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80th Anniversary of the End of World War II International Workshop in March 2026

Date: 10-11 March 2026

Language: English

Venue: Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus, Soshikan Conference Room

Organizer:
Institute for Legal Systems in Comparative Law at Ritsumeikan University
Co-Organizer:
Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (Rule of Law Programme Asia)
Sponsor:
Civil Dispute Resolution Research Fund, Eugusa Foundation for International Cooperation in the Social Science
The Foundation for Research in Civil Dispute Resolution, Shiho Kyokai, Peace Education and Research Institut of Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University
Research Office at Ritsumeikan University, Institute of Humanities, Human and Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
Research Center for Legal and Political Infrastructure

Registration

Please fill out the following form to register for the workshop. Please fill it out until 24th February.

Program

10 March 2026 (Tuesday)

09:30 Opening Ceremony
Flautist: Akiko Hatsuda
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi (Ritsumeikan University)

10:00 Session 1: “Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence in the Korean Judiciary: Challenges and Prospects.” as Japan-Korea Diplomatic Relations 60th Anniversary Commemorative Special Lecture
Moderator: Prof. Kimio Yakushiji (Ritsumeikan University)
Speaker: Justice Kim Hyungdu (The Constitutional Court of Korea)

10:30 Discussion
Prof. Dr. Masato Ichikawa (Ritsumeikan University)
Prof. Dr. Christoph Hurni（President of the First Civil Division at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Prof. Dr. Ian S Forrester, Former Justice of the General Court of the European Union

11:25 Session 2: “The Italian Supreme Court: Structural and Procedural Challenges in the Age of AI” as Japan-Italie Diplomatic Relations 60th Anniversary Commemorative Special Lecture
Moderator: Prof. Tsukasa Mihira (Kyoto University)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Remo Caponi (Justice of Italian Supreme Court)

11:55 Discussion
Prof. Dr. Sheng-Lin JAN (National Taiwan University, Former Justice of the Taiwan Constitutional Court)
Prof. Dr. Katsuya Uga (Former Justice of the Supreme Court in Japan)
Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)

14:40 Session 3: “Digital Justice in Switzerland and the use of AI at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court”
Moderator: Prof. Rieko Kitamura (Ritsumeikan University)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christoph Hurni （President of the First Civil Division at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court)


15:10 Discussion
Prof. Dr. Antonios Karaiskos (Ryukoku University)
Dr. Apipong Sarnatikasem (Judge of Court of Appeal in Thailand)

15:45 Session 4:  “Supreme and Constitutional Courts with Human Face”
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Philipp Reuss (Göttingen University)
Speaker:  Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)


16:15 Discussion
Prof. Jeffrey Lubbers (Amerikan University)
Prof. Dr. Omi Hatashin (Yasuda Women University)

16:50 Session 5: “The U.S. Supreme Court–Still Operating in the Analog Age”
Moderator: Justice Kim Hyungdu (The Constitutional Court of Korea)
Speaker: Prof. Jeffrey Lubbers (Amerikan University)

17:20 Discussion
Prof. Dr. Katsuya Uga (Former Justice of the Supreme Court in Japan)
Prof. Dr. Antonios Karaiskos (Ryukoku University)

17:40 End

11 March 2026 (Wednesday)

09:30 Greeting
Melanie Saxinger (Deutsche Generalkonsulin in Osaka und Kobe)

09:40 Session 6: “The Use of AI in the Justice System – Making High Level Court Decisions Accessible to Citizens”
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Zhixun Cao (Peking University)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Philipp Reuss (Göttingen University)

10:10 Discussion
Justice Kim Hyungdu (Constitutional Court of Korea)
Prof. Hiroshi Shimizu (Meiji University)

10:45 Session 7: “AI implementation – how to ensure the human-rights approach of AI?”
Moderator: Dr. Apipong Sarnatikasem (Judge of Court of Appeal in Thailand)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Johannes Pils (Taylor Wessing)

11:15 Discussion
Prof. Dr. Antonios Karaiskos (Ryukoku University)
Prof. Dr. Zhixun Cao (Peking University)

11:35 Lunch Meeting
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi (Ritsumeikan University)
Presentation by Yasuhiro Fujioka
“John Lennon plagiarized numerous Chuck Berry compositions, Come Together being the prime example. He lost the court case and said sorry !”

13:30 Session 8: “Digitalization and the Use of AI in the Taiwanese Judiciary”
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Christoph Hurni (President of the First Civil Division at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sheng-Lin JAN (National Taiwan University, Former Justice of the Taiwan Constitutional Court)

14:00 Discussion
Prof. Tsukasa Mihira (Kyoto University)
Prof. Dr. Philipp Reuss (Göttingen University)

14:35 Session 9: “Digitalization of Court Proceedings in Thailand”
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Omi Hatashin (Yasuda Women University)
Speaker: Dr. Apipong Sarnatikasem (Judge of Court of Appeal in Thailand)

15:05 Discussion
Prof. Dr. Tsukasa Mihira (Kyoto University)
Prof. Dr. Michael Johannes Pils (Taylor Wessing)

15:40 Session 10: “Current trends of AI application in judicial areas and possible AI judges in China”
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Remo Caponi (Justice of Italian Supreme Court)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Zhixun Cao (Peking University)

16:10 Discussion
Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Prof. Hiroshi Shimizu (Meiji University)

16:45 Session 11: “Digitalization in the European Court of Justice”
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Ian S Forrester (Former Justice of the General Court of the European Union)
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Burkhard Hess (University of Vienna)

17:15 Discussion
Prof. Jeffrey Lubbers (Amerikan University)
Prof. Dr. Sheng-Lin JAN (National Taiwan University, Former Justice of the Taiwan Constitutional Court)

17:35 End

the Fifth PKU Postgraduate Summer School on Frontiers of Comparative Civil Procedural Law

From July 14 to 18, 2025, primarily organized by Peking University Law School and China Civil Procedural Law Society and supported by the IAPL, the Fifth PKU Postgraduate Summer School on Frontiers of Comparative Civil Procedural Law (hereafter 2025 PKU Summer School) was successfully held on the campus of Peking University in Beijing, China.
Under the theme “Civil Procedure from the Perspective of Fundamental Rights Protection”, the 2025 PKU Summer School brought together renowned civil procedural law experts to provide in-depth analysis and facilitate scholarly exchange within relevant research fields. The program comprised a symposium on comparative civil procedure methodology and eight lectures – five delivered in Chinese and three in English – conducted through a hybrid format combining online and offline participation.
The 2025 PKU Summer School attracted over 80 participants, studying in Mailand China or overseas, and featured keynote addresses from distinguished international scholars, and IAPL members, including Professor Eduardo OTEIZA (Argentina), Professor Masahisa DEGUCHI (Japan), and Professor Yulin FU (China).
The 2025 PKU Summer School attracted over 80 participants, studying in Mailand China or overseas, and featured keynote addresses from distinguished international scholars, and IAPL members, including Professor Eduardo OTEIZA (Argentina), Professor Masahisa DEGUCHI (Japan), and Professor Yulin FU (China).
The Summer School’s primary objective was to broaden perspectives in civil procedure law research through comparative methodology while strengthening interdisciplinary dialogue within the field.