Suzuki Takeo

Suzuki Takeo ( Japanese 鈴木 竹 雄 ; born May 23, 1905 in Kanagawa Prefecture ; died December 9, 1995 ) was a Japanese lawyer specializing in commercial law.

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Suzuki Takeo was born as the third son of the entrepreneur Suzuki Chūji (鈴木 忠 治; 1875–1950) and was thus nephew of Suzuki Saburōsuke (1868–1931), the founder of the Ajinomoto company. Takeo graduated from Tōkyō University in 1928 . He became assistant professor there in 1930 and then professor in 1940. After his retirement in 1966, he took over a professorship at Sophia University until 1976 . In 1976 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences .

Suzuki served as the chairman of the commercial law department of the Attorney General's Legal Advisory Board. In the aftermath of the Pacific War , his contributions were important in drafting new trade legislation, particularly corporate law.

In 1982 Suzuki was honored as a person with special cultural merits and in 1989 was awarded the Order of Culture .

Publications (examples)

• Securities Trading Act (証券 取 引 法; Shōken torihiki-jō), new edition 1984
• Corporate law (会 社 法, Kaisha-hō) 3rd edition 1991
• Bill of exchange and check law (手 形 小 切 手法; Tegata kogitte-hō) 1957, 1992

Remarks

1. ↑ In order not to be confused with the economics professor of the same name and almost identically written, Suzuki Takeo (鈴木; 1901–1975), he was named "Bamboo Suzuki" after the distinctive symbol 竹 = bamboo.

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Suzuki Takeo . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1489.

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