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About Hogaku Shirin

ISSN: 0387-2874

Faculty of Law

Hogaku Shirin is the official journal of the Faculty of Law (Hogaku Shirin Kyokai) of Hosei University and is published four times a year.
The first issue was published in 1899 (Meiji 32) and has now reached volume 123 (2025).

This page contains the table of contents of the two most recent volumes.
For the table of contents and contents of earlier volumes, please refer to the website below (go to Hosei University Repository).


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The First Issue of Hogaku Shirin

Hōgaku Shirin" Vol. 123, No. 4 (No. 812) Memorial Issue for the late Professor Emeritus Rinjiro Sodei Published in March 2026 Table of Contents

  • Mourning the passing of Professor Emeritus Jiro Sodei Rin
    ・・・・・・・・ Faculty of Law HOSOI Tamotsu

  • Professor Emeritus Jiro Sodei Brief Chronology and List of Major Achievements

  • Editorial
    The Trump (2.0) Administration and Ukraine Peace
    - Focusing on Russian Perceptions
    ・・・・・・・・ Nobuo Shimotome

  • Editorial
    Genealogy of "Civilian Control"
    ---Civilian Superiority and Its Background---
    ・・・・・・・・ Ogi Kenru

  • Editorial:
    The Determination of Criminal Liability in Cases of Depression, etc.
    ---A Review of Recent Court Decisions and Theories --- (1)
    ・・・・・・・・ SANO Fumihiko

  • Editorial
    Fertility Decline as a Political Issue
    ・・・・・・・・ Tomohiro Oikawa

  • Editorial
    Memorandum for the Political Study of the Second Republic of Austria
    ・・・・・・・・ HOSOI Tamotsu

  • Editorial
    The Formation of the Minutes of the Agreement on the Status of Forces Agreement between the United States and Japan
    ・・・・・・・・ AKETAGAWA Toru

Hōgaku Shirin" Vol. 123, No. 3 (811) Memorial Issue for the late Professor Emeritus Kenichi Nagai, published in November 2025.

  • Mourning the passing of Professor Emeritus Kenichi Nagai
    ・・・・・・・・ Faculty of Law HOSOI Tamotsu

  • Pioneer of Sports Law Research
    - In Memoriam: Sports Law and Education Aimed at by Professor Kenichi Nagai
    ・・・・・・・・ Mitsuru Irisawa

  • Professor Emeritus Kenichi Nagai Biography and List of Achievements

  • Editorial:
    Article 10 of the Act on Compartmentalized Ownership of Property
    ・・・・・・・・ Ito Hidetoshi

  • Editorial
    The Pedagogical Development of Nagai's "Sovereign Educational Right Theory"
    ---A Study of Children's Participation in School Management as "Sovereign Education"---
    ・・・・・・・・ Jun Hirata

  • Editorial
    A Contemporaneous Historical Study of the Corona Disaster Immigration Restriction
    --Focusing on Foreign Spouses and Partners of Japanese Nationals (3)
    ・・・・・・・・ SAWAI Yukai

Hōgaku Shirin" Vol. 123, No. 1 & 2 (810) Published in September 2025

  • Editorial
    Legal Issues of Unclaimed Land in Okinawa
    ・・・・・・・・ Ito Hidetoshi

  • Editorial
    Ethnic Elites and Multi-Ethnic Integration in the Early Soviet Union
    -Historical Reflections on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine-
    ・・・・・・・・ KUMAKURA Jun

  • Editorial
    How to Discuss 《Neoliberalism》
    The Changing Meaning of this Concept and its Classification of Significance
    ・・・・・・・・ Komine Atsushi

  • Editorial
    Criteria for Determining the "Scope of Purpose" under Article 34 of the Civil Code
    -In the case of transactions other than those conducted by a cooperative association (non-membership transactions) -
    ・・・・・・・・ Takahisa Ogino

  • Lectures
    Some Problems of Interpretation of Criminal Law
    ・・・・・・・・ Yamaguchi, Atsushi

  • Research note
    Tokuzo Fukuda's "controversial" style as seen in his writings and newspaper articles
    -On the occasion of the publication of "The Works of Tokuzo Fukuda, Vol. 21"-
    ・・・・・・・・ Komine Atsushi

Hōgaku Shirin" Vol. 122, No. 4 (809) TATEISHI Hiroko's Retirement Commemorative Issue, published in March 2025.

  • On the occasion of Prof. TATEISHI Hiroko's retirement
    ・・・・・・・・ Faculty of Law HOSOI Tamotsu
  • Prof. TATEISHI Hiroko's Biography and List of Achievements
  • Editorial
    The Political Function of the Korean Constitutional Court
    ・・・・・・・・ KOKUBUN Noriko
  • Editorial
    The Position of Human Rights in Judicial Review of Administrative Discretion
    ・・・・・・・・ NISHIDA Kohsuke

  • Editorial
    Promoting Innovation and Ensuring Transparency in the EU Food Safety Sector
    ・・・・・・・・ Hitomi Tsuchiya

  • Editorial
    Memorandum and Introduction to the Constitutionalist Theory on the Application of Human Rights to Private Individuals
    ・・・・・・・・ Ryuichi Ozawa

  • Editorial
    A Theory of the Supervisory System in Contemporary China
    ・・・・・・・・ Shoji Michiyama

  • Editorial
    Exploring the Issues of the Basic Law on Sports (promulgated on June 24, 2011) from a Human Rights Perspective
    -Toward the Development of Japanese Sports Contributing to the Domestic Application and Penetration of International Human Rights Standards
    ・・・・・・・・ Kyoko Kuroda

  • Editorial
    1975-2025 VOICI 50 ANS,EN FRANCE,LA LOI RELATIVE A L'INTERRUPTION
    VOLONTAIRE DE GROSSESSE ETAIT DECLAREE CONFORME A LA CONSTITUTION
    ・・・・・・・・Thierry S. RENOUX

  • Editorial
    Professions et professionnels de santé, le monopole médical en question.
    ・・・・・・・・François VIALLA

  • Editorial
    The Scope of Protection of Article 24 of the Constitution in Supreme Court Cases
    ・・・・・・・・ WANG Heng

  • Translation
    "Normative Power of the Constitution" - A Construction Document of Bonn Jurisprudence Constrained by the Times
    ・・・・・・・・ by Matthias Jesstedt
    translated by AKASAKA Masahiro

  • Research note
    What is legal "origin" information
    - with reference to the Franco-German situation regarding clandestine birth, anonymous birth, assisted reproduction and adoption
    ・・・・・・・・ Naoki Matsuo

Hōgaku Shirin" Vol.122, No.3 (808) ARATANI Hiroko Professor's Retirement Commemorative Issue, published in February 2025.

  • On the occasion of the retirement issue of Professor Yuko ARATANI Hiroko
    ・・・・・・・・ Faculty of Law, HOSOI Tamotsu
  • Prof. ARATANI Hiroko's Biography and List of Achievements
  • Editorial
    Multiple Representative Litigation System and Internal Control System of Corporate Group
    --From the Viewpoint of Group Governance--
    ・・・・・・・・ Hitoshi Takahashi
  • Editorial:
    The function of controlling the legality of liability for the exercise of public power and the national law of non-compliance
    ・・・・・・・・ NISHIDA Kohsuke

  • Editorial:
    The Relevance of the Job in the Regulation of Insider Trading
    ・・・・・・・・ SATO Teruyuki

  • Editorial
    The Exercise of Criminal Jurisdiction within Territorial Waters in the 19th Century
    --A Focus on Theoretical Conflicts in the Execution of States--
    ・・・・・・・・ Junya Ono

  • Editorial
    Rethinking the Significance of "Foreign Accident" in Personal Accident Insurance Contracts
    --In light of Implications from German Personal Accident Insurance Contract Law--
    ・・・・・・・・ BAN Aken

Hōgaku Shirin, Vol. 122, No. 2 (807), October 2024

  • Editorial
    Mutual trust between normative meta-discussion and theoretical discussion participants
    ・・・・・・・・ UEDA Tomoo
  • Editorial
    US-Japan-European Relations on the US-Japan Semiconductor Agreement
    ・・・・・・・・ TAKAHASHI kazuhiro
  • Editorial
    The Political in Nikos Poulantzas: Against the Anti-Totalitarianism of the 1970s
    ・・・・・・・・ Akinori Saito
  • Editorial
    Problems with the Repeal of the Major Crop Seed Law Based on the Right to Food
    The Necessity of Judicial Review of Deregulation and Repeal Legislation (Part 2)
    ・・・・・・・・ Hitomi Tsuchiya

  • Editorial
    Issues of Oral History in Political Science
    ・・・・・・・・ Tomohiro Oikawa

Hogaku Shirin" Vol. 122, No. 1 (806), August 2024 Table of Contents

  • Editorial
    On Electronic Exchanges
    ・・・・・・・・ TOCHIKAWA Yasushi
  • Editorial
    Seven Factors of Municipal Duties: A Factor Analysis Based on a Questionnaire Survey of City Administrative Officials
    ・・・・・・・・ HAYASHI Reona
    Okada Atsushi
    Morikawa Sou
  • Editorial
    Extension of Coastal States' Criminal Jurisdiction in the Territorial Sea and Protection of Navigation Interests
    ・・・・・・・・ Junya Ono