Akira Ishikawa (legal scholar)
Akira Ishikawa ( Japanese 石川 明 Ishikawa Akira; born November 27, 1931 in Yokohama ; † June 2015 ) was a Japanese lawyer and professor at the University of Tokyo .
Life
Ishikawa studied law at Keiō University from 1950 to 1954 , where he earned his master's degree in 1956. From 1959 to 1961, Ishikawa stayed for the first time as part of a DAAD research stay in Germany at the University of Munich . After returning to Japan, he was an associate professor at Keiō University until 1967 . From 1967 until his retirement in 1994 he was full professor for civil law and civil procedural law there. Since his retirement, Ishikawa has been involved in the master's and doctoral courses at Asahi University in Mizuho . During his academic career, Ishikawa worked repeatedly in Germany. In 1971 he was visiting professor at the law faculty of Saarland University , which in 1988 awarded him an honorary doctorate . In 1975 he held a visiting professorship at the University of Cologne , from which he was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1985. From 1996 to 2004, Ishikawa held lectures at the University of Trier after his retirement . In 2000 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.
Publications (selection)
- Law textbook . Tokyo 1965 (Japanese).
- with Ingo Leetsch: The Japanese Civil Code in German (translation) . Heymanns, Cologne 1985, ISBN 978-3-452-19917-1 .
- The importance of arbitration as a means of resolving disputes while avoiding litigation in Japan . European Institute, Saarbrücken 1988.
literature
- Gerhard Lüke , Takehiko Mikami and Hanns Prütting : Festschrift for Akira Ishikawa on his 70th birthday on November 27, 2001 . De Gruyter, Berlin 2001, ISBN 978-3-11-016139-7 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ishikawa, Akira |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 石川 明 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese lawyer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yokohama |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2015 |