Professor Masayuki Murayama, Ph.D.


EDUCATION
1979-81

1978-79
1973-81
1973

Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley (1981 Ph.D. Candidate)
LL.M. Program, School of Law, University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Program in Law and Political Science, University of Tokyo
LL.B., University of Tokyo

ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2005
1997

1997

1996

1993
1987

1981

1987-2005
Professor, School of Law, Meiji University
Visiting Researcher, Institut fuer Rechtstatsachen Forschung und Rechtssoziologie, Freie Universitaet, Berlin
Visiting Researcher, CNRS Centre de Sociologie des Organisations, Paris
Visiting Researcher, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University
Professor, Faculty of Law and Economics, Chiba University
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Economics, Chiba University
Research Assistant, Faculty of Law and Economics, Chiba University
having taught at Sophia (Jochi) University, St. Paul (Rikkyo) University, Hokkaido University, Hosei University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo Metropolitan University and Yokohama National University

DEGREE
Ph.D. in Law (University of Tokyo, Sociology of Law)
LL.M. (University of California, Berkeley)


PUBLICATIONS
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Convergence from Opposite Directions? Characteristics of Japanese Divorce Law in Comparative Perspective, Harry N. Scheiber and Laurent Mayali (eds.), Japanese Family Law in Comparative Perspective, Robbins Collection, University of California School of Law, pp.61-98.
Japanese Disputing Behavior Reconsidered, Kuo-chang Huang (ed.), Empirical studies of judicial systems 2008, Academia Sinica, pp.261-298.
Expanding Access to Lawyers: The Role of Legal Advice Centers, in Rebecca L. Sandefur (ed.), Access to Justice
Experiences of Problems and Disputing Behaviour in Japan, MEIJI LAW JOURNAL Vol.14. (PDF)
The Role of the Defense Lawyer in the Japanese Criminal Justice System, Malcolm Feeley and Setsuo Miyazawa (eds.), The Japanese Adversary in Context: Controversies and Comparisons, Palgrave.
(With Johannes Feest) Protecting the Innocent Through Criminal Justice: A Case Study from Spain, Virtually Compared to Germany and Japan, David Nelken (ed.), Contrasting Criminal Justice: Getting from Here to There, Ashgate Publishing, 49-75.
Does a Lawyer Make a Difference? | Effects of a Lawyer on Mediation Outcome in Japan, International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 13, 52-77
The Penal Control of Traffic Accidents in Japan, in Ewoud Hondius(ed.),
Modern Trends in Tort Law, 113-133,
The Right to Counsel: Deficit and Opportunity for Criminal Justice in Japan, in Precaire Waarden: Liber Amicorum voor Prof. mr. A.A.G. Peters, 325-333.
Patrol Police Activities in Changing Urban Conditions | The Case of the Tokyo Police, in Vincenzo Ferrari and Carla Faralli(ed.), Laws and Rights, Vol.2, 133-160.
Postwar Trends in the Administration of Japanese Criminal Justice: Lenient but Intolerant or Something Else?, Journal of Japan-Netherlands Institute 4, 221-246.