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Haraguchi　Yoshiaki　

    Department of Law　Associate Professor
Last Updated :2025/04/19

Researcher Information

Degree

  • M.A. in Law（Waseda University）
  • B.A. in Law（Waseda University）

Research funding number

  • 40551594

J-Global ID

Research Interests

  • American Law   Constitutionalism   Constitutional law   Comparative Law   Clinical Legal Education   Social Study of Law   Legal History   Judicial Institution   Legal Education   Judicial Review   Anglo-American Law   

Research Areas

  • Humanities & social sciences / Public law / Constitutional Law
  • Humanities & social sciences / Legal theory and history / Comparative Law, Anglo-American Law, American Legal History, American Judicature, Social Study of Law, Legal Education

Academic & Professional Experience

  • 2023/04 - Today  Toyo UniversityFaculty of LawAssociate Professor
  • 2016/04 - Today  Waseda UniversityInstitute of Comparative LawInvited Researcher
  • 2012/04 - Today  Waseda UniversityInstitute of Clinical Legal EducationInvited Researcher
  • 2018/04 - 2023/03  Kanto Gakuin UniversityCollege of LawAssociate Professor
  • 2015/09 - 2023/03  Hitotsubashi UniversityGraduate School of LawAdjunct Lecturer
  • 2021/09 - 2022/03  University of PennsylvaniaCarey Law SchoolFulbright Visiting Scholar
  • 2018/09 - 2020/03  Waseda UniversityFaculty of LawAdjunct Lecturer
  • 2014/04 - 2018/03  Kanto Gakuin UniversityCollege of LawAssistant Professor (Tenured)
  • 2012/04 - 2014/03  Stanford UniversityLaw SchoolVisiting Scholar
  • 2009/04 - 2012/03  Waseda UniversitySchool of LawResearch Associate (Full-time Faculty)
  • 2005/04 - 2009/03  The University of TokyoInstitute of Social ScienceResearch Assistant

Association Memberships

  • Law and Society Association   Socio-Legal Studies Association   American Judicature Society   Kansai American Public Law Association   American Society for Legal History   Japan Clinical Legal Education Association   Japanese Association for American Studies   Japanese American Society for Legal Studies   Japan Society of Comparative Law   The Japanese Association for American History   

Published Papers

Books etc

  • Michihiro Kaino (Joint workMarshall Court and the Rule of Law: Judicial Review and the Original Model of the U.S. Supreme Court)Nakanishiya Publishing 2018/03 477951181X 288
  • Hitomi Yoshida; Akihiko Watanabe eds (Joint workCases regarding the constitutionality of Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (No. 36), death penalty (No. 44), and the retention election system of the Supreme Court (No. 68).)Nakanishiya Publishing Co., Ltd. 2016/05 477950970X 184
  • Hitomi Yoshida ed (Joint workChapter 9: 'Personal Liberty')Seibundo Publishing Co., Ltd. 2016/03 4792305934 148
  • Hitomi Yoshida ed (Joint workChapter 8: Yoshiaki Haraguchi,'Property Rights and Free Markets: Exploring the Meaning of Market Regulation in the Context of Constitutional History')Nakanishiya Publishing Co., Ltd. 2013/06 4779507782 305
  • Norio Higuchi; Yoshiko Kakishima; Kichimoto Asaka; Futoshi Iwata (Joint workYoshiaki Haraguchi, 'Congress's Power to Regulate Commerce: Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824)')Yuhikaku Publishing Co., Ltd. 2012/12 4641115133 272
  • 科学・技術; 倫理百科事典翻訳編集委員会; 科学・技術; 倫理百科事典翻訳編集委員会 (Joint translation'Grant, George' (Yoshiaki Haraguchi trans.))Translation Committee of; the Encyclopedia of; Science; Technology; Ethics Maruzen Publishing Co., Ltd. 2012/01 4621083872 2656
  • Yoshiki Kurumisawa; Takehiko Sone; 曽根 威彦; 楜澤 能生 (Joint workChapter 5: Lawrence M. Friedman, Legal Theory and the Social Study of Law (Yoshiaki Haraguchi trans.); Chapter 6: Yoshiaki Haraguchi, 'The Prospect for Creating Legal Theory as Social Science: an Analysis of Lawrence M. Friedman’s Scholarship')Nipponhyoronsha Publishing Co., Ltd. 2009/09 4535517061 295

Conference Activities & Talks

MISC

Awards & Honors

  • 2020/12 Japan-U.S. Educational Commission Fulbright Scholarship (Research Program)
  • 2008/12 Japan-U.S. Educational Commission Fulbright Scholarship (Graduate Study Program)

Research Grants & Projects

  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology：Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    Date (from‐to) : 2023/04 -2028/03 
    Author : Yoshiaki Haraguchi
  • Japan-U.S. Educational Commission：Fulbright Scholarship
    Date (from‐to) : 2021/09 -2022/03 
    Author : Yoshiaki Haraguchi
  • Comprehensive Empirical Research on the Judicial Appointment System in the United States
    The Murata Science Foundation：研究者海外派遣援助
    Date (from‐to) : 2021/01 -2021/03 
    Author : Yoshiaki Haraguchi
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    Date (from‐to) : 2018/04 -2020/03 
    Author : Yoshiaki Haraguchi
     
    This study investigates the American judicial selection, from the dual level of federal and state, and identifies the relationship among judicial independence, democratic legitimacy, and public trust. Also, it surveys the Japanese judicial selection that inherited some U.S. state constitutions, presenting the design of institutional reform. Judicial selection itself is the foundation of the judicial system. This research has social significance for it provides the new judicial design from the viewpoint of balancing judicial independence and democracy and securing public trust in the Supreme Court of Japan.
  • Yokohama Academic Foundation：Overseas Travel Grants
    Date (from‐to) : 2018/04 -2019/03 
    Author : Yoshiaki Haraguchi
  • 文部科学省：科学研究費補助金（基盤研究(B)）・連携研究者
    Date (from‐to) : 2015/04 -2019/03 
    Author : 宮川 成雄
  • Yokohama Academic Foundation：Research Grant
    Date (from‐to) : 2016 
    Author : Yoshiaki Haraguchi
  • Comparative Analysis of the Judicial Appointment of the Supreme Court in Japan and the United States: Concept of Judicial Models in Modern Democratic Societies (declined)
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science：Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD)
    Date (from‐to) : 2014/04 -2015/03 
    Author : Yoshiaki Haraguchi
  • 文部科学省：科学研究費補助金（基盤研究(B)）・連携研究者
    Date (from‐to) : 2011/04 -2015/03 
    Author : 宮川 成雄
  • The Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Foundation：Research Grant
    Date (from‐to) : 2013/10 -2014/09 
    Author : Yoshiaki Haraguchi
  • Japanese Judicature Society：Research Grant
    Date (from‐to) : 2013/09 -2014/08 
    Author : Yoshiaki Haraguchi
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology：Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
    Date (from‐to) : 2010/04 -2012/03 
    Author : Yoshiaki Haraguchi
     
    This study focuses on the historical development of judicial election and its recent challenges and reforms in the United States. The main purpose for each state to amend its constitution to introduce judicial election in 1850s was to make the judiciary robust and independent from other political branches rather than to put it under control by the people themselves. However, as modern judicial election has become much more politicized than ever through involvement of various interest groups, it caused widespread national concerns over ensuring the judicial impartiality and fair trial required by due process. In response to such concerns, the U. S. Supreme Court has dealt with the matter and several states have begun to promote the reform of their judicial appointment system. Through evaluating the previous studies of legal history and carrying out the empirical analyses on judicial election, it is revealed that some states try to create a new judicial appointment system in which both contradicted elements of democratic control and fair trial should be harmonized. In addition, it is proved that public confidence or trust in the court is based not only on democratic accountability and transparency of the courts, but also on the general expectation for judicial independence and impartiality, the unique and original role of elected judges different from elected politicians. From the viewpoint of comparative law, this study is suggestive for revisiting the judicial appointment system of the Supreme Court of Japan, which introduces retention election like the merit plan, in relation with the basic propositions of judicial independence and impartiality and public confidence in the court.

Teaching Experience

  • American Legal History (Anglo-American Law)
    Waseda University Graduate School of Law
  • The Constitution of Japan
    Toho Gakuen School of Music
  • Introduction to Japanese Law (in English)
    Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Law
  • American Legal History (Advanced Lecture on Foreign Law: Anglo-American Law)
    Waseda University Faculty of Law
  • Japanese Constitutional Law
    University of Tsukuba
  • Introduction to American Law (Reading English Textbooks)
    Kanto Gakuin University
  • Constitutional Law
    Tokyo International University
  • Introduction to Legal Studies (Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Civil Law)
    Meiji Gakuin University

Committee Membership

  • 2020/04 - Today   Japanese American Society for Legal Studies   Co-editor
  • 2016/10 - Today   Committee of Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection in Chigasaki City   Member
  • 2018/04 -2024/03   Committee of Information Disclosure and Personal Information Protection in Ashigara-kami County in Kanagawa   Member
  • 2019/10 -2023/03   Committee of Personal Information Protection in Yokosuka City   Member
  • 2016/06 -2020/03   The Japanese Law Translation Project at the Ministry of Justice   Member

Social Contribution

  • Introduction to Constitutional Law for High School Students
    Date (from-to) : 2014-Today
    Role : Lecturer
    Category : Visiting lecture
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Ikuta-Higashi, Isogo, Kanto Gakuin Mutsuura, Yurigaoka, Jiyuugaokagakuen, and Ueda high schools
  • Introduction to Constitutional Law
    Date (from-to) : 2015-2022
    Role : Lecturer
    Category : Lecture
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Kanto Gakuin University Extension Center
    General
  • Beginning Constitutional Law
    Date (from-to) : 2015-2021
    Role : Lecturer
    Category : Lecture
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : University for Yokosuka Citizens
    Event, Program, Title : 横須賀市民大学
  • Date (from-to) : 2019/11/07
    Role : Lecturer
    Category : Lecture
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Waseda University Institute of Comparative Law
  • Date (from-to) : 2017-2018
    Role : Lecturer
    Category : Lecture
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : Kurihama Community Center
  • Date (from-to) : 2017/03
    Role : Lecturer
    Category : Lecture
    Sponser, Organizer, Publisher  : University for Yamato Citizens
    Event, Program, Title : HY004021
    General

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