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

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 Ratification of the EU–Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and International Economic Law, EU Law, and Belgian Law

Fumihiko AZUMA

(27号) 165-184, Oct, 2018 Peer-reviewed
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
Similarities between EC Law and GATT/WTO Law found in European court of justice case law and Italian case law: reciprocity, limitation of sovereignty and direct effect

Fumihiko AZUMA

Journal of law and political studies (Keio University), (75) 65-97, Mar, 2008 Peer-reviewed
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

Major Presentations

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

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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