Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

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Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Department of Law, Otaru University of Commerce
: (Concurrent)本部長, 国際連携本部

Degree: LL.M.(University of California at Berkeley Law School)
LL.M.(Kyoto University)
学士（法学）(京都大学)

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901001531488630
researchmap Member ID: 6000013043

External link: http://www.otaru-uc.ac.jp/~kobayashi/

Major Research History

Apr, 2020 - Present

Director, Office for Internatioal Collaboration, Otaru University of Commerce
Oct, 2017 - Present

Professor (full-time, tenured), Department of Law, Otaru University of Commerce
Jul, 2020 - Aug, 2020

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies, Kobe University
Nov, 2019 - Dec, 2019

Visiting Professor (part-time) (5-week intensive), Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University (Poland)
Apr, 2008 - Sep, 2017

Associate Professor (full-time, tenured), Faculty of Commerce, Otaru University of Commerce
Oct, 2016 - Jan, 2017

Visiting Associate Professor (3-month intensive), College of Law and Politics, National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan)
Apr, 2014 - May, 2014

Foreign Professor (3-week intensive), Law School, Far Eastern Federal University (Russian Federation)
Sep, 2008 - Mar, 2009

Visiting Researcher (Fulbright grantee), Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (USA)
Feb, 2005 - Mar, 2007

Deputy Director (full-time), Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Apr, 2004 - Feb, 2005

Associate (full-time), Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University

Major Education

Aug, 2014 - May, 2015

Master of Laws (LL.M), School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
Apr, 2001 - Mar, 2004

Doctor course, Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University
Apr, 1999 - Mar, 2001

Master of Laws (LL.M), Graduate School of Law, Kyoto University
Apr, 1994 - Mar, 1999

Faculty of Law, Kyoto University

Major Books and Other Publications

International Legal Order and Global Economy

Tomohiko Kobayashi (Role: Contributor)

Sep, 2021 (ISBN: 9784797281248)
Cases on International Environmental Law

Yasuhiro Shigeta, Akira Sakota, Akiko Okamatsu, Tomohiko Kobayashi, Jou Toriyabe, Miharu Hirano (Role: Joint editor)

Toshindo, Oct, 2020 (ISBN: 9784798916576)
A Post-WTO International Legal Order: Utopian, Dystopian and Other Scenarios

Tomohiko Kobayashi, Yuka Fukunaga (Role: Contributor, Like a Rolling Stone: Exploring Viable Options for the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism to Evolve Forward in the Post-WTO Era)

Springer, Jul, 2020 (ISBN: 9783030454272)
Lectures on International Environmental Law

Masahiro Nishii and Jun Tsuruta (Eds.) (Role: Contributor, Chapter 14 [Trade and Environment])

Yushindo, Apr, 2020 (ISBN: 9784842040646)
Introduction to the WTO/FTA Law (2nd Ed.)

Tomohiko Kobayashi, Aya Iino, Satoshi Kodera, Yuka Fukunaga (Role: Joint author, Foreword, Chapter 1, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, and, Chapter 14)

Horitsu Bunka Sha, Mar, 2020 (ISBN: 9784589040626)
Julien Chaisse, Leïla Choukroune & Sufian Jusoh (eds.) Handbook of International Investment Law and Policy

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI (Role: Contributor, Incorporating Investment in Services into the World Trade Organization Framework)

Springer, Jan, 2020 (ISBN: 9789811336140)
The Appellate Body of the WTO and Its Reform

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI (Role: Contributor, The Use of Panel Process to Improve the Function of the Appellate Body (Ch. 12))

Springer, Oct, 2019 (ISBN: 9789811502545)
Paradigm Shift in International Economic Law Rule-Making: TPP as a New Model for Trade Agreements?

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI (Role: Contributor, Memento Mori: Membership Issues Surrounding Entry into, Modification of, and Withdrawal from the TPP)

Springer, Nov, 2017 (ISBN: 9789811067303)
"L’être situé", Effectiveness and Purposes of International Law: Essays in Honour of Professor Ryuichi Ida

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI (Role: Contributor, Running Many FTAs is Like Balancing between Many Bicycles: A Multidimensional Comparison of Institutional Provisions in Japan’s FTAs (pp. 115-143))

Brill, Jul, 2015 (ISBN: 9789004268883)

Major Papers

Can We Secure Consistency Between Rules of Origin and Measures to Pre- vent Circumvention of Anti-Dumping Measures Under the WTO Framework?: With Special Focus on the Recent Administrative and Judicial Trends in the U.S.

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Public Policy Review, 16(5) 1-24, Apr, 2021 InvitedLead author
Recent US Cases Involving the Use of Rules of Origin to Ensure Effectiveness of the Trade Remedies Measures: A Tentative Analysis of Court Judgments since 2019

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Economic Review, 71(2/3) 91-100, Dec, 2020 Lead author
Sustainable Resource Development in the Arctic: Using Export Trade Agreements to Restrict Environmentally Harmful Subsidies

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Polar Record, 56, Feb, 2020 Peer-reviewedInvited
Features of the US FTA policy under the Trump Administration

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Quarterly Jurist, 30 22-29, Aug, 2019 Invited
Contemporary Legal Issues Involving the Private Lodging Business Act (Home-Sharing Business Act) 2017 of Japan

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI, Kenichiro SAITO, Sotaro TAKEMURA

Economic Review, 69(2/3) 91-110, Dec, 2018 Lead author
If You Build It, They Will Come: On the Institutional Arrangements of the ARMO

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Asian Journal of WTO & Int’l Health Law and Policy, 13 113-118, Mar, 2018 Peer-reviewed
REVISITING THE LEGAL NATURE OF "UN-SIGNING" AN UNRATIFIED TREATY: BROADER IMPLICATIONS OF THE US' WITHDRAWAL FROM THE TPP

Tomohiko Kobayashi

ASIAN JOURNAL OF WTO & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH LAW AND POLICY, 12(2) 381-403, Sep, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Revisiting the Role of Anti-Circumvention Provisions under the WTO Agreement: Lessons for East Asia

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Korean Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2 139-163, Nov, 2014 Peer-reviewed
World Trade Organization (WTO) and the "Constitutionalization" of International Law: Legalization, Judicialization, and Member Control of its Dispute Settlement Mechanism

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Yearbook of World Law, 33 123-148, Mar, 2014 Peer-reviewed
Does a Potential Circumvention Jeopardize the Justifiability of a Regulation?: Lessons from Australia－Tobacco Plain Packaging Dispute

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Economic Review, 64(4) 289-311, Mar, 2014
Lessons from Domestic Implementation Practices of the WTO Agreement

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Quarterly Jurist, 7 107-113, Nov, 2013 Invited
Domestic Implementation of the WTO Agreements in Japan and China

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Hokkaido Journal of New Global Law and Politics, 20 351-374, Mar, 2013
Competition Policy of the Republic of South Africa

Tomohiko Kobayashi

The Fair Trade Monthly, 741 24-29, Jul, 2012
Statistical Analysis on Anti-dumping Measures Taken by the European Union (EU)

Chisato Shibayama, Tomohiko Kobayashi

EU Studies in Japan, 31 204-222, Jul, 2011 Peer-reviewed
A Hidden Conflict in EU - Seal Ban Dispute: The Role of WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism in Reconciling Tensions between Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Animal Health

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Economic Review, 62(1) 145-164, Jul, 2011
Pinning Down the Circling Concept of Circumvention: a Comprehensive Approach to Anti-Circumvention Disciplines under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Japanese Yearbook of International Law, 54 365-385, Mar, 2011 Peer-reviewed
The Role of the JA (Japanese Agricultural Co-operatives) to Address Globalization in Agricultural Sector: with Special Focus on Anti-dumping Measures on Agricultural Products

Tomohiko Kobayashi

36 95-108, Nov, 2010 Peer-reviewed
RTA as an International Institution

Tomohiko Kobayashi

RIETI Discussion Paper Series 07-J-037, 7(36), Sep, 2007 Invited
International Legal Problems on Amending the WTO Agreement:

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Journal of International Law and Diplomacy, 105(3) 68-92, Nov, 2006 Peer-reviewed
Anti-dumping Law and Practice in the Republic of South Africa (2)

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Trade Journal, 53(3) 15-24, Mar, 2005
Revisiting the Relationships between International Law and Domestic Laws

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Journal of Social Science, 54(5) 81-106, Mar, 2003 Peer-reviewed
Normative Impact of the WTO Rulings upon Statutory Interpretations by the U.S. Courts (2)--A Perspective to Comprehend Dynamic Relationship between International Law and Domestic Law

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Hogakuronso : Kyoto law review, 152(4) 91-111, Jan, 2003

Major Presentations

Can I Do It My Way? World Trade Organization Issues Involving the Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships in the Arctic Ocean

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Apr 22, 2021, Far Eastern Federal University (Russia) Invited
Role of International Trade and Investment Rules to Promote Operation of Unmanned Surface Vessels in the Arctic Ocean

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

13th Polar Law Symposium, Nov 13, 2020
Present and Potential WTO Issues Involving Measures to Prevent the COVID-19 Pandemic

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Kyoto University International Law Association, Jun 6, 2020
Sustainable Resource Development in the Arctic: Using Export Trade Agreements to Restrict Environmentally Harmful Subsidies

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

International Workshop on “Emerging Technologies Towards Sustainable Development”, Nov 29, 2019
Heal the World: Options to Amend WTO Agreements to Save the Appellate Body

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Workshop on the “WTO Appellate Body and Its Reform”, Jan 13, 2019 Invited
A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Tokyo Workshop on Paradise Lost or Found?: The Post-WTO International “Legal” Order (Utopian and Dystopian Possibilities), Jan 10, 2019 Invited
TPP's Impact on the East Asian Politica Economy

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

OneAsia Lecture Series, Oct 9, 2018, Japan Research Center, National Taichung University of Science and Technology Invited
You Can Check Out But You Can Never Leave: Use of the Rules of Origin to Combat Circumvention of the Anti-dumping Duties and its WTO Compatibility

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

2018 AWRN-CIBEL Joint Conference: “WTO, International Economic Law and Emerging Challenges – Asia Pacific Perspective”, Aug 17, 2018, China International Business & Economic Law Initiative, University of New South Wales
Relationship between CPTPP and TPP: Institutional Issues Involving the Intertwined FTA Networks

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

The Global Annual Conference of the Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law, Jul 1, 2018, Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law

Major Committee Memberships

Oct, 2021 - Present

Chair, Committee on Research Planning, Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law
Sep, 2020 - Present

Member, International Exchange Committee, Japan Society of International Law
Jul, 2020 - Present

Planning Committee, Member, Japanese Association of World Law
Jan, 2019 - Present

Board member / Member of the Editorial Committee, Japanese Association of International Economic Law

Major Research Projects

法の定立・解釈・適用における地域特性の影響：北海道の事例に基づく分野横断的研究

科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(C), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024

石黒匡人, 多木誠一郎, 小林友彦, 坂東雄介, 齋藤健一郎, 竹村壮太郎
オンライン模擬裁判・模擬交渉を用いた法学教育のための環境整備

2021年度助成金, 放送大学教育振興会, Jul, 2021 - Mar, 2022

小林, 友彦, 國武, 英生
Redesigning the international regulation of AD anti-circumvention measures: with special focus on the country-of-origin/rules-of-origin determinations

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022

Tomohiko Kobayashi
Asia WTO Research Network 2019 Retreat

Aid for Academic Conferences, The Murata Science Foundation, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2020

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI
多角的貿易体制の将来を構想する：楽観シナリオと悲観シナリオの提示と検討

Research grant FY2018, Zengin Foundation for Studies on Economics and Finance, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2020

Yuka Fukunaga, Tomohiko Kobayashi
Restructuring the Doctrines of Equitable Utilization and Harm Prevention of Water Resources: New Evolution of Legal Principles on Rivers and Oceans

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2020
International Administrative Law and Nations in the Globalizing World

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Researches (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019
Theoretical Analysis on "Circumvention" of International Obligations

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI
"International administrative law" approach revisited: implications to international law scholars in the era of globalization

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2016
Addressing Risks of "Circumvention" of International Obligations

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

Tomohiko Kobayashi
"Juridictionnalisation" of International Law

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2011 - 2015
Legal Status of Aboriginal Peoples in the Fields of Environmental Protection and Economic Development

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2014
Globalism and Regional Economy

Special Education and Research Funds, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2014
「公衆衛生を理由とするたばこの輸入・販売禁止措置のWTO協定適合性の研究」

研究助成, たばこ総合研究センター, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2013

小林友彦
On Institutional Issues Arising from Coexistence of the Regional Trade Agreements

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B)), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2009 - Mar, 2012

Tomohiko Kobayashi
Linkages and Coordination of Norm in International Legal Order : The Foundation and Role of Interstitial Norms

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2007 - 2010

Akiho SHIBATA, 中井伊都子, 濱本正太郎, 酒井啓亘, 竹内真理, 玉田大, 阿部達也, 中井伊都子, 小林友彦
Ensuring domestic implementation of changing WTO Law: An analysis of the implementation of the dispute settlement rulings and amended WTO agreements

Fulbright Grant, Japan-US Education Commission, Sep, 2008 - Mar, 2009

Tomohiko Kobayashi
Role of the JA to Address Globalization in Agricultural Sector

Grant-in-Aid for Academic Research (General Topics), JA-ZENCHU (Central Union of Agricultural Co-operatives), Apr, 2008 - Mar, 2009

Tomohiko Kobayashi
Research grant for young scholars, Kyoto University

Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2005

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Major Misc.

[Case Note] Interpretation of the Most-Favoured-Nation Clause: Maffezini Case ISCID Award on Jurisdiction on 1/25/2000

Tomohiko Kobayashi

152-153, Sep, 2021 Invited
[Case Note] Medellin v. Texas

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

31-33, Jun, 2019 Invited
[Case Note] Direct Applicability of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Jurist, 1505 302-303, Apr, 2017 Peer-reviewedInvited
[Book Review] Yuka Fukunaga, Securing Compliance with International Economic Agreements and Dispute Settlement: Achievements and Limits of the WTO Dispute Settlement System and the Investment Arbitration System (Yuhikaku, 2013)

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

International Economic Law (Japan Association of International Economic Law), 23 240-244, Oct, 2014 Invited
[Case Note] United States — Anti-dumping Measures on Certain Shrimp from Viet Nam (DS404)

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2013, 2013 Invited
International Law - Bibliographical Review 2012

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI, Jun TSURUTA

Horitsu Jiho, 84(13) 253-260, Dec, 2012 Invited
[Book Review] Daisuke Mori, Game Theory and International Law: the Role of Customary International Law (Keiso Shobo, 2012), 352p)

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

The Sociology of Law, 77 287-293, Oct, 2012
[Case Note] European Communities and Certain Member States — Measures Affecting Trade in Large Civil Aircraft (DS316)

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2012, 2012
International Law - Bibliographical Review 2011

Jun TSURUTA, Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Horitsu Jiho, 83(13) 245-253, 2011 Invited
International Law - Bibliographical Review 2010

Jun TSURUTA, Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

Horitsu Jiho, 82(13) 242-248, 2010 Invited
[Book Review] Joost Pauwelyn, Conflict of Norms in Public International Law: How WTO Law Relates to other Rules of International Law (2003)

Tomohiko KOBAYASHI

International Economic Law (Japan Association of International Economic Law), 13 211-216, 2004

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小樽商科大学, Jul 17, 2021 - Jul 17, 2021

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