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KOBAYASHI Tomohiko

コバヤシトモヒコ | KOBAYASHI Tomohiko

Affiliation and department：
Job title： Professor
Homepage URL (1)： http://www.otaru-uc.ac.jp/~tkobayashi/

Research field (3)： New fields in law , International law , International law

Research keywords (14)： Antidumping , Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement , World Trade Organization (WTO) , Economic Partnership Agreement , Addressing "circumvention" of international obligations to ensure their effectiveness , FTA , WTO law , international trade law , public international law , Domestic implementation of international law , Relationship between international law and domestic laws , Free Trade Agreements , Regional Trade Agreements , World Trade Organization

Research theme for competitive and other funds (29)：

2024 - 2026 Exploring Viable Options Towards Sustainable Fisheries in Japan: An Approach from International Law
2022 - 2025 Options for the Effective Regulation of "Buy National" Regimes in Government Procurement with Special Focus on the Country of Origin
2020 - 2025 ArCS II: International Law Research Program
2021 - 2022 Developing Teaching Methods for Online Moot Court and Mock Negotiation Exercises
2021 - 2022 Localization of law-making, interpretation, and application in Hokkaido Region

2019 - 2022 Redesigning the international regulation of AD anti-circumvention measures: with special focus on the country-of-origin/rules-of-origin determinations

2019 - 2020 Asia WTO Research Network 2019 Retreat

2018 - 2020 Designing the Future of the World Trading System: Utopian and Dystopian Possibilities

2017 - 2020 Restructuring the Doctrines of Equitable Utilization and Harm Prevention of Water Resources: New Evolution of Legal Principles on Rivers and Oceans

2016 - 2019 International Administrative Law and Nations in the Globalizing World

2016 - 2019 Theoretical Analysis on "Circumvention" of International Obligations

2013 - 2016 "International administrative law" approach revisited: implications to international law scholars in the era of globalization

2010 - 2015 Multidisciplinary Study on Japanese Practice for implementation of Environmental Treaties: Linkage between International Law and National Law and Policy for Environmental Protection.

2012 - 2015 Addressing Risks of "Circumvention" of International Obligations

2011 - 2015 "Juridictionnalisation" of International Law

2011 - 2014 Legal Status of Aboriginal Peoples in the Fields of Environmental Protection and Economic Development

2009 - 2014 Globalism and Regional Economy

2012 - 2013 WTO Compatibility of Tobacco Plain Packaging Measures

2012 - 2012 2012年法社会学国際会議ホノルル大会若手研究者派遣フェローシップ

2009 - 2012 On Institutional Issues Arising from Coexistence of the Regional Trade Agreements

2007 - 2010 Linkages and Coordination of Norm in International Legal Order : The Foundation and Role of Interstitial Norms

2008 - 2009 Ensuring domestic implementation of changing WTO Law: An analysis of the implementation of the dispute settlement rulings and amended WTO agreements

2008 - 2009 Role of the JA to Address Globalization in Agricultural Sector

2007 - 2008 Interntational Lal-Related Issues Involving the Regional Trade Agreements

2007 - 2007 Dynamic Process of Transnational Dispute Settlement as an Autopoietic System ? Case Studies of Disputes involving WTO, NAFTA, and Domestic Laws

2007 - 2007 2007年ベルリン大会若手研究者派遣助成

2005 - 2007 Ensuring Domestic Implementation of Conflicting International Obligations

2005 - 2007 遺伝子組換え生物の国内的規制をWTO協定上の義務と調和させる方策の解明(※経済産業省への異動に伴い辞退)

2003 - 2004 Domestic Implementation of International Law

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Papers (51)：

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI. And Then There Is (At Least) One: The WTO as a Safety Net for Trade and Investment Related Legal Issues in the Arctic During Turbulent Times. The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs. 2024. 48. 1. 85-92
Tomohiko KOBAYASHI. By Definition Ignored?: Indigenous Peoples’ Fishing Rights in The WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement 2022. Asian Journal of WTO & International Health Law and Policy. 2024. 19. 1. 143-164
Tomohiko KOBAYASHI. Role of Non-binding Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADRs) in WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism: With a Special Focus on the GATT- Era Practice. Financial Review. 2024. 155. 174-196
Tomohiko KOBAYASHI. The WTO Approach to Trade Facilitation in Goods and Services. Chaisse and Rodríguez-Chiffelle (Eds.), The Elgar Companion to the World Trade Organization. 2023. 287-300
Tomohiko KOBAYASHI. Role of the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism: Good Offices, Conciliation, Mediation, and Arbitration. International Economic Law. 2023. 32. 9-33

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MISC (38)：

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI. A Post-hoc Analysis on the Peace of Portsmouth 1905: Focusing on Its Normative Impact to Prevent/Alleviate International Tensions in the Far East. Horitsu Jiho. 2024. 1202. 86-91
Tomohiko KOBAYASHI. [Case Note] United States - Certain Measures on Steel and Aluminium Products. Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2023. 2024. 1-12
Tomohiko Kobayashi. [Case Note] DS524: Costa Rica - Measures Concerning the Importation of Fresh Avocados from Mexico. Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2022. 2023. 1-23
Tomohiko KOBAYASHI. Kokusai Boeki Funso Shori no Hoteki Kadai [The Legal Issues of lnternational Trade Dispute Settlement], edited by Yoshinori Abe and Takemasa Sekine. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. xxi, 407. Japanese Yearbook of International Law. 2022. 64. 246-250
小林, 友彦. (書評)松田浩道著『国際法と憲法秩序--国際規範の実施権限』(東京大学出版会、2020年、248頁). 国際法外交雑誌. 2021. 120. 3. 59-63

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Books (8)：

Indigenous Peoples and Law
Shinzansha 2022 ISBN:9784797268119
Introduction to International Law: Focusing on Japan in International Society
Yuhikaku 2022 ISBN:9784641046917
Nishii & Tsuruta (Eds.), Lectures on International Environmental Law, 2nd Edition
Yushindo 2022 ISBN:9784842040660
林(編)カリンと学ぶ法学入門(第2版)
法律文化社 2021 ISBN:9784589041432
Cases on International Environmental Law
Toshindo 2020 ISBN:9784798916576

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Lectures and oral presentations (47)：

Separated Only by a Strip of Water, with Common Interests in Fisheries Subsidies Negotiations Shared by the CJK
(2nd CJK Conference 2024 2024)
Analyzing the Viability of the Molina Text for the WTO DS Reform
(AWRN 2024 Annual Meeting 2024)
Prospect of the Joint Initiative on Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) under the WTO
(2024 JNVU-ABVU-AIMT International Conference on Innovative Research in Science, Management and Technology (ICIRSMT) 2024)
Impact of the Fisheries Subsidies Regulation on Indigenous Communities
(16th Polar Law Symposium 2023)
And Then There Were None?: Role of the Global and Sector-specific Trade Agreements for Arctic Sustainability
(Arctic Circle Assembly 2023 2023)

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Education (5)：

2014 - 2015 University of California at Berkeley School of Law Master of Laws (LL.M)
2007 - 2008 Kyoto University Doctoral candidate (all but dissertation), Graduate School of Law
2001 - 2004 Kyoto University Graduate School of Law Doctor course (LL.D. candidate)
1999 - 2001 Kyoto University Graduate School of Law Master of Laws (LL.M)
1994 - 1999 Kyoto University Faculty of Law

Professional career (3)：

LL.M. (University of California at Berkeley Law School)
LL.M. (Kyoto University)
LL.B. (Kyoto University)

Work history (29)：

2024/10 - 現在 Hokkaido University Law School Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time)
2022/01 - 現在 Attorney at Law (State of New York, USA)
2017/10 - 現在 Otaru University of Commerce Department of Law Professor (full-time, tenured)
2017/04 - 現在 Fuji Women's University Department of Arts and Sciences Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time)
2016/04 - 現在 Otaru University of Commerce Center for Glocal Strategy Faculty staff (co-appointed)

2016/04 - 2024/08 Hokkaido University Faculty of Law / Graduate School of Law Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) (1 semester / year)

2023/04 - 2023/09 The Open University of Japan Hokkaido Learning Center Part-time Lecturer

2022/08 - 2022/08 Kobe University Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time)

2020/04 - 2022/08 Sapporo Gakuin University Faculty of Law Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time)

2020/04 - 2022/03 Otaru University of Commerce Office for Internatioal Collaboration Director (co-appointed)

2021/09 - 2022/01 Hokkaido University Public Policy School Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time)

2020/07 - 2020/08 Kobe University Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time)

2019/09 - 2020/01 Hokkaido University Law School Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time)

2019/11 - 2019/12 Jagiellonian University (Poland) Faculty of Law and Administration Visiting Professor (part-time) (5-week intensive)

2018/04 - 2019/03 Otaru University of Commerce Department of Law Head of the Department (co-appointed)

2018/07 - 2018/08 Kobe University Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) (1 week intensive)

2008/04 - 2017/09 Otaru University of Commerce Faculty of Commerce Associate Professor (full-time, tenured)

2016/10 - 2017/01 National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan) College of Law and Politics Visiting Associate Professor (part-time) (3-month intensive)

2016/07 - 2016/08 Kobe University Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) (1 week intensive)

2016/04 - 2016/07 Hokkai Gakuen University Faculty of Law Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time)

2010/04 - 2016/03 Otaru University of Commerce Center for Business Creation Faculty staff

2010/04 - 2014/07 Hokkaido University Faculty of Law Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time)

2008/07 - 2014/07 Kobe University Graduate School of International Cooperation Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) (1 week intensive)

2014/04 - 2014/05 Far Eastern Federal University (Russian Federation) Law School Foreign Professor (part-time) (3-week intensive)

2010/12 - 2010/12 University of Nagasaki Faculty of Global Communication Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) (1 week intensive)

2008/09 - 2009/03 Tufts University (USA) Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Visiting Researcher (Fulbright grantee) (part-time)

2005/02 - 2007/03 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau Deputy Director (full-time)

2005/08 - 2005/08 Matsuyama University Faculty of Law Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) (1 week intensive)

2004/04 - 2005/02 Kyoto University Graduate School of Law Associate (full-time)

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Committee career (24)：

2024/03 - 現在 WTO Listed on the indicative list of well-qualified governmental or non-governmental individual to serve as a panelist under Article 8.4 DSU
2023/10 - 現在 Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan Committee Member, Subcommittee on Unfair Trade Policies and Measures, Trade Committee
2022/10 - 現在 Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan Member, Study Group on the WTO Panels and the Appellate Body Reports
2022/08 - 現在 Hokkaido District Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Japan Chair, Seafarers' Section of the Council for Regional Transport
2022/06 - 現在 European Commission Candidate Suitable for Appointment as Chairpersons for Arbitrations and TSD Expert Panel Proceedings

2021/10 - 現在 Japanese Association of International Economic Law Board member / Vice Chair of the International Exchange Committee

2021/04 - 現在 Economic Dispute Settlement Division, International Legal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan Member, International Economic Law Cases Study Group

2021/10 - 2023/09 Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law Chair, Committee on Research Planning

2020/07 - 2023/06 Japanese Association of World Law Planning Committee, Member

2020/09 - 2022/08 Japan Society of International Law Member, International Exchange Committee

2017/04 - 2022/07 Hokkaido District Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Japan Member, Seafarers' Section of the Council for Regional Transport

2018/11 - 2021/10 Japanese Association of International Economic Law Board member / Member of the Editorial Committee (Editorial Board)

2019/10 - 2021/09 Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law Member, Committee on Research Planning

2016/03 - 2018/10 Japan Association of International Economic Law Member, Committee on International Cooperation

2016/09 - 2018/08 Japanese Society of International Law Member, Website Committee

2017/10 - 2018/05 Study Group on the Rules of Origin, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan Member

2013/10 - 2017/09 Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law Member, Committee on Research Planning

2013/03 - 2014/08 Japan Association of International Economic Law Member, Committee for Research Planning

2012/04 - 2014/03 National Center for University Entrance Examinations Member, First Committee on Test Development

2011/04 - 2014/03 経済産業省 WTOパネル・上級委員会報告書研究会委員

2011/02 - 2012/02 2012 Singapore Conference Steering Committee, Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) Member

2008/04 - 2010/03 経済産業研究所農業補助金研究会委員

2007/04 - 2008/03 経済産業研究所地域経済統合への法的アプローチ研究会委員

2004/04 - 2005/02 経済産業省 WTOパネル・上級委員会報告書研究会委員

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Association Membership(s) (7)：

Asian Society of International Law, Japan Chapter , Asia WTO Research Network (AWRN) , JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF WORLD LAW , THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW , American Society of International Law , THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF SOCIOLOGY OF LAW , JAPANESE SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

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