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1． 」ψαn Sodεリノα〆Con2Pα7α∫ive Lαw hel（l its 55th General Congress at Kansai University on June6and7，1992．

1斯8F蹴寵Pのソ 1．Anglo－American Law Division Reports： （1）OpenMeeting Laws inthe and the ，by Osamu Kasuga（LL．M．，）． （2）AWife’s AuthorityinEnglish Law，by Chikako Takamori （LL．M．，Kansai University）． （3）Intenectual Property Law in Britain－Introduction一，by Shin Oikawa（Professor，Kansei Gakuin University）． （4）An Aspect ofF．A．Hayek，s Legal Theory－Common Law System as on going Order一，by Akio Sawada（Professor，Toa University）．

2． Continental Law Division Reports： （1）Freiheit des Rundfunks in der Bundesrepubhk Deutschland一 1 24 WASEDA BULLETIN OF COMPARATIVE LA W Vol. 13 Aspekte der Rundfunkurteile des Bundsverfassungsgerichts-, by Hidemi Suzuki (Lecturer, Hokuriku University). (2) Lee 6chec de la reforme du Conseil constitutionnel en , by Motomi Yajima (Lecturer, Tokuyama University). (3) Die Eigenschaft des "Referentenentwurf Gesetz zur Reform des Insolvenzrechts" von 1 889 und seine Einschatzung, by Takehiko Mikami (Associate Professor, Yokohama Municipal University) . (4) "Bauwerkhaftung" wegen der Verletzung der "Verkehrs- sicherungspflicht" in Deutschland, by Kiyoaki Fukuda (Lecturer, ) .

3 . Socialist Law Division Re ports: (1) A Consideration on the Role of Substantive Law in Civil Justice in , by Ashin Oh (Lecturer, Kagawa University). (2) The Abolition of the Socialist Regime and the Reorganiza- tion of the Labour Law in Yugoslavia, by Yoshiyuki Amiya (Professor, Kagoshima Prefectural Junior College).

4. Mini Symposium: Economic Reform, Market, Privatization and Law Re ports : (1) Reform of Property System in the USSR-From "Renova- tion of Socialist Property" to Privatization-, by Isamu Fujita (Professor, ). (2) (Re-)Privatization in Middle European Countries, by Hiroshi Shimamura (Lecturer, Meiji University) . (3) (Ex-)Yugoslavia, by Masataka Takemori (Professor, Metropolitan Commercial Junior College). (4) Some Remarks for Comparative Legal Study of Privatiza- tion, by Akio Komorida (Associate Professor, Tokyo University). (5) China, by Ken Suzuki (Associate Professor, Hokkaido University) . (6) Vietnam, by Masanori Aikyo (Professor, Nagoya University). (7) Land Ownership in Russia, by Takeshi Obara (LL. M., Nagoya University). DEVELOPMENTS IN 1992 - A CADEMIC SOCIETIES 1 25 (8) Residence Ownership in Russia, Yu Shinoda (Associate Professor, Hokkaido Teachers' College). [The Second Day] Symposium: European Integration and the Law (1) Introductory Remarks, by Takeshi Kinoshita (Professor, ) . (2) Droit conununautarie du droit fran9ais , by Tadashi Takizawa (Professor, ). (3) , by Toshiyuki Ishikawa (Professor, ) . (4) European Integration and British Law , by Tamio Nakamura (Associate Professor, ). (5) Central Eastern Europe, by Teruji Suzuki (Professor, ) . (6) European Integration and the Law (Concluding Remarks), by Masao Horibe (Professor, ). For further details, see Hikakuh6 Kenkya (Comparative Law Journal) No. 54, 1992, Tokyo.

2. The Japanese American Society for Legal Studies held its 29th General Congress at Kansai University on June 8, 1992. Re ports : (1) Law and Women: Feminist Jurisprudence in the United States , by Rieko Nishikawa (Associate Professor, Keio Gijuku University). (2) Remedies Theory in the American Contractual Jurisprudence, by Kunihiko Yoshida (Professor,, Hokkaido University). Special Lecture: Some Wishes to Scholars of American Law from a Public Rela- tions Lawyer, by Yasuji Nagashima (Lawyer). Case study: (1) Burnham v. Superior Court of California, 1 10 S. Ct. 2105 (1990), by Tsuyoshi Hara (Associate Professor, Sapporo Gakuin University) . (2) MBank Alamo National Association v. Raytheon Co., 886 F. 2d 1449 (5th Cir. 1989), by Yasushi Koyama (LL. M., Kobe 1 26 WASEDA BULLETIN OF COMPARATIVE LA W Vol. 13 University) . (3) Virginia Bankshares, Inc. Sandberg, 1 1 1 S. Ct. 2749 (1991), by Masashi Shitani (Associate Professor, Kobe Commercial College). The Society also held its 46th Study Meeting at Tokyo Universi- ty on December 12, 1992. Mini Forum: "Law and Economics" of the Independence of Judicial Power Presentation, by Mark Ramseyer (Professor, Chicago University) . Comments, by Setsuo Miyazawa (Professor, Kobe University). Comments, by Shozo Ota (Professor, Tokyo University). Case Study: (1) State v. Levinson, 795 P. 2d 845 (Hawaii 1990), by Hiroshi Fujita (Associate Professor, Hiroshima College of Economics). (2) E. E. O. C. v. Arabian American Oil Co., 1 1 1 S. Ct. 1227 (1991), by Ryuichi Yamakawa (Associate Professor, ) . For further details, see [1992]-[1993] America Ho~ (American Law Journal), 1 992-1993, Tokyo.

3. Japanisch-Deutsche Gesellschaftfur Rechtswissenschaft held its 1 992 General Congress at Deutsches Kulturzentrum in Tokyo on October 7, 1992. Lectures : (1) A March Onward of Industrial Policy? by Wernhard M6schel (Professor, Ttibingen University). (2) Market Economy and Environmental Protection-From a Legal Viewpoint, by Michael Kloepfer (Professor. Trier University). For further details, see Nichi-Doku Ho~gaku (J~hrbuch der Japanisch-Deutschen Gesellschaft ftir Rechtswissenschaft), No. 1 7, Tokyo .

4. La Socie'tefranco-japonaise de Science Juridique held its 33rd General Meeting at Tokyo University on November 22, 1 992. Lecture : Legitimacy of Constitutional Review System, by Michel Trop~re (Professor, Universit6 de Paris X). DEVELOPMENTS IN 1992 - A CADEMIC SOCIETIES 1 27 For further details, see Nichi-Futsu Ho~gaku (Franco-Japanese Law Journal) N0.18, 1991-92, Tokyo.

5. The Association of EC Studies held its 1 3th Annual Conference at Tohoku University on November 7 and 8, 1992. Unified Theme: Political Integration of the EC

[The First Day]

Re ports : (1) Altiero Spinelli's Federalist Strategy for the "European Union", by Hirohito Yasoda (Daiwa Soken). (2) The Maastricht Treaty and the European Parliament: New Competences and its Political Significance, by Yasuyuki Kokubo (Musashino Junior College). (3) The Whereabouts of European Integration after the French Referendum, by Alfred Gros~re (Paris Political Academy).

[The Second Day]

( I ) The Maastricht Treaty and Deumark, by Nobuhiko Yoshitake (Professor, Takasaki College of Economics). (2) The Interaction between the EC and the EPC in the Policy- making Process of Economic Sanctions, by Asatsugu Tatsumi (Professor, Hannan University). (3) The Maastricht Treaty and the Revision of the French Constitution, by Noriko Yasue, (). (4) Direct Investment by European Enterprises in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, by Kounosuke Kishi (Lecturer, Osaka Commercial College). For further details, see Nippon EC Gakkai Nemp6 (Annual of EC Studies in Japan), N0.13, 1993, Tokyo.

6. The Japanese Association of Socialist Law Study held its 5th National Study Meeting at Osaka University on June 5, 1992. (1) The Disorganization of the USSR and CIS, by Shigeru Kodama (Associate Professor, Mie University). (2) Southern Slavs and "Yugoslavia Doctrine", by Masataka 1 28 WASEDA BULLETIN OF COMPARA TIVE LA W Vol. 13 Takemori (Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan Junior Commercial College) . (3) Racial Problems and Racial Policy in China, by Sankichi Yasuda (Professor, Kobe University). (4) Socialist Nations and Races, by ~Hiromichi Hayakawa (Professor, Waseda University). The Association also held the following Study Meetings in 1 992: January Will the Bureaucratic Control System of the USSR Terminate? by Jiichi Niimi (Professor, Fukushima University). May Book Review: Taiichiro Ohe, "Russia, Socialism and Legal Culture" , by Hiroshi Sasanuma (LL . M . , Waseda University) . July The Former Soviet Union after the Collapse-Report Following Return from Study Abroad-, by Takayoshi Kakimi (LL. M., Tokyo Metropolitan University). October Collapse and Disorganization of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, by Shigehiro Kudo (LL. M., Tokyo Metropolitan University). November ~)Who Owns the Forests?-Russian Environmen- tal Problems, by Tsuneo Inako (Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University) . @Straining the Russian Constitutional Situation- Report Following a Visit to the Russian Science Academy (Institute of States and Law), by Masataka Takemori (Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan Junior Commercial College). @Current Situation of the Faculty of Law of Moscow University, by ' Seizo Tadagawa (Professor, Waseda University) . December Present Conditions and Problems ofthe Russian Civil Adjudication' System, by L. A. Krivonosova (Professor, St. Petersburg State University).

Prof. MICHITARO URAKAWA KAZUO YOSHIDA