Professor
Faculty of Law, Kyushu University
Research Interests
- Maritime Law
- International Business Law
- Comparative Law
Subject Areas for Supervising Written Work
- Maritime Law
- International Business Law
- Foreign Investment Law
- Comparative Law
- E-commerce Law
- Corporate Governance
Education
- LL.B., Montenegro University, 1979
- LL.M., Belgrade University, 1983
- LL.M., Kyoto University, 1990
- LL.D., Zagreb University, 1990
Appointments
- Research Fellow, Montenegro University, 1980
- Assistant Professor, Montenegro University Faculty of Law, 1991
- Associate Professor, Montenegro University Faculty of Law, 1996
- Associate Professor, Kyushu University Faculty of Law, 1997
- Professor, Kyushu University Faculty of Law, 2002
Representative Publications
- The Identity of Carrier Problem Under Time Charter: Diversity Despite Unification of Law, Vol.31(3) Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce (2000)
- Documents of Title in Carriage of Goods by Sea: Present Status and Possible Future Directions, Journal of Business Law (September 2001)
- Civil Law and Common Law: Two Different Paths Leading to the Same Goal Victoria University Wellington Law Review (2001); also published in: La Revue Juridique Polynesienne no.7 (2001)
- Clean Bill of Lading in Contract of Carriage and Contract of Sale: Same name and Different Meanings, Journal of International Commercial Law 2(1) (2003)
- Delivery of Goods without a Bill of Lading: revival of an old problem in the Far East, International Maritime Law vol. 9(5) (2003)
- The Straight Bill of Lading: Do we really need it? Vol.XL (3) European Transport Law (2005)
- Stoppage in Transit and Right of Control: ‘Conflict of Rules’? Pace International Law Review (Spring 2008)
- Japanese Corporate Governance: Behind Legal Norms, Penn State International Law Review (Winter 2011)
- La gouvernance d’entreprise japonaise et l’acculturation du modèle américain, Revue International de Droit Comparé (Vol. 2, 2012)
- LAW AND DEVELOPMENT IN ASIA (ed. with Gerald McAlinn, Routledge 2012)