Program
First day – At
The Lyon Institute for Political Sciences
Beginning : 8:45 AM Welcome by Gilles POLLET, Director
of Lyon’s Institute of Political Sciences Session 1. The roots of the dialogue – 10:00 AM Chairman: David DEROUSSIN Part 1. The first influences of French law in Japan - Marie S. KIM : Custom and Reason as Sources of Law in Early Meiji Japan - Dimitri VANOVERBEKE : The System of the Jury in France and in Japan during the Meiji Aerea Break : 11:00 – 11:15 AM Part 2. The first institutional exchanges – 11:15 – 13:00 AM - Béatrice JALUZOT : Tomii and Ume, or the time when
the Law Faculty of Lyon educated the Drafters of the Japanese Code Debate Lunch 13:00-14:00 PM Session 2. Challenges for the 21th Century Law of Obligations, 14:00-16:00 PM Chairwoman: Stéphanie PORCHY-SIMON Part 1. The Ongoing Reforms of the Law of Obligations - Atsushi OMURA : The Reform of the Law of Obligations in Japan - Satoru TAKENAKA : The Theory of the “cause” seen from Japan - Yuki SAITO : The Evolution in Personal Guarantor Protection in Japan Debate Break 16:00-16:15 PM 2nd Part. The
Regionalization of the law of contracts 16:15-18:00 PM - Elise
POILLOT: The Influence of Consumer Law on the Law of Obligations, a Consequence
of the Regionalization of Contract Law Debate Cocktail hosted by the City of Lyon 2nd Day – Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon 9:30 PM Chairman : Pierre MURAT 1st Part. Child Abduction - Christine BIDAUD-GARON: French Enforcement of the Hague Child Abduction Convention - Shinichiro HAYAKAWA: Japan’s Accession to the Hague Child Abduction Convention Debate Break : 11:15 PM 2nd Part. Confronting the Challenge of an Aging Population - Tadaki MATSUKAWA: Independence or Interdependence between Generations - Hugues FULCHIRON: Solidarity between Generations Debate Session 4. Business Law and the Economic Crisis Chairman : Jean-Philippe HAEHL - Souichiou KOZUKA: Corporate Governance in Japan: The End of the Story or Special Path ? - Thierry FAVARIO: The Influence of Globalization on French Corporate Law - Filali OSMAN: Japan’s Access to International Conventions in the Field of Business Law Break Session 5. Globalization and Legal Development - Yuka KANEKO (written
contribution): Accompanying Legal Transformation: Japanese Involvement in Legal
and Judicial Reforms in Asia Final word - Atsushi OMURA Diner offered by the Institute for Comparative Law – Edouard Lambert, University of Lyon 3 3rd Day. Saturday, May 13th Discovery of the French Beaujolais Region and its Treasures |