Takashi Monden

Last Updated :2024/12/02

Affiliations, Positions
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor
E-mail
mondentahiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
As a professor, I teach constitutional law in Hiroshima University Law School. As a researcher, I'm engaged mainly in research on the basic theory about the interpretation of human rights, and also research on the protection of human rights in international and global perspective.

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2003/04/01, 2020/03/31, Hiroshima University, Faculty of Law, Professor
  • 1989/04/01, 1992/03/31, Fukuoka Women’s University, Lecturer
  • 1992/04/01, 2003/03/31, Fukuoka Women’s University, Associate Professor

Academic Degrees

  • Master of Law, Kobe University

Educational Activity

  • [Professional Degree Program] Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences : Division of Law School : Program for Law Practice Professionals

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;law;Public law

Research Keywords

  • Fundamental Human Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Constitutional Law

Affiliated Academic Societies

  • Japan Public Law Association

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 1Term, Japanese Constitution
  2. 2024, Liberal Arts Education Program1, Second Semester, Japanese Constitution
  3. 2024, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Primary Lecture in Public Law
  4. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , Second Semester, Constitutional Law 2
  5. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 2Term, Advanced Seminar of Public Law I
  6. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 2Term, Basic Seminar of Law I
  7. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 3Term, Basic Seminar of law II
  8. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 4Term, Basic Seminar of Law III
  9. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 1Term, Seminar of Constitutional Law I
  10. 2024, Graduate Education (Doctoral Program) , 4Term, Advanced Seminar of Public Law

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. Rethinking judicial review and legislature in Japan from a comparative perspective, The Rule of Law, Democracy and Constitutionalism: Dialogue between Japan and Poland (Edited by Noriyuki INOUE & Maciej SEROWANIEC), 45-61, 2024
  2. Toward Liberation from the "Social Status" Problem: A Comment on the Interpretation of the Enumeration Clause in Article 14 (1) of the Japanese Constitution, Hiroshima Hougaku: The Hiroshima Law Journal, 46(4), 294-268, 20230500
  3. Keith Hawkins and John M. Thomas (eds) Enforcing Regulation (1984), Kobe law journal, 38(1), 207-242, 198806
  4. Sporrong and lonnroth v.Sweden, European Court of Human Rights, Judgment of 23 Sep.1982, Series A, No.52, The Hiroshima law journal, 27(2), 385-394, 200311
  5. Rethinking Criteria to Review Cases on Separation of Government and Religion (in Honor of Professor Noriho URABE), The Nagoya journal of law and politics, 230, 271-316, 20090620
  6. Scrutiny of the legislative purpose in judicial review (1), The Hiroshima law journal, 31(2), 145-171, 200710
  7. Protection of property under the European convention on human rights, The Hiroshima law journal, 29(4), 230-206, 200603
  8. Protection of property under the European convention on human rights (2), The Hiroshima law journal, 32(3), 182-157, 200901
  9. Constitutionality of coercing a behavior against one's thought and conscience: a comment on Kimigayo piano case, Human rights international, 100-103, 2008
  10. Germany, 172-180, 2011
  11. The Interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights and its Effect in the Domestic Law, 29-33, 2012
  12. Scrutiny of the legislative purpose in judicial review (2), The Hiroshima law journal, 31(4), 191-217, 200803
  13. On Moral Interpretation of Constitutional Law: Reading Ronald Dworkin's "Moral Reading" of Constitutional Law, Hiroshima Hougaku (The Hiroshima Law Journal), 42(1), 288-264, 20180720
  14. What can Japan learn from the "European migrant crisis"?, Kobe University Law Review, 109-118, 2019
  15. "Definitional Balancing" as a Methodology for Defining the Scope of Protection of the Freedom of Expression, 117-158, 202003

Publications such as books

  1. 2019/07/01, Introduction to Constitutional Rights, Constitutional Law, Constitutional Rights, 2019, 7, Textbook, Joint work, 日本語, 978-4-589-04016-9

Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Interpretation of Public Law and the Global Legal Norms, MONDEN Takashi, 87th session of the Grand Conference of Japan Public Law Association, Without Invitation, Japanese