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Shigeki Kanatani
Dean of Faculty of Law |
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Students systematically
study various laws and the spirit behind them that have
evolved and will continue to evolve as society changes.
What will you learn in the Faculty
of Law?
The study of law - an academic field ever advancing along
with the development of society- is one of the indispensable
components for society and is rooted deeply into it. It
wouldn't be too much to say that society would not have
been as it was without the establishment of law. Our daily
life would not be the same without rules, namely laws.
A traffic accident is a good example. It wouldn't be so
easy to solve disputes between the two sides involved
in the accident without judicial judgments.
The social environment related to law is drastically changing.
Modern society has become more complicated as globalization,
informationization and such progresses. Against the backdrop
of such social change, the study of law is expected to
be more than just the study of existing judicial framework.
It is expected to be sensitive to social change and be
able to incorporate it into a new judicial framework,
which can work better for society. |