Hatoyama Hideo

Hatoyama Hideo

Hatoyama Hideo ( Japanese 鳩 山 秀 夫 ; born February 7, 1884 in Tōkyō ; died January 29, 1946 ) was a Japanese legal scholar.

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Hatoyama Hidoe was the second son of the politician and lawyer Hatoyama Kazuo and the younger brother of Hatoyama Ichirō . He graduated from Tōkyō University with honors in 1908 . In 1910 he became an assistant professor at his alma mater. From 1911 to 1916 he continued his education in France and Germany. After his return he became a professor and taught civil law until 1926.

After leaving the university he became a lawyer and from 1932 a member of the House of Commons . His representation of civil law in the German tradition exerted great influence in Japan during the Taishō period .

Hatoyama's publication includes

• "A General Introduction to the Right to Bonds in Japan" (日本 債 権 法 総 論, Nihon saiken-hō sōron) from 1918,
• "Investigations into civil law" (民法 研究, Mimpō kenkyū) 1929,
• "Principles of trust and honesty in the law of obligations" (債 権 法 に お け る 信義 誠 実 の 原則, Saiken-hō ni okeru shingi seijitsu no gensoku), 1955.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Hatoyama Hideo . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 509.

Web links

• Biographies Hatoyama Hideo in the Kotobank, Japanese

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Hatoyama is the family name, Hideo the first name.