Past IJET - IJET-25 in Tokyo
Speakers
Professor, Nagoya University Graduate School of Law
Masabumi Suzuki
Professor Suzuki was appointed to the Nagoya University Graduate School of Law in 2002, specializing in intellectual property law. Born in 1958, he holds an LL.B. from Tokyo University, as well as an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Professor Suzuki served at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now METI, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) from 1981 through 2002. His primary responsibilities included trade, intellectual property and energy policy, and in this role he was also involved in legislative drafting. Professor Suzuki is admitted to practice law in New York, as well as in Japan.
Sessions
Unlocking the Meaning of Japanese Legal Documents through Insights into Legislative Drafting
The wording of Japanese legislation is chosen with great care. And because Japan has a civil law system, the wording of legislation has tremendous importance for all legal documents. So it is important for translators to understand what legislative provisions mean. The best way...