral thesis must be at a level that is deemed to demonstrate that the person submitting Doctoral Dissertation has the advanced research ability to be successful as an independent research. 8. The research Doctoral Dissertation dissertation regulations and research ethics specified by the graduate school.