10000223 Advanced Seminar

Hiroshima University Syllabus

Japanese

Academic Year 2025Year School/Graduate School Liberal Arts Education Program

Lecture Code 10000223 Subject Classification Advanced Seminar

Subject Name 展開ゼミ（身近な法律について考えてみよう！A）

Subject Name
（Katakana）テンカイゼミ（ミヂカナホウリツニツイテカンガエテミヨウA）

Subject Name in
English Advanced Seminar

Instructor NODA KAZUHIRO

Instructor
(Katakana) ノダ　カズヒロ

Campus Higashi-Senda Semester/Term 2nd-Year, First Semester, 2Term

Days, Periods, and Classrooms (2T) Weds9-10：Higashi-Senda Lecture Rm M302

Lesson Style Seminar Lesson Style
(More Details) Face-to-face

Interactive and multi-directional classes between faculty and students will be conducted.

Credits 1.0 Class Hours/Week 2 Language of Instruction J : Japanese

Course Level 2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate

Course Area（Area） 24 : Social Sciences

Course Area（Discipline） 01 : Law

Eligible Students 2nd year

Keywords

Special Subject for Teacher Education 　 Special Subject 　

Class Status within
Liberal Arts Education The "Advanced Seminar" will be held to give students opportunities to practically utilize their comprehensive knowledge to create new value and solve problems in society, based on their learning in the "Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students". It is designed for students to cultivate problem-finding and problem-solving skills through the study and discussion of cutting-edge topics and hands-on learning in small classes that transcend school and grade boundaries, and to develop challenge, presentation, and leadership skills.
Expected Outcome In combination with the "Introduction to University Education" and the "Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students", students are expected to:
1. Form an independent learning attitude
2. Improve their problem-finding and problem-solving skills
3. Improve their logical and critical thinking skills
4. Improve their reading comprehension, expression, presentation, and discussion skills
5. Improve their communication and leadership skills

Class Objectives
/Class Outline 【Outline of the course】
In this class, students will learn and understand the basic concepts of the legal system and debate logically and persuasively about various familiar legal issues that are the subject of TV, newspaper news and “lawyer-oriented” dramas, in order to cultivate problem-finding and problem-solving skills and to improve presentation and documentation skills. In addition, the course aims to improve students' presentation and writing skills.

Class Schedule The class will be conducted in an omnibus format by law school faculty members (Kenji Shuda, Kazuhiro Noda, and Koichi Tamura are scheduled for 2025).
Students will read a preliminary assignment on a familiar conflict case as instructed by the faculty members, and the class will develop through a question-and-answer session and discussion based on their own reports.

The theme will be simple case problems related to cancellation of contracts made by minors, what is prescription, defect troubles in automobile sales, responsibility of guarantors, troubles over land boundaries, and troubles in service provision by English conversation schools, etc., as dispute cases familiar to students and their relatives.

（1） Can disputes be solved by memorizing the articles of “Rokuho Zensho”? (Initial guidance)
(2) - (8) Seminar: Exercises on dispute cases.

No examinations will be given.
Students may be asked to submit a pre-class report on each disputed case.

Text/Reference
Books,etc. none.

PC or AV used in
Class,etc. Handouts, Microsoft Teams, Other (see [More Details])

(More Details) Text，Resume，PC and so on

Learning techniques to be incorporated Discussions, Flip Teaching

Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review Please check on Microsoft Teams for more information.

Requirements Students should have an interest in “law” and social issues related to “law.” It is better if the student has taken the Liberal Arts course “Constitution of Japan,” but it is not required.
The maximum number of participants is limited to 15. If there are many applicants for the course, we may draw lots for 15 students by asking them to submit a 200-word motivation for taking the course.

Grading Method Evaluation will be based on the content of reports and submissions for each class session.

Practical Experience

Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it

Message

Other

Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

Academic Year	2025Year	School/Graduate School	Liberal Arts Education Program
Lecture Code	10000223	Subject Classification	Advanced Seminar
Subject Name	展開ゼミ（身近な法律について考えてみよう！A）
Subject Name （Katakana）	テンカイゼミ（ミヂカナホウリツニツイテカンガエテミヨウA）
Subject Name in English	Advanced Seminar
Instructor	NODA KAZUHIRO
Instructor (Katakana)	ノダ　カズヒロ
Campus	Higashi-Senda	Semester/Term	2nd-Year, First Semester, 2Term
Days, Periods, and Classrooms	(2T) Weds9-10：Higashi-Senda Lecture Rm M302
Lesson Style	Seminar	Lesson Style (More Details)	Face-to-face
Interactive and multi-directional classes between faculty and students will be conducted.
Credits	1.0	Class Hours/Week	2	Language of Instruction	J : Japanese
Course Level	2 : Undergraduate Low-Intermediate
Course Area（Area）	24 : Social Sciences
Course Area（Discipline）	01 : Law
Eligible Students	2nd year
Keywords
Special Subject for Teacher Education		Special Subject
Class Status within Liberal Arts Education	The "Advanced Seminar" will be held to give students opportunities to practically utilize their comprehensive knowledge to create new value and solve problems in society, based on their learning in the "Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students". It is designed for students to cultivate problem-finding and problem-solving skills through the study and discussion of cutting-edge topics and hands-on learning in small classes that transcend school and grade boundaries, and to develop challenge, presentation, and leadership skills.
Expected Outcome	In combination with the "Introduction to University Education" and the "Introductory Seminar for First-Year Students", students are expected to: 1. Form an independent learning attitude 2. Improve their problem-finding and problem-solving skills 3. Improve their logical and critical thinking skills 4. Improve their reading comprehension, expression, presentation, and discussion skills 5. Improve their communication and leadership skills
Class Objectives /Class Outline	【Outline of the course】 In this class, students will learn and understand the basic concepts of the legal system and debate logically and persuasively about various familiar legal issues that are the subject of TV, newspaper news and “lawyer-oriented” dramas, in order to cultivate problem-finding and problem-solving skills and to improve presentation and documentation skills. In addition, the course aims to improve students' presentation and writing skills.
Class Schedule	The class will be conducted in an omnibus format by law school faculty members (Kenji Shuda, Kazuhiro Noda, and Koichi Tamura are scheduled for 2025). Students will read a preliminary assignment on a familiar conflict case as instructed by the faculty members, and the class will develop through a question-and-answer session and discussion based on their own reports. The theme will be simple case problems related to cancellation of contracts made by minors, what is prescription, defect troubles in automobile sales, responsibility of guarantors, troubles over land boundaries, and troubles in service provision by English conversation schools, etc., as dispute cases familiar to students and their relatives. （1） Can disputes be solved by memorizing the articles of “Rokuho Zensho”? (Initial guidance) (2) - (8) Seminar: Exercises on dispute cases. No examinations will be given. Students may be asked to submit a pre-class report on each disputed case.
Text/Reference Books,etc.	none.
PC or AV used in Class,etc.	Handouts, Microsoft Teams, Other (see [More Details])
(More Details)	Text，Resume，PC and so on
Learning techniques to be incorporated	Discussions, Flip Teaching
Suggestions on Preparation and Review	Please check on Microsoft Teams for more information.
Requirements	Students should have an interest in “law” and social issues related to “law.” It is better if the student has taken the Liberal Arts course “Constitution of Japan,” but it is not required. The maximum number of participants is limited to 15. If there are many applicants for the course, we may draw lots for 15 students by asking them to submit a 200-word motivation for taking the course.
Grading Method	Evaluation will be based on the content of reports and submissions for each class session.
Practical Experience
Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it
Message
Other
Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes. Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching.

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