Date: 1-2 March 2025
Language: English
Venue: Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus, Soshikan Conference Room
Organizer: Institute for Legal Systems in Comparative Law at Ritsumeikan University
Law Faculty of Ritsumeikan University
Co-Organizer: Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia)
Preliminary Programme
March 1st 2025
09:00 Opening Ceremony
Ms. Akiko Hatsuda (Flute)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
09:10 Speaker: Dean Prof. Dr. Masaharu Miyawaki, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
Director Stefan Samse, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany)
09:20 Session1 The Constitutional Limits on Application of AI in the Judicial Practice
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tzong-li Hsu, National Taiwan University, Former President of the Judicial Yuan (Taiwan)
Moderator: Prof. Kimio Yakushiji, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
10:00 Comment & Discussion
Prof. Dr. Masato Ichikawa, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lüke, University of Leipzig (Germany)
10:55 Session 2 AI tools for the Judiciary and the European AI Act
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Georg Borges, Saarland University (Germany)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Go Murakami, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
11:25 Comment & Discussion
Prof. Dr. Omi Hatashin, Yasuda Jyoshi University (Japan)
Goya Kobayashi: Counselor, Council for Digital Administration and Fiscal Reforms, Cabinet Secretariat
14:30 Session 3 Towards E-justice? A Case for Electronic Submission of Third-Party Interventions before the European Court of Human Rights
Speaker: Dr. Cathérine Van de Graaf, University of Cologne (Belgium)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Philipp M. Reuß (Germany)
15:00 Comment & Discussion:
Ass. Prof. Dr. Rieko Kitamura, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
Prof. Dr. In-chin Chen, Central University (Taiwan)
16:00 Session 4 National and EU reflections on E-Justice
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ian Stewart Forrester, QC, Former Judge at the General Court of the European Union (UK)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Kuan-Ling Shen, Faculty of Law, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
16:30 Comment & Discussion:
Prof. Antonios Karaiskos, Ryukoku University (Japan)
Dr. Cathérine Van de Graaf, University of Cologne (Belgium)
17:15 Session 5 Anti-rights Mobilisation and Misinformation in the digital Age
Speaker: Dr Ivo Gruev, University of Cologne
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Walter Rechberger, Vienna University
17:45 Comment & Discussion:
Prof. Go Murakami, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
Prof. Dr. In-chin Chen, Central University (Taiwan)
March 2nd 2025
09:00 Session 6 The Dutch preliminary ruling procedure
Speaker: Prof. Bart Krans, Leiden University (Netherlands)
Moderator: Dr Ivo Gruev, University of Cologne (Bulgaria)
09:30 Comment & Discussion:
Miyako Ikuta, Attorney at Law, Kitahama Partners (Japan)
Professor Dr. Christian Gomille, Saarland University (Germany)
10:15 Session 7 E-Justice, Consumer Protection, Corporate Social Responsibility
Speaker: Prof. Antonios Karaiskos, Ryukoku University (Germany)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Koji Takahashi, Doshisha University (Japan)
10:45 Comment & Discussion:
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hau, University of Munich (Germany)
Miyako Ikuta, Attorney at Law, Kitahama Partners (Japan)
11:30 Session 8 E-Justice in Enforcement Law
Speaker: Professor Dr. Christian Gomille, Saarland University (Germany)
Moderator: Ass. Prof. Maiko Miyashita, Surugadai University (Japan)
12:00 Comment & Discussion:
Prof. Dr. Zhixun Cao, Peking University (China)
Prof. Dr. Omi Hatashin, Yasuda Jyoshi University (Japan)
12:30 Lunchen Meeting: Special Presentation by Yasuhiro Fujiok (Japan) on the title of Separate: “John Coltrane was close to Malcom X rather than Martin Luther King Jr. during Civil Rights Movement”
14:30 Session 9 E-Justice in Insolvency Law
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lüke, University of Leipzig (Germany)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Zhixun Cao, Peking University (China)
15:00 Comment & Discussion:
Prof. Moon-Hyuck Ho, Seoul National University (Korea)
Ass. Prof. Maiko Miyashita, Surugadai University (Japan)
15:45 Session 10 E-Justice in International Civil Procedure Law
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hau, University of Munich (Germany)
Moderator: Prof. Masaaki Haga, Keio University (Japan)
16:15 Comment & Discussion:
Prof. Dr. Koji Takahashi, Doshisha University (Japan)
Prof. Dr. Kuan-Ling Shen, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
17:00 Session 11 The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Judicial Decision Making
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Philipp M. Reuß, Göttingen University (Germany)
Moderator: Prof. Antonios Karaiskos, Ryukoku University (Japan)
17:30 Comment & Discussion:
Prof. Hiroshi Shimizu Meiji University (Japan)
Prof. Dr. Bart Krans, Leiden University (Netherlands)
18:00 Closing Remarks: Director Stefan Samse, Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Germany)
Registration
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Documents
Prof. Hau Kurzfassung E-Justice and International Civil Litigation (2025-01-31).pdf
GOMILLE_E-Justice_in_Enforcement_Law_Kyoto2025.pdf
Draft paper Van de Graaf Towards E-justice.pdf
