Fumihiko AZUMA

(東史彦)

Profile Information

Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Law Department of International Legal Studies, Sophia University

Degree: Ph.D. in Law(Feb, 2015, Graduate School of Law, Keio University)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201801008633844673
researchmap Member ID: B000346085

Research Interests

Research Areas

Major Research History

Apr, 2021 - Present

Professor（EU Law, Comparative Law (Italian Law)）, Faculty of Law Department of International Legal Studies, Sophia University
Sep, 2017 - Mar, 2021

Associate Professor (EU Law), School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University
Jul, 2006 - Aug, 2006

Research Trainee, JETRO Milan Center, Japan External Trade Organization
Sep, 1997 - Sep, 1999

Technical Administrative Staff, Consulate-General of Japan in Milan

Education

Apr, 2004 - Mar, 2008

Doctoral Program in Public Law, Graduate School of Law, Keio University
Nov, 2005 - Oct, 2006

Master per giuristi internazionali, Facoltà di giurisprudenza, Università di Bologna
Apr, 2002 - Mar, 2004

Master’s Program in Economic Law, International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University
Apr, 1994 - Mar, 2001

Department of Italian Linguistics, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Major Papers

Dialogue between the EU and Member State Courts on the Protection of Fundamental Rights: The “Re-centralization” (ri-accentramento) by the Italian Constitutional Court as a Case Study

Fumihiko AZUMA

Sophia Law Review, 67(4) 243-272, Mar, 2024
The Influence of EU Law on the Protection of Fundamental Rights under the Italian Constitution

Fumihiko AZUMA

Doctoral Dissertation, Doctoral Program in Public Law, Graduate School of Law, Keio University, Feb, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Human Rights Protection under the Italian Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights

Katsuhiro SHOJI, Fumihiko AZUMA

Seikei Kenkyu (Nihon University), 50(4) 35-94, Mar, 2014 Peer-reviewed
Direct Applicability of the WTO Agreements in Japan : In Terms of the EC's Negative Reciprocity

Azuma Fumihiko

Asia University law review, 43(2) 113-143, Jan, 2009
The relationship between Italian Law, GATT and EC Law

Fumihiko AZUMA

Journal of law and political studies (Keio University), (75) 137-168, Dec, 2007 Peer-reviewed
The Relationship between EC Law and Italian Law

Fumihiko AZUMA

Master’s Thesis, Master’s Program in Economic Law, Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Jan, 2004 Peer-reviewed

Major Misc.

Book Review: Hiromichi Matsuda, International Law and Constitutional Order (University of Tokyo Press, 2020)

Fumihiko AZUMA

Yearbook of the Japan Association of International Economic Law, (30), Nov, 2021
A Comparative Study of the Scope of the Prohibition of Non-Tariff Barriers under EU Law and WTO Law: A Proposed Application of the EU Law Concept of “Measures Having Equivalent Effect to Quantitative Restrictions (MEEs)” to WTO Law

Fumihiko AZUMA

Journal of Multicultural Studies, 7 163-178, Mar, 2021 Peer-reviewed
“Economic Classroom: Europe Under Strain (Part II) — Italy: Even Anti-EU Sentiment Has Its Restraints”

Fumihiko AZUMA

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun, morning edition, 31 December 2018, Dec, 2018
Intellectual Property Rights in Italy

Fumihiko AZUMA

JETRO Milan Report, 38 1-31, Dec, 2006

Major Books and Other Publications

The Influence of EU Law over the Protection of Fundamental Rights under the Italian Constitution

Fumihiko AZUMA

Kokusai Shoin, Nov, 2016
THE ABSENCE OF DIRECT EFFECT OF WTO IN THE EC AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES

(Role: Joint author, “GATT 1947 and WTO Agreements Case Law in Japan”)

Jun, 2010
International Economic Law and Regional Cooperation

Akira ISHIKAWA, Editor-in-chief (Role: Joint author, The Relationship between EC Law and Italian Law)

Shinzansha Publisher, Dec, 2004

Presentations

The EU Internal Market in Times of Emergency: Legal Frameworks and Measures

Fumihiko AZUMA

NYCU Law Faculty Workshop Economic Security Seminar, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan, Mar 13, 2026
Emergency Law in Italy

Fumihiko AZUMA

March 2025 Meeting of the Comparative and Foreign Law Study Group, Faculty of Law, Sophia University, Mar 21, 2025
The EU Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) Regulation

Fumihiko AZUMA

45th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for EU Studies (2024 Academic Year), Nov 10, 2024 Invited
The EU’s Anti-coercion Instrument Regulation

Fumihiko AZUMA

Ren Min Law School International Symposium: The Impact of EU Law on East Asia, Nov 6, 2024 Invited
Dialogue between the EU and Member State Courts on the Protection of Fundamental Rights: The Italian Constitutional Court’s “Re-centralization” (ri-accentramento) as a Case Study

Fumihiko AZUMA

April Meeting of the Comparative and Foreign Law Study Group, Faculty of Law, Sophia University, Apr 20, 2024 Invited
The EU’s Anti-coercion Instrument Regulation

Fumihiko AZUMA

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Law Faculty Workshop “Current Issues in International Economic Law in Japan”, Dec 20, 2023 Invited
On the Relationship between EU Law and Italian Law, etc.

Fumihiko AZUMA

Preliminary Introductory Lecture for the On-Site Investigation by the JFBA Special Committee on Human Rights and the Media, Sep 12, 2023 Invited
The Recent Approach of the Italian Constitutional Court to the Relationship between EU Law and Italian Law: Accentramento

Fumihiko AZUMA

Dec 17, 2022 Invited
Challenges in Ensuring Compliance with International Law: The United Nations, the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and the European Court of Human Rights

Fumihiko AZUMA

“Thinking about Russia’s Military Invasion of Ukraine: From the Perspective of International Law and Beyond the Framework of International Law,” International Human Rights Seminar, Graduate School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences / School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University, Apr 20, 2022 Invited
Japan’s EPAs with European Countries

Fumihiko AZUMA

Feb 23, 2022 Invited
A Comparative Empirical Study on the Formation of Domestic Legal Orders by Domestic and European Institutions: A Tentative Analysis of Italy

Fumihiko AZUMA

The 202nd Meeting of the Comparative and Foreign Law Study Group, Faculty of Law, Sophia University, Jan 29, 2022 Invited
“Regulatory Cooperation in EU-Japan EPA"

Fumihiko AZUMA

Trilatrade (UK-EU-Japan Trade Relations: Modelling Trade, Regulation and IP) International Symposium, Sep 18, 2019 Invited
Problems of EU FTAs: CETA Case and its Implications for Japan-EU EPA from the ISDS Viewpoint

Fumihiko AZUMA

Kyushu International Law Association and Youngnam Association of International Law Joint Workshop, Mar 30, 2019 Invited
“Problems of EU FTAs: CETA Case and its Implications for Japan-EU EPA from the ISDS Viewpoint”

Fumihiko AZUMA

NEAR Project (A New Dimension in Asia-Europe Relations: Exploring EU’s Global Actorness and Strategic Partnership in Asia (China, India, Japan and South Korea) Public Seminar, Mar 22, 2019 Invited
Issues Concerning the EU’s FTAs as Seen in CETA

Fumihiko AZUMA

Keio EU Study Group (100th Keio EU Study Group), Oct 28, 2017
The Ratification of the EU–Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Relationship between International Law, EU Law, and Belgian Law

Fumihiko AZUMA

Japan Association of International Economic Law (27th Annual Conference of the Japan Association of International Economic Law), Oct 15, 2017
Counter-Terrorism Law in the European Union

Fumihiko AZUMA

Keio University, “Study Group on Freedom and Security in Civil Life”, May 20, 2017
“Stocktaking of Strategic Partnership: Japan’s stance”

Fumihiko AZUMA

NEAR Project (A New Dimension in Asia-Europe Relations: Exploring EU’s Global Actorness and Strategic Partnership in Asia (China, India, Japan and South Korea) Public Seminar, May 2, 2017 Invited
The Ratification of the EU–Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Relationship between International Law, EU Law, and Belgian Law

Fumihiko AZUMA

Keio EU Study Group (95th Keio EU Study Group), Feb 18, 2017
The Influence of EU Law on the Protection of Fundamental Rights under the Italian Constitution

Fumihiko AZUMA

Keio EU Study Group (92nd Keio EU Study Group), Dec 9, 2016
A Study on the Scope of the Prohibition of Discriminatory and Non-Discriminatory Measures in Trade in Goods under WTO Law: A Comparative Examination with EU Law

Fumihiko AZUMA

Keio EU Study Group (80th Keio EU Study Group), Aug 22, 2015
The Scope of Application of Fundamental Rights under EU Law

Fumihiko AZUMA

Keio EU Study Group (72nd Keio EU Study Group), Feb 1, 2014
The Influence of EU Law on the Protection of Fundamental Rights under the Italian Constitution

Fumihiko AZUMA

Keio EU Study Group (69th Keio EU Study Group), Nov 2, 2013
The Relationship between Italian Law and the European Convention on Human Rights after the Treaty of Lisbon

Fumihiko AZUMA

Keio EU Study Group (56th Keio EU Study Group), Jan 28, 2012
GATT 1947 and WTO Agreements Case Law in Japan: From the Viewpoint of Negative Reciprocity of the EU

Fumihiko AZUMA

Asia-Pacific Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence International Workshop, Dec 2, 2011
Relationship between Italian Law, ECHR and EU Law

Fumihiko AZUMA

Keio Jean Monnet EU Law Seminar (48th Keio EU Study Group), Oct 23, 2010
Free Movement versus Social Rights in EU Law: The Future of Globalization and the European Social Model (Case Note)

Fumihiko AZUMA

Keio Jean Monnet EU Law Seminar (1st Session), Apr 12, 2008
A Comparative Study of the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Italian Courts Concerning the GATT

Fumihiko AZUMA

Japan Association for EU Studies (2007 Academic Year), Nov 25, 2007
The Relationship between EC Law and Italian Law and the Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe

Fumihiko AZUMA

Waseda University 21st Century COE–GLOPE Workshop Research Presentation Meeting, Nov 13, 2004
The Italian Constitutional Court’s Judgment in Granital

Fumihiko AZUMA

1st Keio EU Study Group, Oct 23, 2004

Major Research Projects

The Impact of Rivalries within the Ordinary Court System in Italy on the Constitutional Court’s Relationship with the Court of Justice of the European Union

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2026 - Mar, 2029

Fumihiko AZUMA
Constitutional Order and “Europeanization”: A Comparative Empirical Study of France, Germany, Italy, and Belgium

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2028

Kosuke OKUMURA, Yoichi ITO, Nami Tea ONISHI, Fumihiko AZUMA
A Comparative Empirical Study on the Formation of Domestic Legal Orders by Domestic and European Institutions

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024

Kosuke OKUMURA, Yoichi ITO, Fumihiko AZUMA

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