Researcher Database - KASUGA TSUTOMU | Kobe Gakuin University

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KASUGA TSUTOMU

Department / Course

Kobe Gakuin University The Faculty of Law Department of Law

Job Professor

Profile
2025.4-Dean of the Faculty of Law・Dean of the Graduate School of Law

Home Page
https://www.kobegakuin.ac.jp/gakuho-net/infocus/2025/02.html

Academic background
1996/04～1999/03	Doctoral Program Kyushu University Graduate School of Law Doctoral Program (Civil and Criminal Law Specialization) Withdrew after completing required credits Expired with Credits Obtained
1996/03 Degree Acquisition	Kyushu University Doctor of Juridical Science [March 1996 (Kyushu University)]
1994/04～1996/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) Completed the Master's Program in Civil and Criminal Law at the Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University Finished

Business career
2017/09 ～ 2019/03	Visiting Scholar The International Center for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR) at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia
2013/04/01 ～	Professor Kobe Gakuin University The Faculty of Law Department of Law
2007/04 ～ 2013/03	Associate professor Kobegakuin University Faculty of Law
2004/04 ～ 2007/03	Assistant professor Kobegakuin University Faculty of Law
1999/04 ～ 2001/03	assistant Kyushu University Faculty of Law

Themes Available for Lectures and Interviews
Current State and Challenges of Criminal Trials, the Prosecutorial Review Commission System, Guarantees for the Defense Rights of Suspects and Defendants, Institutional Treatment of (Former) Offenders, Canada's Criminal Justice System

Self-promotion / Proposal for joint research
Criminal Justice System
Leprosy
Reintegration of Former Offenders

Book and thesis
2025/11	Papers	"Adequacy of Judicial Functions and Defense Theory" Law and Democracy (Sole-authored)
2025/10	Books	New Case Law Commentary Watch: Law Seminar "Special Edition37" (Co-authored)
2025/07	Books	"An Introduction to Criminal Policy"editor :Kouji Amari (Co-authored)
2025/04	Papers	"Arrest of the suspect and notification of the summary of the suspected facts to the defense counsel" "New Case Law Commentary Watch Criminal Procedure Law 179"z18817009-00-081792580_tkc (Sole-authored)
2025/02	Papers	"“Entry Support” and the Role of the Judiciary: Lessons from Canada's Downtown Community Courts" Law Seminar 2025.2(Volume 841) (Sole-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
2025/09	"Criminal sanctions, treatment and Indigenous discrimination in Canada" (The 50th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for Canadian Studies)
2025/06	"Introduction of imprisonment and the role as an inspection committee" (3rd Hyogo Prefecture Headquarters Workshop for Realizing Reform of the Criminal Detention System (Held at the Hyogo Bar Association))
2025/05	"Nurturing Life: Reflections on Assisted Reproductive Technology(ART)" (The 88th Kobe Gakuin University ‘Saturday Public Lecture Series’)
2022/09	"Our Lives and Substance Abuse: National Policy and Effective Support Approaches" (The 84th Kobe Gakuin University ‘Saturday Public Lecture Series’)
2012/12	"Considerations on the Application of Electronic Monitoring Orders: Can Orders Be Issued Against Persons Under 19 Years of Age? " (" Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Policy Korea-Japan Academic Conference and 30th Anniversary Commemorative Meeting of Academic Exchange")
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Present specialized field
keyword(Current State and Challenges of Criminal Trials, the Prosecutorial Review Commission System, Guarantees for the Defense Rights of Suspects and Defendants, Institutional and Community Treatment of (Former) Offenders, Canada's Criminal Justice System)

Educational ability

●Prepared Textbook and Other Teaching Materials

2025/07	"An Introduction to Criminal Policy"editor :Kouji Amari
2023/10	"Reflection Criminal Procedure Law- Structure and Essence Learned from History"
2022/02	"Citizens and Criminal Law An Introduction to Criminal Law for You and I"Editors: Hirobumi Uchida, Mitsuaki Sasaki,Edition 5
2013/08	"Criminal Procedure Law: Lessons from History"Edited by Hirofumi Uchida

Belonging society
	Japanese Association for Canadian Studies
	Criminal Law Society of Japan
	Japan Democratic Lawyer's Association
	Japanese Association of Sociological Criminology

Committee and society
2021/04/01 ～	Kobe Prison Inspection Committee Committee Member(2022～(2023-2035 Chief Executive))
2022/04 ～	Kobe City Fairness Review Board Committee Member
2022/04 ～	Disciplinary Committee (Hyogo Bar Association) Committee Member
2013 ～ 2017	Kobe Prison Inspection Committee Committee Member
2006/07 ～ 2009/03	Akashi City Administrative Ombudsman

Activity in society
2025/11	Kobe Prison Correctional Exhibition 2025
2025/05	The 15th Japan-China-Korea English Speech Conference
2025/01	Mock Trial: “I Didn't Do It” - The Psychology of False Confessions
2024/12	【Academic Exchange Lecture】Recent Developments in Chinese Criminal Law: Focusing on the Age of Criminal Responsibility
2024/12	The Open University of Japan Foundation\nOn-Campus Session: “Our Lives and the Law II”
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