Sono, Hiroo Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law

Research Interests

• International Developments in Contract Law (CISG, UNIDROIT Principles, etc)
• Private Ordering and the Role of Law
• The Logic of Private Law in Ordering Competition
• Technological Change and the Transformation of Law

Education

• Hokkaido University LL.B. 1987
• Hokkaido University LL.M. 1989
• University of Michigan Law School LL.M. 1990

Appointments

• Professor of Law, Hokkaido University 2004-present
• Associate Professor of Law, Kyushu University 1998-2004
• Associate Professor of Law, Kanazawa University 1994-1998
• Member, CISG Advisory Council 2001-present

Representative Publications

• Tom Ginsburg, Luke Nottage & Hiroo Sono (eds.) "The Multiple Worlds of Japanese Law: Disjunctions and Conjunctions" (Victoria, Canada: University of Victoria Centre for Pacific-Asia Initiatives, 2001)
• Hiroo Sono, Protection of Copyright Licensee’s Interest against Third Parties and Cancellation by Bankruptcy Trustees, 9 Intellectual Property Law and Policy Journal [Chitekizaisan Ho-seisakugaku Kenkyu] 135 (2005) (in Japanese)
• Hiroo Sono, The Logic of Private Law in Ordering Competition: The Case of Abuse of Bargaining Power, 56 Hokkaido Law Review [Hokudai Hogaku Ronshu] 264 (2005) (in Japanese)
• Hiroo Sono, Avoidance of Contracts, in Kaoru Kamata et al eds."Private Law [Minjiho] Vol. 3”(Tokyo: Nipponhyoronsha, 2005) (in Japanese)