International Symposium: "Japan-Brazil: Current Status and Future Prospects of Consumer Law"
Event Date
Event Venue
March 1, 2013
Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Venue: Large Conference Room, 3rd Floor, North Building, Mita Campus
Organizers: Keio University Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo Faculty of Law
General Moderator: Ichiro Ikeda (Keio University)
Coordinators and Interpreters: Michiyo Maeda (Keio University), Masato Ninomiya (University of São Paulo)
Languages: Japanese and Portuguese (with simultaneous interpretation)
Program
Opening Ceremony (10:00)
Opening Remarks: Ichiro Ikeda (Professor, Faculty of Law and Law School; Civil Law, Financial Law)
Morning Session (10:05–12:30)
[Lecture 1] Kazuo Watanabe (Professor, University of São Paulo; Former Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of São Paulo)
"An Overview of Brazilian Consumer Law and Its Proposed Amendments" (50 minutes including interpretation)
[Lecture 2] Newton De Lucca (Professor, University of São Paulo; Chief Judge of the Third Regional Federal Court)
"The Current State of Brazilian Consumer Law and Considerations on E-Commerce" (50 minutes including interpretation)
[Interval Mini-Lecture] Kiyoshi Harada (Former President of the Japan-Brazil Comparative Law Association; Attorney-at-Law)
"Conflict of Laws in Consumer Law and the Harmonizing Trend in Private Law" (20 minutes including interpretation)
[Lecture 3] Masato Ninomiya (Professor, University of São Paulo; Attorney-at-Law)
"The Development of Japan-Brazil Comparative Law through Inter-University Academic Exchange and Future Challenges" (20 minutes including interpretation)
Lunch Break
Afternoon Session (from 13:40)
[Report 1] Antonio Carlos Morato (Professor, University of São Paulo; Attorney-at-Law)
"The Concept of Consumer Vulnerability and the Digital Divide in Brazilian Consumer Law"
[Report 2] Naoko Kano (Professor, Law School; Civil Law, Consumer Law)
"Toward the Expansion of Consumers' Substantive Rights: Debates on Amending the Civil Code and the Consumer Contract Act in Japan"
[Report 3] Michiyo Maeda (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law; Latin American Law)
"A Comparative Analysis of the Proposed Amendments to the Brazilian Consumer Protection Code Regarding E-Commerce and the Challenges for Consumer Law Reform in Japan"
Discussant: Masanori Yabumoto (Associate Professor, Faculty of Law; Western Legal History, Legal Culture Studies)
Questions from the Floor (approx. 15 minutes)
Break (10 minutes)
[Report 4] Koichi Miki (Professor, Faculty of Law and Law School; Civil Procedure Law)
"On the Legislation of Japanese-Style Class Actions"
Panel Commentator: Professor Kazuo Watanabe
Discussants: Toshitaka Kudo (Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Law; Civil Procedure Law), Judges and Attorneys from the Brazilian Delegation (tentative)
Closing Ceremony (from 17:10)
Remarks: Atsushi Seike (President, Keio University)
Closing Remarks and Diploma Conferment: Yutaka Oishi (Dean, Faculty of Law)
(Scheduled to end at 17:30)
(A reception will be held at the Faculty Club after the event (from 18:00))