Program

Beginning : 8:45 AM

Welcome by Gilles POLLET, Director of Lyon’s Institute of Political Sciences
Opening remarks by Jean-Pascal BASSINO, Director of the Lyon Institute of East Asian Studies
Opening talk by M. Shuji NOGUCHI, Japanese Consul at Lyon

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
-  Catherine FILLON : The Incipit of the Japanese-French House (Maison Franco-Japonaise): Japan and the University of Lyon at the End of the First World War.

      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

Break 16:00-16:15 PM

      2^nd 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
-  Blandine MALLET-BRICOUT: Drafts of European Contract Law, a disturbance for French Reforms of the Law of Obligations ?
-   Naoki KANAYAMA: PACL, Principles of Asian Contract Law ?

          Debate

      Cocktail hosted by the City of Lyon

      2^nd Day – Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon 9:30 PM

Chairman : Pierre MURAT

 1^st 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

2^nd 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
-    Sylvie FERRE-ANDRE: Is there any Dialogue in the Support for Legal Development in the Mekong Basin
-    Isabelle GIRAUDOU: From Japanese Judicial Cooperation Programs to Principles of Asian Law: Legal Significance and Legal Scope

      Final word

      - Atsushi OMURA

Diner offered by the Institute for Comparative Law – Edouard Lambert, University of Lyon 3

 3^rd Day. Saturday, May 13^th

Discovery of the French Beaujolais Region and its Treasures