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Profile Information

Affiliation: Professor, School of Law, Ritsumeikan University
: (Concurrent)Graduate School of Law

Degree: Master of Laws(Kyoto University)
LL.D(Kyoto University)

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901050297673187
researchmap Member ID: 1000194359

Research Interests

Judicial Review, Freedom of Expression, Legal Education

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Public law /

Education

- Mar, 1984

Public Law, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University
- Mar, 1979

faculty of Law, Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

Committee Memberships

Oct, 1996 - Sep, 2018

,Member of Steering Committee, Association for Studies of Constitutional Theory
Oct, 1996 - Sep, 2018

運営委員, 憲法理論研究会
Apr, 2010 - Aug, 2013

,President, The Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection Review Board, Kyoto City
Apr, 2010 - Aug, 2013

情報公開・個人情報保護審査会会長, 京都市
May, 2008 - Aug, 2013

,President, The Personal Information Protection Commission, Osaka Prefecture
May, 2008 - Aug, 2013

個人情報保護審議会会長, 大阪府
Oct, 2007

,Director, Japan Associatition of Public Law
Oct, 2007

理事, 日本公法学会
Oct, 2005

Member of Steering Committee, Zenkoku Kenpo Kenkyuukai
Oct, 2005

運営委員（2017年10月から2019年10月まで代表）, 全国憲法研究会

Papers

120

Freedom of Expression－The Dichotomy of Content/Content-Neutral Regulation of Expression

Masato ICHIKAWA

Hogaku-Kyoshitsu, (452) 22-25, May, 2018
Partial Invalidation of Unconstitutional Laws Reconsidered: Ways to Scrutinize and Invalidate Laws(2)

Masato ICHIKAWA

Ritsumeikan Hogaku, (374) 105-144, Feb, 2018
Freedom of Assembly at Public Facilities: Kanazawa City Hall Plaza Case

Masato ICHIKAWA

Ritsumeikan Hogaku, (373) 1-33, Dec, 2017
Freedom of Expression and 'Human Rights'

Masato ICHIKAWA

MODERN CONSTITUTIONALISM FOR LEGAL PRACTICES(special issue of Hanrei-Jiho), 47-68, Nov, 2017
The Past, the Present, and the Future of Discussions on "Judicial Review vs. Democracy" Issue in Japan

Masato ICHIKAWA

NEW PHASES OF CONSTITUTIONALISM (Constitutional Theory Review, No.25), 161-173, Oct, 2017
The Supreme Court and Freedom of Speech

Masato ICHIKAWA

BRISKING ADMINISTRATIVE SUITS :TOWARD ADMINISTRATION WHICH RESPECTS PEOPLE'S RIGHTS (Koji SATO & Tokuji IZUMI ed.), 113-125, Jul, 2017
Facial Scrutiny of Laws and Facial Invalidation of Unconstitutional Laws－Ways to Scrutinize and Invalidate Laws (1)

Masato ICHIKAWA

Ritsumeikan Hogaku, (369・370) 30ー52, Mar, 2017
Constituional Decisions and Supreme Court Justices

Masato ICHIKAWA

Shigenori MATSUI ed., THINKING ABOUT CONSTIUTIONAL LAW WHILE DRINKING CAFFELLATTE AT STARBUCKS (Yuhikaku, Tokyo), 215-239, May, 2016
Freedom of Expression and 'Human Rights'

Masato ICHIKAWA

Hanrei-Jiho, (2281) 3-10, Mar, 2016
Development of Constitutional Law Decisions after the Justice System Reform

Masato ICHIKAWA

Public Law Review, (77) 1-25-25, Oct, 2015
Hate Speech and Freedom of Expression

Masato ICHIKAWA

Ritsumeikan Hogaku, 360(122-134) 516-528, Aug, 2015
Characteristics and Problems of 'Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets'

Masato ICHIKAWA

Jinken-to- Burakumobdai, (871) 24-31, May, 2015
An Overview of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 Term

Masato ICHIKAWA

Ritsumeikan Hogaku, (357・358) 22-39, Mar, 2015
A Critique on the Proposal of a New National Secrets Protection Law

Masato ICHIKAWA

Jinken-to-Burakumondai, (847) 42-50, Sep, 2013
Supreme Court Decisions in Two National Public Empolyees Cases and Standards of Judicial Review

Masato ICHIKAWA

Horitsu-Jiho, 85(5) 67-72, May, 2013
Defamation and Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace

Masato ICHIKAWA

Amerikaho, 2012(1) 34-40-40, Dec, 2012
Right to Know, Freedom of Press and National Secret

Masato ICHIKAWA

Hogaku-Kyoshitsu, (379) 4-9, Apr, 2012
National Public Empolyees Cases and Freedom of Expression

Masato ICHIKAWA

NATIONAL PUBLIC EMPLOYEES CASES AND THE SUPREME COURT (special issue of Horitsu-Jiho), 98-103, Dec, 2011
The Present Situation and Issues of Legal Education Reform in Japan

Masato ICHIKAWA

THE QUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE TODAY; THE ROLE OF LAW AND LAW SCHOOLS (Masato ICHIKAWA et al. ed., Nihonhyoronsha), 304-330, Sep, 2011
A Note on Recent 'Three Tier Scrutiny' Theory

Masato ICHIKAWA

Horitsu-Jiho, 83(5) 6-11, May, 2011

Books and Other Publications

NOTES ON FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS (6th ed.)

棟居快行, 松井茂記, 赤坂正浩, 笹田栄司, 常本照樹

Yuhikaku, Sep, 2019 (ISBN: 9784641281479)
JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN MODERN JAPAN (7th ed.)

Tadashi SAKAMAKI, Kazuhiko YAMAMOTO

Yuhikaku, Mar, 2017 (ISBN: 9784641220959)
JAPANESE SUPREME COURT

Shiro OKUBO, Hiroshi SAITO, Chihara WATANABE

Nihonhyoronsha, May, 2015 (ISBN: 9784535520929)
NOTES ON FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS (5th ed.)

Toshiyuki NUNESUE

Yuhikaku, Mar, 2015 (ISBN: 9784641281356)
JAPANESE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Shinseisha, Oct, 2014 (ISBN: 9784883842148)
CASES AND MATERIALS; CONSTITUIONAL LAW -HUMAN RIGHTS (2d ed.)

Masanori SHIYAKE

Yuhikaku, Jun, 2013
Ronten Taikei: Cases on Constitutional Law 1

Hidenori Tomatsu, e, al. ed

Daiichihoki, Jun, 2013
JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN MODERN JAPAN (6th ed.)

Tadashi SAKAMAKI

Yuhikaku, Jun, 2013 (ISBN: 9784641220027)
CASE METHOD; PUBLIC LAW (3d ed.)

Toshihumi SOWA

NIhonhyoronsha, May, 2012
AN INTRODUCTION TO CONSTITUTIONAL LAW; CONSTITUIONAL PRINCIPLES AND ITS REALIZATION

Motoyuki KURATA

Horitsubunkasha, Apr, 2012
DER KOMMENTAR ZUM VERFASSUNGSRECHT

Hitosi SERIZAWA e

Nihonhyoronsha, Oct, 2011
THE QUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND PEACE TODAY; THE ROLE OF LAW AND LAW SCHOOLS

Sun SO

Nihonhyoronsha, Sep, 2011
NOTES ON FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS (4th ed.)

Toshiyuki MUNESUE

Yuhikaku, Mar, 2011
CASE METHOD: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2d ed.)

Nihonhyoronsha, Jul, 2009
AN INTRODUCTION TO LAW (6th ed.)

Hiroshi SUEKAWA ed

Yuhikaku, Apr, 2009
COMPREHENSIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Yasuo SUGIHARA

Seirinshoin, Jul, 2008
JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN MODERN JAPAN (5th ed.)

Tadashi SAKAMAKI

Yuhikaku, Jul, 2008
CASES AND MATERIALS; CONSTITUIONAL LITIGATION

Masanori SHIYAKE

Yuhikaku, May, 2007
NOTES ON FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS (3d ed.)

Toshiyuki NUNESUE

Yuhikaku, Apr, 2007 (ISBN: 9784641281066)
CASE METHOD; PUBLIC LAW (2d ed.)

Toshihumi SOWA

Nihonhyoronsha, Sep, 2006 (ISBN: 4535515336)

Presentations

Rule of Law and Reality of Judicial Review System in Japan

The 15th Symposium for Public Law in Japan and China, Nov 9, 2019
Present Situation of the Supreme Court Decision Making and its Issues

Does the Supreme Court Achieve its Mission as "the Guardian of the Constitution" ?, Sep 21, 2017
Developments and Future of "Judicial Review and Democracy" Theory in Japan

Association for Studies of Constitutional Theory's Kansai Mini-Symposium "The Present Situation of 'Judicial Review System and Democracy' Theory", Jul 9, 2016
Overview of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions -Especially Constitutional Decisions- in 2013-14 term

Kansai Association for Studies of American Public Law, Nov 22, 2014
Development of Constitutional Law Decisions after the Justice System Reform

Japan Associatition of Public Law, Oct 18, 2014
History and Issues of the Supreme Court of Japan ─Purpose of the Conference and Issues to be Discussed

“The Role of Supreme Court and Constitutional Court in Japan, Korea and Germany”（Joint Symposium of Ritsumeikan University・LMU・Seoul National University）, Sep 4, 2013
The Mission and the Issues of the Supreme Court of Japan

Symposium:The Mission and the Condition of the Supreme Court in the Contemporary Society──What should be the institutional personnel and financial condition of the Supreme Court to achieve its mission and its role today?, Jul 12, 2013
Defamation and Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace

Japanese American Society for Legal Studies, Sep 11, 2011
Law Schools and Public Law Education

Japan Associatition of Public Law, Oct, 2005
Considering the Establishment of Human Rights Agency in Japan; From Perspective of Constitutional Law

The International Human Rights Law Association, Nov, 2002
Considering the way to Make Japanese Judicial Review System More Active-Comparing with Judicial Review in the United States

Association for Studies of Constitutional Theory, Oct, 2002
The Radical Attack on the American Version of 'Freedom of Expression' Theory

Zenkoku-Kenpo-Kenkyuukai, Apr, 2002
Access to Justice and the Right of Access to the Courts

Japan Associatition of Public Law, Oct, 2001
Five Decades of Theories on Freedom of Expression

Japan Associatition of Public Law, Oct, 1996
American Constitutional Theories and Japanese Constitutional Scholars

Association for Studies of Constitutional Theory, Oct, 1995
A Case in Which the City Ordince Prohibiting Hate Speech was Held Facially Invalid under the First Amendment－R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 112 S.Ct.2538 (1992)

Japanese American Society for Legal Studies, Jun, 1993

Teaching Experience

Professional Memberships

Works

105

Research Projects

最高裁裁判官の選任についての実証的研究

立命館大学研究推進プログラム（基盤研究）, 2010 - 2010