Dispute Resolution and the WTO: Reflections of a Former Judge
Event Date: November 2, 2009
Asia Law Talks
presented by The Pacific-Asian Legal Studies and The Pacific-Asian Legal Studies Organization
Dispute Resolution and the WTO: Reflections of a Former Judge
Yasuhei Taniguchi, Esq. Matsuo & Kosugi
Monday, November 2, 2009
12:45-1:45 p.m.
Room 254, School of Law
Yasuhei Taniguchi served as a member of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Body from 2000-2007 and is of counsel with the law firm Matsuo & Kosugi. He taught at Kyoto University for 39 years and has been Professor Emeritus since 1998. He obtained a law degree from Kyoto University in 1957 and was fully qualified as a jurist in 1959. His graduate degrees include LL.M., University of California at Berkeley, and J.S.D., Cornell University. Professor Taniguchi is former president of the Japanese Association of Civil Procedure and until 2007 was vice-president of the International Association of Procedural Law. He is currently president of the Japan Association of Arbitrators. Professor Taniguchi has written numerous books and articles in the fields of civil procedure, arbitration, insolvency, the judicial system and legal profession, as well as comparative and international law related to these fields. His publications have been published in Japanese, Chinese, English, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese. Professor Taniguchi is a visiting professor at the William S. Richarson School of Law from October 19 to November 5 teaching a one-credit course in Japanese and International Alternative Dispute Resolution.
All are welcome to attend. A light lunch will be provided for those who RSVP by noon on Friday, October 30, 2009. Contact lawevent@hawaii.edu
