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ICHIKAWA Masato

Department / Course School of Law

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Law

Academic background
1.	2008/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Kyoto University LL.D
2.	1981/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Kyoto University Master of Laws
3.	～1979/03	faculty of Law │ Faculty of Law │ Kyoto University
4.	～1984/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Public Law │ Graduate School of Law │ Kyoto University │ Accomplished credits for doctoral program

Committee and society
1.	1996/10 ～ 2018/09	Association for Studies of Constitutional Theory ,Member of Steering Committee
2.	2005/10 ～ 2021/10	Zenkoku Kenpo Kenkyuukai Member of Steering Committee
3.	2007/10 ～	Japan Associatition of Public Law ,Director
4.	2010/04 ～ 2013/08	Kyoto City ,President, The Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection Review Board
5.	2008/05 ～ 2013/08	Osaka Prefecture ,President, The Personal Information Protection Commission

Research activities
1.		Association for Studies of Constitutional Theory
2.		Zenkoku Kenpo Kenkyuukai
3.		Japanese American Society for Legal Studies
4.		Japan Associatition of Public Law

Subject of research
1.	(1)Legal Education System
2.	(2)Standards of Jndicial Review on Laws which Regulate Freedam of Expression
3.	(3)Theories and Methods of Constitutional Letigations

Research summary
(1)Judicial Review (2)Legal Education (1)Judicial Review 1.Standing to assert constituional issues 2.Methods of judicial review 3.Standards of judicial review especially on laws which regulate freedom of expression 4.Judicial control of wiretapping as an investigation tool (2)Legal Education 1. Legal education system based on law schools

Present specialized field
Public Law (Keyword：Judicial Review, Freedom of Expression, Legal Education)

Books
1.	2022/04/10	JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN MODERN JAPAN (8th ed.) │ (Co-authored)
2.	2022/03/10	JAPANESE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2d ed.) │ (Sole-authored)
3.	2021/03/30	Solutions to Constitutional Issues │ (Co-authored)
4.	2020/03	MODERN JAPANESE JUSTICE │ ,pp.47-66 (Co-authored)
5.	2020/03	THEORIES AND ACTUALITIES OF THE JUDICIAL REVIEW SYSTEM IN JAPAN │ (Sole-authored)
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Papers
1.	2022/10/21	“Support” to Expressive Activities by the Government and Freedom of Expression │ Hanreijiho │ (2528),pp.130-137 (Sole-authored)
2.	2022/10/01	The Significance of the Supreme Court Decision on the National Review of Supreme Court Justice Appointment │ Hogaku-Seminar │ (813),pp.40-45 (Sole-authored)
3.	2022/05	Development of Constitutional Decisions and Supreme Court Justices │ Kenpo-kenkyu │ (10),pp.9-20 (Sole-authored)
4.	2022/01/11	Judges' Freedom of Expression │ Hanreijiho │ (2500),pp.130-133 (Sole-authored)
5.	2021/04/25	Judicial Review of 'Controversies in Associations' │ Quarterly Jurist │ (36),pp.134-142 (Sole-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2019/11/09	Rule of Law and Reality of Judicial Review System in Japan (The 15th Symposium for Public Law in Japan and China)
2.	2017/09/21	Present Situation of the Supreme Court Decision Making and its Issues (Does the Supreme Court Achieve its Mission as "the Guardian of the Constitution" ?)
3.	2016/07/09	Developments and Future of "Judicial Review and Democracy" Theory in Japan (Association for Studies of Constitutional Theory's Kansai Mini-Symposium "The Present Situation of 'Judicial Review System and Democracy' Theory)
4.	2014/11/22	Overview of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions -Especially Constitutional Decisions- in 2013-14 term (Kansai Association for Studies of American Public Law)
5.	2014/10/18	Development of Constitutional Law Decisions after the Justice System Reform　　　　　　　　　　　 (Japan Associatition of Public Law)
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Other research achievements
1.	2022/04/01	Book Review: HATE SPEECH IN JAPAN: THE POSSIBILITY OF A NON-REGULATORY APPROACH（Horitsujiho, Vol.94, No.4, pp85-89）
2.	2021/11/01	Interview; How have Supreme Court's Decisions on Constitutional Law Changed（Kyuenjoho, No.111, pp2-10）
3.	2019/12/02 ～ 2019/12/02	We should consider enactment of a law prohibiting hate speeches carefully" (Mainichi-Shinbun, 2019/12/02, Kyoto version)
4.	2019/11 ～ 2019/11	“Freedom of Expression and Punishment of Sedition by Subversive Activities Prevention Act,”in Yasuo HASEBE et al. eds, in ONE HUNDRED IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL DECISIONS (7th ed.) (Yuhikaku,Tokyo), Vol.1, P.110-111
5.	2019/10/15	Comment: A Disciplinary Action against a Judge Who Posted a Message to Twitter(Minshoho-Zasshi, Vol.155, No.4,PP804-818)
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