Keio University

Detailed Report: "The Dawn of Franco-Japanese Legal Cultural Exchange: Rediscovering Boissonade" (Held on October 22)

Publish: October 01, 2025
Faculty of Law

<style>table { border-collapse: collapse; border: none !important;}table td { border: none !important; }table td:first-child { vertical-align : top; white-space: nowrap; }img.cnr_img { display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } </style><p> The Faculty of Law, Keio University and the Embassy of France in Japan are pleased to announce the event "The Dawn of Franco-Japanese Legal Cultural Exchange: Rediscovering Boissonade." This event commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gustave Boissonade, a French legal scholar who made significant contributions to Japan's modernization through legal code compilation projects and other works. Through introductions and new evaluations of Boissonade and his achievements by researchers from France and Japan, we will reflect on the history and present state of legal cultural exchange between Japan and France (as previously announced in July, this provides further details).<br><br>Speakers include Juro Iwatani (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University; Vice-President, Keio University), Béatrice Jaluzot (Maîtresse de conférences, Sciences Po Lyon, France), and Masao Ikeda (Professor Emeritus, Keio University; Professor Emeritus, Musashino University).<br>Please refer to the attached file for details.</p><br><br><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><p>Date and Time</p></td><td><p>Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 3:00 PM Start</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>North Building Hall, 1st Floor, Mita Campus, Keio University</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="padding-top: 0;">Japanese and French (Simultaneous interpretation)<br>Free admission, open to the public<br>A photo exhibition related to this lecture and Boissonade will also be held on the day (until the morning of October 24)</p><br><br><div class="module-lead02"><p><a href="../pdf/2025100101-01.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for details (PDF)</a></p></div><br><br><br><div> <a href="../pdf/2025100101-01.pdf" target="_blank"><img src="../img/2025100101-01.png" alt="" width="320px" class="cnr_img"></a></div><br>