Kyushu University Legal Research Bulletin
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Kyushu University University Legal Research Bulletin (KULRB) aims to showcase publishable work written by graduate students, as well as providing a forum for faculty members to disseminate research-in-progress. KULRB publishes research papers from any field of law, but with a particular emphasis on international economic and business law and related fields.
Current Articles
( Steven Van Uytsel ) 1. Introduction The concept of international competition law has gained common usage in the academic world and more in specific in the English literature on competition law. With the publication of books like International Competition Law[1] and Emerging Principles of International Competition Law,[2] a trend has been set in the [...]
( Mark Fenwick ) Insider trading – the trading of publicly listed securities based on material, non-public information – has long been the source of controversy and debate amongst Anglo-American criminal law scholars. On the one hand, are those who regard the criminal sanction as being necessary and appropriate on the grounds that such transactions [...]
( Matthew Canini ) The Transformation of International Comity by Professor Paul recounts the evolution of the comity doctrine from seventeenth century Europe through the United States (U.S.) Supreme Court interpretations in the eighteenth century to its current conception.[i] As the concern of the U.S. has changed so too has the notion of comity.[ii] Originating [...]
( Sean McGinty ) 1. Introduction. In recent years the economics literature has been alive with discussion on the importance of the historical origins of legal systems to various economics outcomes.[i] Much of this has looked specifically at the relationship between “legal origins” and the ownership structure of corporations in different countries. Relying on the [...]
Mission Statement
The Kyushu University Legal Research Bulletin (KULRB) is designed to provide graduate students and faculty members from the Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University with the opportunity to publish short pieces of original legal research in an easily accessible on-line format. KULRB aims to show case publishable work written by graduate students, as well as providing a forum for faculty members to disseminate research-in-progress. KULRB publishes research papers from any field of law, but with a particular emphasis on international economic and business law and related fields.
