Dr Trevor Ryan

Email: Trevor.O.Ryan at canberra.edu.au

Position

Assistant Professor

Qualifications

BA (ANU)
LLB (ANU)
Grad Dip (Asian Studies) (ANU)
PhD Law (ANU)

Past Relevant Experience

Trevor has taught for three years at the Australian National University in various units relating to Japanese law, language and history. He was a visiting researcher at Chuo University, Japan, from 2006 to 2008.

Professional Memberships

Competitions Convenor, Australian Network for Japanese Law

Teaching

Legal Theory, Justice Administration and the Consitution

Research / Areas of Interest

Trevor’s PhD thesis evaluates changes in the concept of law catalysed by radical demographic transition. He is interested in how civil and administrative law issues surrounding childcare privatisation, employee pension benefit reductions, pension benefit division between divorcing spouses, and adult guardianship reflect the tension between liberalism and decentralised regulatory strategies to address demographic change. He is also keenly interested in private international law, Japanese criminal law, legal education, and family law.

Work in Progress

Trevor is currently converting his PhD thesis into a book, in addition to preparing his discrete PhD case studies for publication. He is currently researching East Asian trust law and the criminal trials of anti-whaling activists in Japan.

Publications

Book Chapters

Trevor Ryan & Kent Anderson, ‘Gatekeepers: A Comparative Critique of Admission to the Legal Profession and Japan’s New Law Schools’ in Stacey Steele and Kathryn Taylor (eds.) Legal Education in Asia, Routledge (2009).

Trevor Ryan & Kent Anderson, ‘Reorganization and Bankruptcy’ in G.P. McAlinn (ed.) Japanese Business Law, Kluwer Law International, 2007.

Refereed Articles

Trevor Ryan & Masahiko Asada, ‘Post-war Reparations between Japan and China and Individual Claims: The Nishimatsu Construction Case and the Second “Comfort Women” Case’, Journal of Japanese Law, Vol. 14, No. 27, 2009.

Trevor Ryan, ‘Japan’s 2004 Pension Reforms in Response to Demographic Change: a legal critique’, Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2006.

Trevor Ryan, ‘Creating “Problem Kids”: Juvenile Crime in Japan and Revisions to the Juvenile Act’, Journal of Japanese Law, Vol. 10, No. 19, 2005.

Papers presented

‘Japanese innovations in the public-private divide: lessons for Australia?’, Asian Law Centre seminar, Melbourne Law School, September 28, 2009.

‘Demographic Transition and the Changing State’, Japan Studies Association of Australia, University of New South Wales, July 2009.

‘Childcare and New Challenges for Law in Japan’, Asia-Pacific Week, Australian National University, January 2009.

‘Insolvency Trends in Japan’, Ritsumeikan University School of Law, Tokyo Seminar, February 21, 2008.

‘Demography, Dementia, and Deregulation: Japan’s new adult guardianship system’, Japan Studies Association of Australia, Australian National University, July 2007.

‘Demography, Liberalism, and the New Regulatory State’, Postgraduate Research Conference, Australian National University College of Law, June 2006.

‘Japan’s Demographic “Timebomb” and the Legal Response,’ Asia-Pacific Week, Australian National University, January 2006.

‘Creating “Problem Kids”: Juvenile Crime in Japan and Revisions to the Juvenile Act,’ Japan Studies Association of Australia, University of Adelaide, July 2005.