The Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) is an initiative of the ANU College of Law at The Australian National University (ANU) and the Sydney Law School at The University of Sydney (USyd). The core aim of ANJeL is to promote scholarly engagement with Japanese law, especially in Australia.
ANJeL is a network of over 350 scholars, practitioners, policy-makers, senior students and others interested in Japanese law from Australia, Japan, and the rest of the world. ANJeL welcomes applications for membership. ANJeL is managed by its co-Directors, who are assisted by an Executive Coordinator and a diverse Advisory Board.
ANJeL:
- offers a research visitor scheme for scholars and jurists. ANJeL’s directors welcome applications at any time.
- engages in a wide range of media and consultancy activities. Members and affiliates receive e-newsletters for information about ANJeL activities, including upcoming events.
- organises a number of research events to stimulate intellectual and public debate on issues of Japanese law. These events range from international conferences, continuing legal education seminars to informal discussion workshops.
- promotes research on Japanese law and supports the research by Japanese scholars of Australian law.
- through ANJeL website, hosts resources on Japanese law for researchers and a selection of publications by ANJeL scholars in Australia and elsewhere.
- collaborates in promoting the multi-lingual Zeitschrift für Japanisches Recht / Journal of Japanese Law, the only Japan-specific law journal published in Western languages. ANJeL encourages members and associates to make submissions on any aspect of Japanese law and justice.
- offers a number of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Japanese law at its network of universities.
- assists in the “Kyoto and Tokyo Seminars” in Japanese Law sponsored by Ritsumeikan University.
- sponsors a team of Australian students to compete at the Japan Intercollegiate Arbitration/Negotiation Competition.
The Asian Law Centre's affiliation with ANJeL will build on cross-promotion and joint-sponsoring synergies between ANJeL and the ALC. To formalise the cooperation, ALC Associate Director (Japan) Stacey Steele will attend ANJeL Executive Committee meetings in an honorary capacity. A Co-Director of ANJeL, Mr Kent Anderson, has also been appointed an Associate of the Asian Law Centre.
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