September 11-12, 2000
San Francisco, CA

Speaker Biographies

Masato Dogauchi

Professor of Law
The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
Phone: +81-3-5841-3125, 3141; Fax:+81-3-5841-3161

1978:	B.A., University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
1978-1981:	Research Assistant, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
1982(-1984):	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Headquarters of Law of the Sea
1983-1984:	Research Assistant, Meiji University, Faculty of Law
1984-1991:	Associate Professor of Law, University of Tokyo, College of Arts and Sciences
(1987-1988):	Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, Law School
(1988-1989):	Visiting Scholar, Columbia University, School of Law
1991- 1996:	Associate Professor of Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, teaching International Civil Procedure
1996- :	Professor of Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, teaching International Civil Procedure

Specialties:

• Conflict of Laws (Private International Law)
• International Civil Procedure
• International Trade Law

Public Activities:

• From 1985, Member of Legislative Council on Private International Law, Ministry of Justice
• From 1997, Member of Council, Japanese Association of International Law
• From 1999, Member of Council, Private International Law Association of Japan

Articles in English:

• "Conflict of Laws on Admiralty and Shipping Laws in Japan", Japanese Annual of International Law, No.30, pp.1-17(1987)
• "International Trade in Services from the Japanese Viewpoint", Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol.19, No.2, pp.425-441(1989)
• "Transfrontier Nuclear Civil Liability Without International Conventions", Nuclear Inter Jura '91 (1991)
• "The Amendment of the Vienna Convention: Its Procedural Aspect", Symposium on Nuclear Accidents: Liabilities and Guarantees (Conference paper) (1992)
• "Globalization of Dispute Settlement Involving Japanese Companies", in H.ODA ed., JAPANESE COMMERCIAL LAW: IN AN ERA OF INTERNATIONALIZATION, pp.237-247 (1994, Graham & Trotman Limited)
• "Concurrent Litigations in Japan and the United States", Japanese Annual of International Law, No.34, pp.72-94(1994)
• "Japan", in J. FAWCETT ed., DECLINING JURISDICTION IN PRIVATE INETRNATIONAL LAW, pp.303-319 (1995, Clarendon Press)
• "The Structural Impediments Initiatives: A Model for Dealing with International Economic Frictions", in M.YOUNG and Y.IWASAWA eds., TRILATERAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ISSUES: RELEVANCE OF DOMESTIC LAW & POLICY, pp.249-262 (1996, Transnational Publishers, Inc.)
• "Law Applicable to Torts and Copyright Infringement Through the Internet", JURGEN BASEDOW and TOSHIYUKI KONO eds., LEGAL ASPECTS OF GLOBALIZATION: CONFLICT OF LAWS, INETRNET, CAPITAL MARKETS AND INSOLVENCY IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY, pp.49-65 [2000, Kluwer Law International]

Article in German:

• "Parallele Verfahren in Japan und den USA", in A.HELDRICH und T.KONO eds.,HERAUSFORDERUNGEN DES INTERNATIONALEN ZIVILVERFAHRENSRECHTS, pp.163-184(1994, J.C.B.Mohr)

Article in French:

• "Note concernant la nouvelle loi Japonaise sur la nationalite", Revue critique de droit international prive, tome 75, pp.579-588(1986)

Topics of the Books and Articles in Japanese:

• conflict of laws
• international civil procedure, especially jurisdiction, lis pendens, and foreign judgments.
• international commercial arbitration
• international insolvencies
• regulations on activities of foreigners in Japan
• choice of law problems in various areas
• extraterritorial jurisdiction
• law on GATT and WTO