KODERA SATOSHI
Department of International Relations Law | Professor |
Research Keyword
- International Labour Law
- International Law of Culture
- Psychological Approach to International Law
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Legal Design
- Plurality of Norms
- Critical Approach to International Law
- International Law of Development
- International Economic Law
- International Law
- World Trade Organization
Career
- Apr. 2018 - Present
Seinan Gakuin University, Faculty of Law, Professor (full-time, tenured) - Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2024
Deakin University, Deakin Law School, Visiting Professor - Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2024
Chuo University, The Institute of Social Sciences, Visiting Fellow - Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2023
Seinan Gakuin University, Faculty of Law, Department of International Relations Law, Head of Department - Apr. 2022 - Sep. 2022
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, School of International and Area Studies, Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) - Apr. 2012 - Mar. 2018
Seinan Gakuin University, Faculty of Law, Department of International Relations Law, Associate Professor - Feb. 2017 - Mar. 2017
Aix-Marseille University, Faculty of Law, Visiting Researcher - Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2017
University of Nagasaki, Faculty of Global Communication, Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) - Oct. 2014 - Mar. 2015
The Open University of Japan, Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) - Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2012
Seinan Gakuin University, Faculty of Law, Department of International Relations Law, Lecturer - Apr. 2006 - Mar. 2011
Chuo University, Distance Learning Devision, Instructor - Sep. 2009 - Mar. 2010
Aomori Chuo Gakuin University, Faculty of Management and Law, Adjunct Assistant Professor (part-time) - Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2009
Chuo University, The Institute of Comparative Law in Japan, Research Assistant
Educational Background
- Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2010, Chuo University, Graduate School of Law, Doctoral candidate (all but dissertation)
- Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2007, Chuo University, Graduate School of Law, Doctor course (LL.D. candidate)
- Sep. 2004 - Aug. 2005, Aix-Marseille III University, Centre for International and European Studies and Research, Doctor Course
- Apr. 2002 - Mar. 2004, Chuo University, Graduate School of Law, Master of Laws (LL.M)
- Apr. 1998 - Mar. 2002, Chuo University, Faculty of Law, Department of International Law and Business
Committee Memberships
- Sep. 2024 - Present
Member, Planning Committee, Japanese Society of International Law - Oct. 2023 - Present
Chair, Public Relations Committee, The Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law - Aug. 2023 - Present
Member, Committee of Japanese Digest of International Law, Japanese Yearbook of International Law - Nov. 2021 - Present
Member, Planning Committee, The Japanese Association of International Economic Law - Nov. 2021 - Present
Board Member, The Japanese Association of International Economic Law - Apr. 2021 - Present
Member, Study Group of Internaitonal Economic Law Cases, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Legal Affairs Bureau, Economic Dispute Settlement Division - Sep. 2017 - Present
Member, Study Group of WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry - Sep. 2020 - Aug. 2024
Member, Website Committee, Japanese Society of International Law - Aug. 2014 - Sep. 2023
Member, Public Relations Committee, The Japan Chapter of the Asian Society of International Law - Jul. 2011 - Dec. 2022
Secretary, Kyushu International Law Association - Sep. 2016 - Aug. 2020
Member, Steering Committee of Research Conference, Japanese Society of International Law - May 2017 - May 2020
Member, Planning Committee, The Japanese Association of World Law - Oct. 2011 - Mar. 2016
Member, Study Group of WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Papers
- Significance of “Special and Differential Treatment” in the Free Trade System: From the Perspective of the Theory of Plurality of Norms
Financial Review, Lead, (155), 6-24, Feb. 2024, Not reviewed, Invited - Beagle Channel Case: Narrating International Law in the Midst of Conflict
Horitsujiho, 96(1), 96-101, Dec. 2023, Not reviewed, Invited - Re-examination of the Sources of Law in Global Governance: Towards a Dynamic Theory of Legal Sources
T. Suami, J. Nakagawa, S. Furuya (eds.), Contemporary Developments in International Economic Law (Shinzansha, 2023)., 171-187, Sep. 2023, Not reviewed, Invited - The Movement of Natural Persons from the Perspective of International Economic Law
International Economic Law Review, Inaugural Issue, 139-160, Sep. 2023, Not reviewed, Invited - Flexibility of Norms in International Labour Law: The Situatedness of States and Individuals in Contemporary International Law
The Journal of International Law and Policy, 121(1), 30-53, May 2022, Reviewed, Invited - "Trade Policy on Free Trade Agreements in Asia", "Perspective on the WTO Dispute Settlement System", "Trade Remedies", "Export Control"
Seokwoo Lee (ed.), Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia, Vol. I, Northeast Asia, 213-218, Dec. 2021, Not reviewed, Invited - Regeneration of International Law of Development: Examining International Law of Development (2019)
M. Yanagihara, K. Morikawa, A. Kanehara, and T. Hamada (eds.), International Legal Order and Global Economy: Liber Amicorum: Professor Isamu Mamiya (Shinzansha, 2021), 431-453, Sep. 2021, Not reviewed, Invited - A Critical Stream in the French Doctrine of International Law: Charles Chaumont and the Reims School
Yearbook of World Law, (40), 1-20, Mar. 2021, Not reviewed, Invited - Dynamics Between Multilateralism and Regionalism in Relation to Trade Liberalization and Culture
Public Policy Review, 16(5), 1-15, Aug. 2020, Not reviewed, Invited - The Legal Conception of Institutions of John Rawls: the Influence of H. L. A. Hart’s article “Are There Any Natural Right?
Journal of Social Science, 71(1), 71-85, Jun. 2020, Not reviewed, Invited - “Dynamics Between Multilateralism and Regionalism in Relation to Trade Liberalization and Culture
Financial Review, (140), 48-60, Nov. 2019, Not reviewed, Invited - America First and WTO: Unilateral measures of Trump Administration and Reactions from WTO Members States
Quarterly Jurist, (30), 15-21, Aug. 2019, Not reviewed, Invited - New Evolution of International Law of Development: Exploring the Debate in French-Speaking Countries
Satoshi Kodera
The Editorial Board for the Essays in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Faculty of Law of Seinan Gakuin University (ed.), The Frontiers of Law and Politics in a Time of Great Change (Nippon Hyoron Sha, 2017), 227-244, Nov. 2017, Not reviewed - From International Law to International Economic Law: The Politics of Fragmentation and Integration
Satoshi Kodera
The Journal of International Law and Diplomacy, 115(3), 27-45, Nov. 2016, Reviewed - Plurality of Norms in the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions: The Scope of Application of Preferential Treatment for Developing Countries
Satoshi Kodera
The Seinan Law Review, 48(3・4), 239-265, Mar. 2016, Not reviewed - The Future of International Law of Development: Towards a New “New International Economic Order"
Satoshi Kodera
The Chuo Law Review, 120(9・10), 261-290, 2014, Not reviewed - Dispute Settlement in the WTO and Developing Countries: The Significance and Limits of Special and Differential Treatment in the Arbitration under Article 21.3 (c) of the DSB
Satoshi Kodera
The Seinan Law Review, 44(3・4), 116-146, 2012, Not reviewed - Multiple functions of Differential Treatment in International Kaw: the Debates on the Concept of Plurality of Norms"
Satoshi Kodera
The Seinan law review, 43(3・4), 73-123, 2011, Not reviewed - Conceptual Framework of the Principle of Equality of States: Evolution of Japanese Doctrine of International Law
Satoshi Kodera
The Chuo Law Review, 116(3・4), 221-248, 2009, Not reviewed - The Relationship between MFN and GSP in the GATT/WTP Regime
Satoshi Kodera
Yearbook of the Japan Association of International Economic Law, (18), 109-126, 2009, Not reviewed - Differentiation of Norms in Contemporary International Law: Relationship between international legal norms (I)
Satoshi Kodera
The Chuo law review, 115(1・2), 95-120, 2008, Not reviewed - Differentiation of Norms in Contemporary International Law: Relationship between international legal norms (II)
Satoshi Kodera
The Chuo Law Review, 115(3・4), 221-248, 2008, Not reviewed - Plurality of Procedural Norms in the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Systems
Satoshi Kodera
Bulletin of Graduate Studies, Graduate Studies of Law at Chuo University, (36), 1-23, 2007, Not reviewed - Plurality of Procedural Norms in the GATT/WTO Dispute Settlement Systems
Satoshi Kodera
Lead, Mar. 2004, Reviewed
Miscellaneous
- James Bacchus, Trade Links: New Rules for a New World (Cambridge University Press, 2022, viii+396 pp.)
Yearbook of the Japan Association of International Economic Law, (32), 230-234, Nov. 2023, Not reviewed, Invited - Kokusaiho no Genzai: Henten suru Gendai Sekai de Ho no Kanousei wo Toi naosu [International Law at Present: the Possibility of Law in the Ever-changing World] edited by Koji Teraya and Kazuyori Ito. Tokyo: Nippon Hyoron Sha, 2020. Pp. xix, 423.
Japanese Yearbook of International Law, 65, 398-402, Feb. 2023, Not reviewed, Invited - Yuka Fukunaga, Trade Dispute and World Trade Organization (Horitsubunkasha, 2022)
World Economic Review, 66(6), 112, 15 Nov. 2022, Not reviewed, Invited - Samantha Velluti, The Role of the EU in the Promotion of Human Rights and International Labour Standards in Its External Trade Relations (Springer, 2020, xviii+359 pp.)
Yearbook of the Japan Association of International Economic Law, Lead, (31), 222-226, Nov. 2022, Not reviewed, Invited - European Union — Cost Adjustment Methodologies and Certain Anti-Dumping Measures on Imports from Russia — (Second complaint) (DS494)
Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings, Lead, 2021, 1-15, Apr. 2022, Not reviewed, Invited - Virginie MERCIER, «Vers un modèle de gouvernance des sociétés résistant aux excès de la mondialisation »
Maki Nishiumi (ed.), Les résistances à la mondialisation (Chuo University Press, 2022), 37-54, Mar. 2022, Not reviewed, Invited - Jean Philippe AGRESTI, « Les résistances à la mondialisation : l’exemple du droit de la famille »
Maki Nishiumi (ed.), Les résistances à la mondialisation (Chuo University Press, 2022), Lead, 19-25, Mar. 2022, Not reviewed, Invited - Evolution in Business and Human Rights: Towards New Legal Design
Expert Comment of Japanese Society of International Law, 2022-4, 24 Feb. 2022, Reviewed, Invited - International Law - Biographical Review 2021
Yota Negishi; Ryoshi Fukushima
Horitsu Jiho, 93(13), 197-205, 01 Dec. 2021, Not reviewed - United States — Import Prohibition of Certain Shrimp and Shrimp Products (DS58)
K, Morikawa, A. Kanehara, H. Sakai, and Y. Nishimura (eds.), A Hundred Cases of International Law, 3rd ed. (Yuhikaku, 2021), Lead, 162-163, Sep. 2021, Not reviewed, Invited - Australia — Certain Measures Concerning Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Other Plain Packaging Requirements Applicable to Tobacco Products and Packaging (DS435/441)
Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2021, Lead, 2020, Apr. 2021, Not reviewed, Invited - International Law - Biographical Review 2020
Yota Negishi; Fukushima Ryoshi
Horitsu Jiho, 92(13), 195-203, 01 Dec. 2020, Not reviewed, Invited - India — Certain Measures on Imports of Iron and Steel Products (DS518)
Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2019, Lead, 2019, Apr. 2020, Not reviewed, Invited - International Law - Biographical Review 2019
Yota Negishi; Ryoshi Fukushima
Horitsu Jiho, 91(13), 199-207, 01 Dec. 2019, Not reviewed, Invited - Russia — Anti-Dumping Duties on Light Commercial Vehicles from Germany and Italy (DS479)
Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2018, Lead, 2018, Mar. 2019, Not reviewed, Invited - Brazil — Certain Measures Concerning Taxation and Charges (DS472/497)
Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2017, Lead, 2017, May 2018, Not reviewed, Invited - Shawkat Alam, Sumudu Atapattu, Carmen G. Gonzalez and Jona Razzaque (eds.), International Environmental Law and the Global South (Cambridge University Press, 2015, xxiv + 631p.)
Yearbook of the Japan Association of International Economic Law, (26), 240-244-244, Oct. 2017, Not reviewed - United States — Countervailing Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India (DS436)
Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2015, Lead, 2015, May 2016, Not reviewed, Invited - European Communities — Measures Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Seal Products (DS400)
Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2014, Lead, 2014, Jun. 2015, Not reviewed, Invited - Emmanuelle Tourme-Jouannet, What is a Fair International Society?: International Law Between Development and Recognition(Hart Publishing, 2013, xiii+238 pp.)
Journal of International Law and Diplomacy, 113(3), 462-466, 20 Nov. 2014, Reviewed - Hélène Ruiz Fabri (dir.), La convention de l'UNESCO sur la protection et la promotion de la diversité des expressions culturelles; Premier bilan et défis juridiques (Société de législation comparée, 2010, 280p.)
Yearbook of the Japan Association of International Economic Law, (22), 261-266-266, 20 Oct. 2013, Not reviewed - United States — Certain Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) Requirements (DS384)
Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2012, 2012, 13 Mar. 2013, Not reviewed - United States — Certain Country of Origin Labelling (COOL) Requirements (DS384/386)
Report on the WTO Panels and Appellate Body Rulings 2011, 2011, 30 May 2012, Not reviewed - The Hague Academy of International Law, Collected Courses (1923-)
Seinan Gakuin University Library Bulletin, Lead, (172), 7-7, Apr. 2012, Not reviewed, Invited - Methodological Development of International Law in France: “French Studies of International Law
The Kyushu Law Association Journal, Lead, 2011, 43-47, Dec. 2011, Not reviewed - Differential Treatment in International Law: Current Situation of Problems
The Kyushu Law Association Journal, 2010, 18-22-22, Nov. 2010, Not reviewed - Chad P. Bown, Self-Enforcing Trade: Developing Countries and WTO Dispute Settlement (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institutions Press, 2009, xiv+282p.)
Yearbook of the Japan Association of International Economic Law, (19), 199-203-203, Oct. 2010, Not reviewed - Asif H. Qureshi, Intepreting WTO Agreements: Problems and Perspectives (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006)
Yearbook of the Japan Association of International Economic Law, (17), 223-227-227, Nov. 2008, Not reviewed - Norbert ROULAND, "Le droit français devient-il multiculturel ? (2)"
Ryo Ogiso; Toru Inaki
Comparative Law Review, 42(2), 67-88-88, Sep. 2008, Not reviewed - Jean-Pierre FERRAND, "L’évolution contemporaine du droit de l’urbanisme français"
Maki Nishiumi
Comparative Law Review, 41(3), 25-43-43, Dec. 2007, Not reviewed - Norbert ROULAND, "Le droit français devient-il multiculturel ? (1)"
Ryo Ogiso; Toru Inaki
Comparative Law Review, 41(3), 83-99-99, Dec. 2007, Not reviewed
Books and other publications
- Y. Abe, T. Sekine, and Y. Lee (eds.), Issues in International Economic Dispute Settlement
Joint work, Chapter 5: Stare Decisis in WTO Dispute Settlement
Shinzansha, Feb. 2024 - Regulatory Issues in Organic Food Safety in the Asia Pacific (Chapter 5: Evolution of the Organic Japanese Agricultural Standard System: A 20-Year History)
Bee Chen Goh; Rohan Price, Joint work, Chapter 5: Evolution of the Organic Japanese Agricultural Standard System: A 20-Year History
Springer, Jun. 2020 - Introduction to WTO and FTA Law, 2nd ed.
Tomohiko Kobayashi; Aya Iino; Yuka Fukunaga, Joint work
Horitsubunkasha, Mar. 2020 - Y. Abe and T. Sekine (eds.), Legal Issues of International Trade Dispute Settlement
Joint work, Chapter 5: Reasonable Period of Time in the WTO Dispute Settlement System: Institutional Control of Time in the Compliance Process
Shinzansha, Dec. 2019 - Y. Kitamura and M. Nishiumi (eds.), International Law and Cultural Diversity
Others, Part2, Chapter 3: Preferential Treatment for Developing Countries in the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
Chuo University Press, Mar. 2017 - Introduction to WTO and FTA Law
Tomohiko Kobayashi; Aya Iino; Yuka Fukunaga, Joint work
Horitsubunkasha, Feb. 2016
Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
- International Law of Assistance: Theoretical and Practical Implications
The Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law, Jul. 2024 - Re-examination of "Sources of Law" in Global Governance
Satoshi Kodera
The Japan Association of International Relations, Oct. 2022, The Japan Association of International Relations - Flexibility of Norms in International Labour Law: the Situatedness of States and Individuals in International Economic Relations
Satoshi Kodera
Japanese Society of International Law, Sep. 2021, Japanese Society of International Law, Invited - International Legal Design: Designing International Law
Satoshi Kodera
The Institute of Social Sciences, Chuo University, Aug. 2021, The Institute of Social Sciences, Chuo University, Invited - Flexibility of Norms in International Labour Law: the Situatedness of States and Individuals in International Economic Relations
Satoshi Kodera
Kyushu International Law Association, Jul. 2021, Kyushu International Law Association - A Critical Stream in the French Doctrine of International Law: Charles Chaumont and the Reims School
Satoshi Kodera
Kyushu International Law Association, Oct. 2020, Kyushu International Law Association, Invited - The Reasonable Period of Time in the Dispute Settlement under the WTO and FTAs
Satoshi Kodera
Fukuoka Seminar on the Development of Procedural Rules in the WTO and FTAs, Mar. 2018 - Evolution of International Law of Development: Debates in French-Speaking Countries
Satoshi Kodera
Kyushu International Law Association, Jul. 2017, Kyushu International Law Association - International Law of Development: A Japanese Perspective
Aix-Marseille University, Mar. 2017, Invited - Discourse Analysis on General International Law and International Economic Law: Politics from Fragmentation to Unity
Satoshi Kodera
Japanese Society of International Law, Sep. 2015, Japanese Society of International Law, Invited - Discourse Analysis on General International Law and International Economic Law: Politics from Fragmentation to Unity
Satoshi Kodera
Kyushu International Law Association, Jul. 2015, Kyushu International Law Association - Dispute Settlement in the WTO and Developing Countries: The Significance and Limits of Special and Differential Treatment in the Arbitration under Article 21.3 (c) of the DSB
Satoshi Kodera
Kyushu International Law Association, Dec. 2011, Kyushu International Law Association - Methodological Development of International Law in France: “French Studies of International Law
Satoshi Kodera
Kyushu International Law Association, Jun. 2011, Kyushu International Law Association - Differential Treatment in International Law: Current Situation of Problems
Satoshi Kodera
Kyushu International Law Association, Jun. 2010, Kyushu International Law Association - The Relationship between MFN and GSP in the GATT/WTP Regime
Satoshi Kodera
The Japan Association of International Economic Law, Nov. 2008, The Japan Association of International Economic Law
Courses
- Seminar
Seinan Gakuin University - Basic Seminar
Seinan Gakuin University - International Service Learning
Seinan Gakuin University - Introduction to International Relations Law
Seinan Gakuin University - Introduction to Reading English Texts
Seinan Gakuin University - Basics of Legal Studies
Seinan Gakuin University - International Economic Law
Seinan Gakuin University, University of Nagasaki, Open University - International Law
Seinan Gakuin University, Aomori Chuo Gakuin University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, - Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy
Seinan Gakuin University - Foreign Law
Seinan Gakuin University
Academic society affiliations
- Dec. 2023 - Present
The Australian and New Zealand Society of International Law - Dec. 2023 - Present
The European Society of International Law - May 2021 - Present
International Law Association, Japan Branch - Jul. 2020 - Present
Japanese Society of Law and Psychology - Mar. 2015 - Present
The Japan Association of International Relations - Jun. 2012 - Present
Kyushu Law Association - May 2011 - Present
The Japanese Association of World Law - Apr. 2010 - Present
Kyushu International Law Association - Apr. 2010 - Present
Asian Society of International Law, Japan Chapter - Oct. 2007 - Present
The Japanese Association of International Economic Law - May 2007 - Present
Japanese Society of International Law - Oct. 2017 - Oct. 2021
Society of International Economic Law - Apr. 2017 - Apr. 2019
Asian Society of International Law
Research Themes
- Legal Control for Appropriate Distribution of Information on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
基盤研究(C)
Seinan Gakuin University
Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2025 - Systematic study on Legal Regulations for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
Seinan Gakuin University
Jun. 2019 - Mar. 2022 - Compalative Analysis of International Economic Dispute Settlement Procedures
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Gakushuin University
Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2022 - The Contemporary Significance of Plurality of Norms in International Labour Law
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Seinan Gakuin University
Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019 - International Administrative Law and States in a Globalizing Society : A Interdisciplinary Study among International Law, Administrative Law and International Private Law
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019 - The Developments of Procedural Rules in International Trade Dispute Settlement Systems
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Gakushuin University
Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2018 - Problems on the Domestic Implementation of Cultural Diversities contained in the International Human Rights Standards
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Chuo University
Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2017 - Contemporary meaning of the approach of international administrative law to international law in the period of globalization.
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Yokohama National University
Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2016 - Re-formulation of the Identification of Developing Countries in International Law: Analysis based on the Theory of Legal Acts
2013 - 2015 - Comprehensive Study on Differential Treatment in International Law
2011 - 2012