Professor Kent Anderson, BA (Middlebury), MA, JD (Washington U), MJur (Oxford)
Email: Kent.Anderson@anu.edu.au
Biographical statement
Kent Anderson is a comparative lawyer specialising in Japan. He was the Director of CHL from 2009-2012 and held joint appointments with College of Law. Kent has an eclectic background, having completed tertiary studies in Japan, US, and UK, and working first as a marketing manager with a US regional airline, then as a practicing commercial lawyer in Hawaii, and, before joining ANU, as associate professor at Hokkaido University School of Law. He has also been a visiting professor at Waseda, Nagoya, and Chuo Universities in Japan. Outside of work, Kent enjoys brewing Ales, listening to the Blues, and playing with his Child - the ABCs of life.
Research interests
In addition to private international law and insolvency, he teaches a variety of Japanese law courses including a cross-listed introductory course, an advanced seminar, a language course on reading Japanese legal materials, a moot arbitration and negotiation in Japan course, and an intensive graduate course in Kyoto. His research has focused on Japanese insolvency, conflict of laws, and recently the introduction of Japan's new quasi-jury system (saiban-in seido).
