Researcher Profile and Settings

URL

https://www1.doshisha.ac.jp/~tradelaw/indexJP.html

researchmap

https://researchmap.jp/read0200882

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences / International law

Research History

• 1999-2001 Research Fellow (Institute of Maritime Law and Law Faculty, University of Southampton)
• 1998-1999 Research Assistant (Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton)
• 1998-1997 Associate Research Fellow (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London)

Research Experience

• 英国バーミンガム大学法学部専任講師, 2001 - 2003
• 英国サウスハンプトン大学法学部・海商法研究所リサーチ・フェロー, 1999 - 2001
• 英国サウスハンプトン大学海商法研究所リサーチ・アシスタント, 1998 - 1999

Education

• ロンドン大学, ロンドン・スクール・オブ・エコノミクス, 法学博士(PhD)課程(博士号取得), - 1997
• Kyoto University, 法学研究科, 民刑事法専攻修士課程(修士号取得), - 1995
• ロンドン大学, ロンドン・スクール・オブ・エコノミクス, 法学修士(LLM)課程(修士号取得), - 1994
• Kyoto University, Faculty of Law, - 1992

Degree

• Ph.D., London University
• Master of Laws, Kyoto University
• LL..M., London School of Economics

Association Memberships

• 国際経済法学会
• 国際私法学会
• 国際法学会

Published Papers

• Law applicable to proprietary issues of crypto-assets : with perspectives from Japanese law
  Koji Takahashi
  同志社法學 = The Doshisha Hogaku (The Doshisha law review), The Doshisha Law Association, 74(7) 2525 - 2559, 31 Jan. 2023
  

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• Conflict of Laws in the Proprietary Restitution of Blockchain-based Crypto-Assets
  Takahashi, Koji
  Changing Orders in International Economic Law Volume 2, Routledge, 38 - 47, 2023
• Blockchain-based Negotiable Instruments: with Particular Reference to Bills of Lading and Investment Securities
  Takahashi, Koji
  Blockchain and Private International Law, Brill Nijhoff, 494 - 528, 2023
• Law applicable to proprietary issues of crypto-assets
  Takahashi, Koji
  Journal of Private International Law, Taylor \& Francis, 18(3) 339 - 362, 2022, Scientific journal
• 「外国専属管轄合意の一定性要件、公序法要件と独占禁止法」(東京高判令和2年7月22日評釈)
  高橋宏司
  TKCローライブラリー新・判例解説Watch, 30 325 - 328, 2022
• Collective Redress
  Koji Takahashi; Zheng Sophia Tang
  Paul Beaumont and Jayne Holliday (eds.) A Guide to Global Private International Law (Bloomsbury), 433 - 447, 2022
• Interpretation of the Electronic Signature Act : with a particular focus on server-based signatures (remote first-person signatures and third-party signatures)
  Koji Takahashi
  同志社法學 = The Doshisha Hogaku (The Doshisha law review), The Doshisha Law Association, 73(2) 169 - 198, 31 Jul. 2021
  

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• Putting the Principle of Severability in the Dock: An Analysis in the Context of Choice of Law for Arbitration and Jurisdiction Agreements
  Koji Takahashi
  Andrew Dickinson and Edwin Peel (eds) A Conflict Of Laws Companion (Oxford University Press), Oxford University Press, 139 - 174, 2021
• 国際商取引学会リレー講座 国際商取引の新展開(第2部)グローバル・コンプライアンスと技術革新(第6回)スマートコントラクトと法の役割
  高橋 宏司
  国際商事法務 / 国際商事法研究所 [編], 国際商事法研究所, 49(6) 768 - 771, 2021
• Exclusion of Arbitral Procedure from the Scope of Public Policy Scrutiny as a Measure to Curb Due Process Paranoia: A Proposal under the UNCITRAL Model Law
  Takahashi, Koji
  Mich. St. Int'l L. Rev., 29 539 - 539, 2021, Scientific journal
• Legal Issues Arising From the Use of Blockchains for the Dematerialization of Negotiable Instruments : with a Particular Focus on Bills of Lading and the UNCITRAL Model Law
  タカハシ コウジ
  国際取引法学会 = The Japanese Association of International Business Law / 国際取引法学会 編, 国際取引法学会, (5) 24 - 39, Mar. 2020
• Country Report: Japan
  Koji Takahashi
  Franco Ferrari, Friedrich Rosenfeld and Dietmar Czernich (eds) Due Process as a Limit to Discretion in International Commercial Arbitration (Kluwer), 251 - 264, 2020
• Prescriptive Jurisdiction in Securities Regulations: Transformation from the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) to the STO (Security Token Offering) and the IEO (Initial Exchange Offering)
  Takahashi, Koji
  Ilkam Law Review, 45 31 - 50, 2020, Scientific journal
• Japan: Quests for Equilibrium and Certainty
  Takahashi, Koji
  Mary Keyes (ed.) Optional Choice of Court Agreements in Private International Law (Springer, 2020), Springer, 261 - 272, 2020
• "Due Process Paranoia" in the Context of Japanese Law : Evaluation of Case Law and Prescription
  高橋 宏司
  JCAジャーナル, 日本商事仲裁協会, 66(8) 13 - 18, Aug. 2019
• 証券関係法規の規律管轄権とICO(Initial Coin Offering)—Prescriptive Jurisdiction in Securities Regulations and ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings)
  高橋 宏司
  国際法外交雑誌 = The Journal of international law and diplomacy, 国際法学会 ; 1912-, 117(4) 693 - 717, Jan. 2019
• Enforcement of Mediated Settlement Agreements under the Singapore Convention and the UNCITRAL Model Law: An Argument for the Opt-In Model
  Takahashi, Koji
  Christian Campbell (ed.) International Mediation: The Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business (Special Issue 2020)(Kluwer) pp, 63 - 83, 2019, Scientific journal
• Optional Choice-of-Court Agreements under Japanese Law
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  ICCLP Publications, 14 100 - 106, 2019
• Prescriptive Jurisdiction in Securities Regulations and ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings)
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  国際法外交雑誌, 117(4) 1 - 25, 2019
• Cryptocurrencies entrusted to an exchange provider: Shielded from the provider’s bankruptcy?
  Takahashi, Koji
  Charl Hugo (ed.) Annual Banking Law Update 2018: Recent Legal Developments of Special Interest to Banks, 1 - 21, 2018, Scientific journal
• Blockchain Technology for Letters of Credit and Escrow Arrangements
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Banking Law Journal, 135(2) 89 - 103, 2018
• Blockchain and Smart Contract for Contract Management (Dispute Prevention, Generation and Resolution)
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), 2018
• Blockchain and Online Dispute Resolution
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), 2018
• Application of Anti-Monopoly Act and Exclusive Choice-of-Court Agreement in Favour of Foreign Courts': a case comment of the judgment of Tokyo District Court on 6 October 2016
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Jurist, (1518) 310 - 311, 2018
• Implications of Blockchain Technology for the UNCITRAL Works
  Takahashi, Koji
  UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission on International Trade Law)(ed.) Modernizing International Trade Law to Support Innovation and Sustainable Development (United Nations, 2017) pp, 81 - 94, 2017, Scientific journal
• Unmasking Anonymous Online Infringers of Personality Rights: Questions Arising in International Contexts
  Takahashi, Koji
  2016, Scientific journal
• Conditional exclusive choice-of-court agreement and the dismissal of proceedings on the ground of 'special circumstances': a case comment of the judgment of Kyoto District Court on 29 January 2015
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Jurist, 有斐閣, 1488(1488) 140 - 143, 2016
• Blockchain Technology and Electronic Bills of Lading
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Journal of International Maritime Law, 22 202 - 211, 2016
• Law Applicable to Choice-of-Court Agreements
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Japanese Yearbook of International Law, (58) 384 - 396, 2015
• International Dimensions of Unmasking Anonymous Online Infringers of Personality Rights (2015/2016)
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Yearbook of Private International Law, 17 181 - 208, 2015
• The jurisdiction of Japanese courts in a comparative context
  Takahashi, Koji
  JOURNAL OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW, ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 11(1) 103 - 127, 2015, Scientific journal
  

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• 国際民事執行・保全法裁判例研究(第12回)国家の設立した信託法人との間で締結された仲裁合意の効力が当該国家に及ぶかについて、「超国家的な規範」の適用結果が、仲裁廷および仲裁判断取消裁判所と仲裁判断執行裁判所との間で分かれた事件[パリ控訴院2011.2.17判決]
  高橋 宏司
  JCAジャーナル, 日本商事仲裁協会, 61(10) 26 - 34, Oct. 2014
• Public Policy Screening of the Rates of Interest Imposed by Law on the Late Payment of Foreign Judgments
  Takahashi Koji
  同志社法学, Alternative:The Doshisha Law Association, 65(4) 1430 - 1418, Nov. 2013
  

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• Global Business Law Seminar(第59回)投資紛争仲裁の課題
  高橋 宏司
  Business law journal, レクシスネクシス・ジャパン, 6(7) 112 - 117, Jul. 2013
• Global Business Law Seminar(第58回)投資紛争仲裁の概略
  高橋 宏司
  Business law journal, レクシスネクシス・ジャパン, 6(6) 110 - 116, Jun. 2013
• 渉外家事事件判例評釈(32)米国カリフォルニア州の年利10%の利息を伴う扶養料判決および判決更新制度の反公序性[東京地裁平成23.3.28判決]
  高橋 宏司
  戸籍時報, 日本加除出版, (698) 31 - 38, Jun. 2013
• 渉外判例研究(Number 614)渉外的な個別労働関係紛争における仲裁合意にもとづく妨訴抗弁[東京地裁平成23.2.15判決]
  高橋 宏司
  ジュリスト = Monthly jurist, 有斐閣, (1450) 128 - 131, Feb. 2013
• 仲裁合意・管轄合意の独立性原則 : 準拠法決定プロセスにおける再検討
  高橋 宏司
  民商法雑誌, 有斐閣, 147(3) 255 - 285, Dec. 2012
• 渉外的な個別労働関係紛争の仲裁適格(仲裁可能性)および仲裁合意の有効性 : 準拠法決定と仲裁法附則4条適用のプロセスに関する考察
  高橋 宏司
  JCAジャーナル, 日本商事仲裁協会, 59(12) 10 - 18, Dec. 2012
• Freezing (Mareva) Injunctions and Asset Disclosure Orders in England
  Takahashi Koji
  同志社法学, Alternative:The Doshisha Law Association, 64(3) 1128 - 1089, Sep. 2012
  

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• 仲裁合意の準拠法及び方式（東京高判平成22年12月21日評釈）
  高橋 宏司
  私法判例リマークス, (45) 122 - 125, 2012
• 合意管轄権（最三小判昭和50年11月28日（チサダネ号事件）評釈）
  高橋 宏司
  別冊ジュリスト 国際私法判例百選［第２版］, (210) 200 - 201, 2012
• Review of the Brussels I Regulation: A Comment from the Perspectives of Non-Member States (Third States)
  Takahashi, K.
  Journal of Private International Law, 8(1) 1 - 15, 2012, Scientific journal
  

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• Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I Regulation) : with particular focus on the principal changes from the Rome Convention
  Takahashi Koji
  同志社法学, Alternative:The Doshisha Law Association, 63(6) 2653 - 2698, Jan. 2012
  

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• 排出枠取引に関する国際私法問題(5・完)Conflict of Laws in Emissions Trading
  高橋 宏司
  NBL, 商事法務, (965) 94 - 105, 15 Nov. 2011
• Conflict of laws in emissions trading
  高橋 宏司
  NBL, 商事法務, (964) 91 - 97, 01 Nov. 2011
• Conflict of laws in emissions trading
  高橋 宏司
  NBL, 商事法務, (963) 84 - 90, 15 Oct. 2011
• Conflict of Laws in Emissions Trading
  高橋 宏司
  NBL, 商事法務, (962) 72 - 78, 01 Oct. 2011
• 渉外家事事件判例評釈(20)外国から連れ戻された子の親権者指定事件の国際裁判管轄[横浜家小田原支審平成22.1.12]
  高橋 宏司
  戸籍時報, 日本加除出版, (674) 48 - 66, Oct. 2011
• 排出枠取引に関する国際私法問題(1)Conflict of Laws in Emissions Trading
  高橋 宏司
  エヌ・ビー・エル, 商事法務, (961) 10 - 18, 15 Sep. 2011
• Japan's New Act on International Jurisdiction
  Takahashi, Koji
  K. Takahashi, Japan's New Act on International Jurisdiction, Smashwords, 2011, Scientific journal
• Conflict of Laws in Emissions Trading
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  （2011）13 Yearbook of Private International Law, 145 - 163, 2011
• Japan's Newly Enacted Rules on International Jurisdiction: with a Reflection on Some Issues of Interpretation
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law, 国際私法学会, (13) 146 - 170, 2011
• 契約債務の準拠法に関する欧州議会及び理事会規則（ローマⅠ規則）－４つの視点からのローマ条約との比較
  高橋 宏司
  国際私法年報, 国際私法学会, (13) 2 - 28, 2011
• 特許権侵害と国際裁判管轄権（知財高裁平成22年９月15日判決評釈）
  高橋 宏司
  ジュリスト（平成22年度重要判例解説）, (1420) 358 - 360, 2011
• 国際投資協定模擬仲裁(FDI Moot)--紹介、課題の分析、そして模擬仲裁一般の問題点
  高橋 宏司
  JCAジャーナル, 日本商事仲裁協会, 57(1) 28 - 35, Jan. 2010
• 外国仲裁判断の取消訴訟は積極的意義を有しうるか : 内国取締法規違反による取消しを中心に (公開セミナー特集号)
  高橋 宏司
  同志社大学ワールドワイドビジネスレビュー, 同志社大学, 10(0) 224 - 235, Mar. 2009
• Damages for Breach of a Choice-of-Court Agreement Remaining Issues
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  11 Yearbook of Private International Law, 73 - 105, 2009
• Jurisdiction to set aside a foreign arbitral award, in particular, an award based on an illegal contract: A reflection on the Indian Supreme Court's decision in Venture Global Engineering
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  19 American Review of International Arbitration, 173 - 186, 2009
• The Introduction of Article 12(b) in the UCP 600: Was It Really a Step Forward?
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  24-6 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, 285 - 287, 2009
• Walford v. Miles in Japan: lock-in and lock-out agreements in Sumitomo v. UFJ
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Journal of Business Law, 166 - 182, 2009
• Comment
  高橋 宏司
  国際商取引学会年報, レクシスネクシス・ジャパン, (11) 185 - 188, 2009
• Judicial Decree to Terminate the Validity of Lost Bills of Lading-Usefulness and Jurisdiction
  Takahashi, Koji
  JOURNAL OF MARITIME LAW AND COMMERCE, JEFFERSON LAW BOOK COMPANY, 39(4) 551 - 569, Oct. 2008, Scientific journal
• Damages for Breach of a Choice-of-Court Agreement
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  10 Yearbook of Private International Law, 57 - 91, 2008
• 消費者契約における情報提供、不招請勧誘および適合性の原則に関するイギリスの法制度
  高橋 宏司
  別冊ＮＢＬ, (121) 58 - 76, 2008
• 船荷証券の除権決定のための公示催告手続の国際裁判管轄
  高橋 宏司
  海事法研究会誌, 日本海運集会所, (199) 2 - 27, 2008
• Damages for breach of jurisdiction agreement
  高橋 宏司
  Japanese yearbook of private international law, 国際私法学会, (9) 104 - 162, 2007
• Expert Meeting on the Feasibility of a New Convention on the Treatment of Foreign Law
  Takahashi Koji
  The Doshisha law review, Doshisha University, 59(1) 19 - 46, 2007
  

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• コモン・ロー国への日本法紹介:その方法論
  高橋 宏司
  ワールドワイドビジネスレビュー, 9(1) 311 - 338, 2007
• The Brussels Convention and Regulation and their English-style Interpretation: Tension between Systematic Coherence and Individual Cases Justice
  Takahashi Koji
  The Doshisha law review, Doshisha University, 58(2) 823 - 893, Jun. 2006
  

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• 「なぜシンガポールの海事仲裁に注目すべきなのか」
  高橋 宏司
  ワールドワイド・ビジネス・レビュー, 7(2) 120 - 120, 2006
• A Major Reform of Japanese Private International Law
  Takahashi, K.
  Journal of Private International Law, 2(2) 311 - 338, 2006, Scientific journal
  

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• ブラッセルズ条約・規則とイングランド流解釈 - 制度的一貫性と個別事件における妥当性の緊張関係 -
  高橋 宏司
  同志社法学 314号 (安藤仁介教授古稀記念論集), 383 - 453, 2006
• CIF・C&F契約における多様な運送リスクの移転時期
  高橋 宏司
  海事法研究会誌2005年12月号, 日本海運集会所, (189) 2 - 13, 2005
• 高性能コピー、電子的書類呈示の時代における信用状呈示書類の『原本性』
  高橋 宏司
  国際商取引学会年報, レクシスネクシス・ジャパン, (7) 166 - 176, 2005
• Original documents in letters of credit in the era of high-quality photocopiers and printers
  Takahashi, K.
  Banking Law Journal, 121(7) 613 - 626, 2004, Scientific journal
• "Right to Terminate Contract for the International Sale of Bulk Commodities"
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Journal of Business Law Sweet & Maxwell, 102 - 130, 2003
• "External Competence Implications of the EC Regulation on Jurisdiction and Judgments"
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 529 - 534, 2003
• Forum Non-Conveniens Discretion in Third Party Proceedings
  Takahashi, Koji
  International & Comparative Law Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, 51(1) 127 - 134, 2002, Scientific journal
• Jurisdiction in Matters Relating to Contract: Article 5 (1) of the Brussels Convention and Regulation’(2002)
  Takahashi, Koji
  European Law Review, 27 530 - 530, 2002, Scientific journal
• "Foreign Law in Japanese Courts -- A Comparison with the English Approach: Idealism Versus Pragmatism"
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, 489 - 496, 2002
• "Jurisdiction over a Claim for Restitution of Benefits Conferred under a Void Contract: under the Brussels Convention" Kluwer
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  E.J.H.Schrage (ed.) Unjust Enrichment and the Law of Contract, 397 - 404, 2001
• "Jurisdiction over Direct Action against Sub-Carrier:under the Brussels Convention"
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly (LLP), 107 - 122, 2001
• 相場商品の国際取引における売買契約の解除権
  高橋 宏司
  JCAジャーナル平成12年5月号 （日本商事仲裁協会）, 国際商事仲裁協会, 47(5) 20 - 27, 2000
• 無効契約に基づく給付の不当利得返還請求についての裁判管轄権－ブラッセル裁判管轄・判決執行条約の下での性質決定ー
  高橋 宏司
  JCA ジャーナル, 国際商事仲裁協会, 47(2000年9月号) 20 - 26, 2000
• "Jurisdiction to Grant an Interim Freezing Order:Anglo-Japanese Comparoson"
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  International and Comparative Law Quarterly (Oxford University Press), (48) 431 - 436, 1999
• 仮差押命令の国際裁判管轄権－日英比較－
  高橋 宏司
  JCAジャーナル, 国際商事仲裁協会, 46(1999年2月号) 2 - 10, 1999
• "Shareholder Derivative Action in Japan: Safeguards against Abuse"
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Amicus Curiae, 31 - 32, 1998

MISC

• 国際関係法(私法系)論文式問題の解説と解答例
  高橋 宏司
  法学セミナー編集部『新司法試験の問題と解説2010』(別冊法学セミナーNo.203), 361 - 367, 2010
• 国際関係法(私法系)論文式問題の解説と解答例
  高橋 宏司
  法学セミナー編集部『新司法試験の問題と解説2009』(別冊法学セミナーNo. 200), 386 - 390, 2009
• Explaining Japanese Law to the Common Law Audience
  Takahashi Koji
  Doshisha University world wide business review, Doshisha University, 9(1) 1 - 9, Sep. 2007
• Akira Saito (ed), Evolution of Party Autonomy in International Civil Disputes (LexisNexis, 2005)
  Koji TAKAHASHI
  Japanese Annual of International Law, 2007
• ヨーロッパ国際民事訴訟法講義ノート(1)
  高橋 宏司
  JCAジャ-ナル, 国際商事仲裁協会, 48(10) 16 - 19, Oct. 2001
• Claims for indemnity, contribution, reimbursement, and recourse in private international law: Legal obstacles to satisfactory recovery
  Takahashi, Koji
  1997

Books etc

• Japan's New Act on International Jurisdiction
  電子出版（自費出版）ebook ISBN:978-１-4660-5756-２（2011）, 2011
• Claims for Contribution and Reimbursement in an International Context
  Oxford University Press, 2000, Single work

Presentations

• ローマⅠ規則－ローマ条約からの改正点を中心に－
  髙橋 宏司
  国際私法学会, 2010, 慶応義塾大学