Kenjiro Shibuya

Kenjiro Shibuya is a Professor at the School of Law, Kobe University, holding an LL.M. from Waseda University. His academic affiliations include the Faculty of Law and Graduate School of Law, where he teaches courses like Russian Law Lectures, Comparative Legal Culture, and Legal Cultures Seminar.

• Education: LL.M. in Law (Waseda University, 1999); Graduate School of Law and Politics (University of Tokyo, 1999)

Research focuses on comparative legal theory, Russian constitutional development, and language policy in multinational states. Current projects examine authoritarian constitutionalism in modern Russia, language rights, and crisis management legal frameworks.

His publications analyze constitutional transformations during the Ukraine War and Corona pandemic, Marxist legal theory, and ethnonational tensions in post-Soviet states. He leads research on emergency legal powers in Russia and multicultural policy comparisons across Europe and Asia.

Active in international comparative studies, he investigates judicial control systems in China, Vietnam, and Central Asia, cultural minority rights, and welfare policy adaptations for aging societies. As a principal investigator in multiple JSPS-funded projects, he explores migrant integration policies, legal pluralism, and constitutional dynamics in authoritarian regimes.