CaLS(Computer aided Legal Studies) Visiting Speech/Lecture
at William S. Richardson School of Law University of Hawai'i at Manoa
organized and powered by the Pacific-Asian Legal Studies Organization (PALSO).


On March 4 (Thu), at Moot Court Room, from 12:45-1:30pm
Guest Speaker: Hirofumi Ito,
Assistant Professor of Law, Toyohashi Sozo Junior College
Mailto: hirofumi@lawschool.aichi-u.ac.jp
Homepage: http://cals2.sozo2.ac.jp
Title: "Computer Law in Japan"

--------------------------------------------------------------- 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Contents 　1. Introduction 　　1-1. Relation between Legal Studies and a Computer 　　1-2. A Computer is a "tool" for Legal Studies 　　1-3. 4 Steps for introducing a Computer into Legal Studies 　2. What is CaLS(Computer aided Legal Studies) 　　2-1. E-text and Digital Library 　　2-2. Future of a law school 　3. Computer Law in Japan 　　3-1. Cyber law professors in Japan 　　3-2. What is done and should be done. 　4. Appendix for a computer geek on Japanese law studies ---------------------------------------------------------------

　4. Appendix for a computer geek on Japanese law studies

　　List of Sites for Japanese Legal Resource Retrieval via the Internet (Web Sites in English)

　1. Judicature
　　1.1 Supreme Court
　　　URL: http://www.courts.go.jp/english/ehome.htm
　　　1.1.1 An Overview of the Judicial System
　　　　URL: http://www.courts.go.jp/english/soshikie_1.html
　　　1.1.2 A Guide to Court Procedures
　　　　URL: http://www.courts.go.jp/english/procedure/index.htm

　2. Legislation
　　2.1 Legislative Body
　　　2.1.1. The House of Representatives
　　　　URL: http://www.shugiin.go.jp/index_e.htm
　　　2.1.2 The House of Councilors
　　　　URL: http://www.sangiin.go.jp/index-e.htm
　　　　2.1.2.1 Web Sites of Foreign Parliaments
　　　　　URL: http://www.sangiin.go.jp/eng/linkparl.htm
　　　　2.1.2.2 Web Sites of Japanese Government
　　　　　URL: http://www.sangiin.go.jp/eng/linkgov.htm

　3. Administration
　　3.1 Central Governmental Organization
　　　3.1.1 WWW servers of the Japanese government
　　　　URL: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/server-e.html
　　　　3.1.1.1 Organization Chart
　　　　　URL: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/link/chart.html
　　　　3.1.1.2 Alphabetical Search
　　　　　URL: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/link/alpha.html
　　3.2 Statistics Bureau & Statistics Center
　　　URL: http://www.stat.go.jp/1.htm

　4. Educational and Academic Institute
　　4.1 Kagoshima University, Faculty of Law
　　　URL: http://law.leh.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/HOME-E.HTM
　　4.2 Kanazawa University, Faculty of Law
　　　URL: http://www.law.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/indexe.html
　　4.3 Osaka University, Faculty of Law
　　　URL: http://www.law.osaka-u.ac.jp/
　　　4.3.1 The World List Ver.2.0 June 15,1997
　　　　URL: http://www.law.osaka-u.ac.jp/legal-info/worldlist/worldlst.htm
　　4.4 Otaru University of Commerce, Department of Business Law
　　　URL: http://mac-309.ih.otaru-uc.ac.jp/
　　4.5 Tohoku University, Faculty of Law
　　　URL: http://www.law.tohoku.ac.jp/tohokulaw.html
　　　4.5.1 Sources of Japanese Law in Cyberspace
　　　　URL: http://www.law.tohoku.ac.jp/japlawsource.html
　　　4.5.2 Links on Japanese Law
　　　　URL: http://www.law.tohoku.ac.jp/tohokulaw2.html
　　4.6 Aichi University, Faculty of Law
　　　URL: http://law.aichi-u.ac.jp/english/index-e.htm

　5. Nutball site for Japanese Legal Resource Retrieval
　　5.1 Stanford University US-Japan Technology Management Center
　　　URL: http://fuji.stanford.edu/
　　5.2 Stanford Guide to Japan Information Resources[J Guide]
　　　URL: http://fuji.stanford.edu/jguide/
　　5.3 Roderick Seeman's Japan Law Site
　　　URL: http://www.japanlaw.com/
　　5.4 Case Western Reserve University Law School JAPANESE LAW
　　　URL: http://lawwww.law.cwru.edu/cwrulaw/library/foreign/japan.html
　　5.5 NTT Japan Window "Government"
　　　URL: http://www.jwindow.net/category/gove.html
　　5.6 JAPAN Federation of Bar Association
　　　URL: http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/english/contents.htm
　　5.7 "Hougen" Sources of Law
　　　URL: http://fumio.org/index_e.html

　6. Email Project "Volunteer Wanted, We want Email Trainers!"
　　URL: http://www.jura.uni-augsburg.de/international/email-japan.html

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	Entrance of William S. Richardson School of Law University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Professor Mark Levin and Hirofumi ITO, at School of Law University of Hawai'i on March 4th (Thu) 1999
	Computer Room at UH Law School where law students do their legal research.
Hirofumi ITO doing his speech in the Moot Court Room.
	After the speech/lecture, some of the audience remained to discuss the raised topics of the speech/lecture.
Ken Schwartz, 2nd year law student at UH Law School organized this visiting speech/lecture. He is the webmaster of PALSO(Pacific-Asian Legal Studies Organization) web site. Take a look Here !on March 4th (Thu)

Thank you so much to all.

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