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The Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) is an initiative of the law faculties at the Australian National University (ANU), the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Sydney (USyd). The core aim of ANJeL is to promote scholarly engagement with Japanese law, especially in Australia.

The 2009 ANJeL Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars on Japanese law will be held in Kyoto across 9th-10th and 12th -13th February and in Tokyo across 16th-20th February. Find out more. The 2008 Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars, which were supported by the Australia-Japan Foundation included free overview lectures on the Japanese economy presented by METI and BoJ officials. Find out more.

ANJeL will also hold the Canberra Seminar on Australian law for Japanese students in Canberra in February 2009. Find out more.

ANJeL will hold a "Japanese-Australian Business Law Conference" in Tokyo on Saturday 14 February 2009. Stay tuned for further details!

Dan Puchniak of the National University of Singapore has been appointed as ANJeL-in-ASEAN Convenor.

ANJeL’s 2008 Intercollegiate Negotiation and Arbitration Competition “Team Australia” will compete in Tokyo on 6-7 December 2008.

Forthcoming Publication ANJeL Co-Directors Luke Nottage, Leon Wolff and Kent Anderson have co-edited Corporate Governance in the 21st Century: Japan’s Gradual Transformation (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham et al., forthcoming Sept 2008). Find out more.

ANJeL provided a CLE Seminar on Japanese Corporate Governance in association with CAPLUS at the Sydney University Law School on 21 July 2008. Find out more.

ANJeL’s 6th Annual Conference, "Beyond Country and Western Law" was held at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto on 16 February 2008. Find out more.

As part of the Kyoto and Tokyo Seminar courses supported by the Australia-Japan Foundation (find out more) included free overview lectures on the Japanese economy presented by METI and BoJ officials, in Tokyo on 18 February 2008. Find out more.

The 2007 ANJeL / Blake Dawson Essay Prize in Japanese Law has been won by Joel Rheuben, writing on Japan’s local government reform debates. Find out more.

ANJeL membership is free to all. Find out more.

Have your ANJeL newsletters stopped coming? ANJeL is now requesting that all existing members provide a secondary, non-institutional email address to assist in maintaining communications. Contact ANJeL via our new email address: ANJeLinfo@gmail.com.

ANJeL People

ANJeL is a network of over 250 scholars, practitioners, policy-makers, senior students and others interested in Japanese law from Australia, Japan, and the rest of the world. ANJeL welcomes applications for membership.

ANJeL is managed by its three co-directors: Kent Anderson (ANU), Luke Nottage (USyd) and Leon Wolff (UNSW). They are assisted by an executive coordinator and a diverse Advisory Board.

ANJeL offers a Research Visitor scheme for scholars and jurists. ANJeL's directors welcome applications at any time.

ANJeL Events

ANJeL organises a number of research events to stimulate intellectual and public debate on issues of Japanese law.

These events range from international conferences, continuing legal education seminars to informal discussion workshops.

ANJeL is also engaging a wide range of media and consultency activities. ANJeL members and associates receive e-newsletters for updating information about ANJeL activities including the up-coming events.

ANJeL Research

ANJeL promotes research on Japanese law and supports the research by Japanese scholars of Australian law.

The ANJeL website hosts resources on Japanese law for researchers and a selection of publications by ANJeL scholars in Australia and elsewhere.

ANJeL collaborates in promoting the multi-lingual Zeitschrift fuer Japanisches Recht / Journal of Japanese Law, the only Japan-specific law journal published in Western languages. ANJeL encourages members and associates to make submissions on any aspect of Japanese law and justice.

ANJeL Teaching

ANJeL offers a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Japanese law at its network of universities.

ANJeL assists in the "Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars" in Japanese Law sponsored by Ritsumeikan University. ANJeL sponsors a team of Australian students to compete at the Japan Intercollegiate Arbitration/Negotiation Competition.

ANJeL awards the Akira Kawamura prize for performance in Japanese law courses at its network of universities and the nationwide Blake Dawson essay prize in Japanese Law.

Giving to ANJeL

ANJeL welcomes cash and in-kind donations to assist us with our activities in teaching, research, events and outreach. You might like to make a general donation or tie your contribution to a specific activity (eg, a jointly-badged conference, student scholarships, or a teaching and learning fund). You might like to contribute in-kind support, eg, by offering guest classes in our intensive teaching programs in Tokyo and Kyoto.

If you are a government or private sector organisation, whether in Australia or overseas, you might also like to involve ANJeL in a collaborative research project. Under the Australian Research Council "Linkage" competitive grants scheme, the Australian government will contribute a dollar for every contribution (whether cash or in-kind) provided by an eligible partner organisation. Such projects must be genuine research partnerships; satisfy the research interests of both ANJeL and the partner; and produce both intellectual and strategic benefits.

If you are interested in giving to ANJeL, whether by way of cash, in-kind contribution or research support, please send us an expression of interest at ANJeLinfo@gmail.com. Please understand if we are unable to accept your gift, since all contributions must be consistent with ANJeL's charter, conform with our existing contractual arrangements, and receive approval by each of the three ANJeL universities.

Last updated: 10 August 2008