Graduate School of Law

WOLFF LEON THOMAS

Books and Other Publications

1.	Global Governance and Regulation : Order and Disorder in the 21st Century Wolff, Leon, Ireland-Piper, Danielle (Joint editor) Routledge 2018 (ISBN : 9781472489012)
2.	Who Rules Japan?: Popular Participation in the Japanese Legal Process Wolff, Leon, Nottage, Luke R., Anderson, Kent (Joint author) Edward Elgar 2015 (ISBN : 9781849804103)
3.	Commercial Law in East Asia Tomasic, Roman, Wolff, Leon (Joint editor) Ashgate 2014 (ISBN : 9780754628682)
4.	Community and the Law: A Critical Reassessment of American Liberalism and Japanese Modernity Nottage, Luke R, Wolff, Leon (Joint translator) Edward Elgar 2010 (ISBN : 9781848447851)
5.	The First-Year Law Experience: A New Beginning Wolff, Leon, Nicolae, Maria (Joint editor) Halstead 2010 (ISBN : 9781925043075)
6.	Corporate Governance in the 21st Century: Japan's Gradual Transformation Nottage, Luke R., Wolff, Leon, Anderson, Kent (Joint editor) Edward Elgar 2008 (ISBN : 9781847209238)
7.	Implications of Recent Japanese Legal Reforms Australia-Japan Research Centre, 堀内, 昭義, Taylor, Veronica L., Wolff, Leon (Joint author) Australia-Japan Research Centre 2000 (ISBN : 0864132603)

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Papers

1.	Japanese Section Leon Wolff World Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations pp.1-31 2027
2.	Law and Popular Culture: How Do Japanese People Feel About the Law? Leon Wolff Invited Lecture, Faculty of Law, Waseda University, Tokyo 2026.10
3.	Employment Law Leon Wolff Law and Society in Japan (edited by Kyoko Ishida) pp.75-92 2026
4.	Law and Popular Culture Leon Wolff Invited Lecture, Faculty of Law, Waseda University, Tokyo 2025.11
5.	Future of Business and Human Rights (Panel Discussion) Leon Wolff Hitotsubashi 150th Commemorative Symposium on the Future of Business and Human Rights 2025.2
6.	Corporate Governance Scandals in Japan: The Hidden Heart vs the Invisible Hand Leon Wolff Whose Law, Whose Voices? Constructing Legal Stories in Asia, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea 2024.12
7.	Toxic Workplaces in Japan: A Law and Emotions Approach (Peer-reviewed) Leon Wolff Law, Life and Sustainability, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2023.12
8.	The Japanese Judiciary in Context Leon Wolff Managing the Trial Bench: Comparative Perspectives of the Japan and US Justice Systems, Beasley School of Law, Temple University, Tokyo 2023.11
9.	Workplace Bullying and Corporate Compliance: An Australia-Japan Comparison Leon Wolff 筑波大学法科大学院・国際比較法セミナー 2023.3
10.	Employment, Gender and Dispute Resolution in Japan Leon Wolff Invited Lecture, Faculty of Law, Waseda University, Tokyo 2020.11
11.	Endurance in Japanese Law Leon Wolff, Giorgio Fabio Colombo, Luke Nottage, Heather Roberts Journal of Japanese Law Vol.49,pp.1-4 2020
12.	Laughing at the Law: A Socio-Semiotic Analysis of Legal Comedy on Japanese Prime-Time Television (Peer-reviewed) Leon Wolff International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique Vol.32,No.4,pp.923-938 2019.7
13.	Caring Capitalism? The Case of Japanese Employment Leon Wolff Order and Disorder in the 21st Century: Order and Disorder in the 21st Century pp.103-119 2018.1
14.	Preface: Global Governance and Regulation - A Dreamscape Leon Wolff Order and Disorder in the 21st Century: Order and Disorder in the 21st Century pp.xi-xiv 2018.1
15.	Introduction: Global Order/Disorder Leon Wolff, Danielle Ireland-Piper Order and Disorder in the 21st Century: Order and Disorder in the 21st Century pp.1-12 2018.1
16.	Introduction: Mapping the Contours of East Asian Commercial Law for the Asian Century Roman Tomasic, Leon Wolff Commercial Law in East Asia pp.xi-xxxvi 2017.7
17.	Japanese Employment Law Leon Wolff Routledge Handbook of Japanese Business and Management pp.150-158 2016.2
18.	Popular Participation in Labour Law: The New Labour Dispute Resolution Tribunal Takashi Araki, Leon Wolff Who Rules Japan? Popular Participation in the Japanese Legal Process pp.45-62 2015.1
19.	Who Rules Japan? Popular Participation in the Japanese Legal Process Leon Wolff, Luke Nottage, Kent Anderson Who Rules Japan? Popular Participation in the Japanese Legal Process pp.1-220 2015.1
20.	When Japanese Law Goes Pop Leon Wolff Who Rules Japan? Popular Participation in the Japanese Legal Process pp.185-206 2015.1
21.	Introduction: Who Rules Japan? Leon Wolff, Luke Nottage, Kent Anderson Who Rules Japan? Popular Participation in the Japanese Legal Process pp.1-17 2015.1
22.	Let's Talk about Lex: Narrative Analysis as Both Research Method and Teaching Technique (Peer-reviewed) Leon Wolff Adelaide Law Review Vol.35,No.1,pp.3-21 2014
23.	Litigiousness in Australia: Lessons from Comparative Law (Peer-reviewed) Leon Wolff Deakin Law Review Vol.18,No.2,pp.271-289 2013
24.	Legal Translation Leon Wolff The Oxford Handbook of Translation Studies 2012.9
25.	Community and the law: A critical reassessment of American liberalism and Japanese modernity Takao Tanase, Luke Nottage, Leon Wolff Community and the law: A critical reassessment of American liberalism and Japanese modernity 2010
26.	Lifelong Employment, Labor Law and the Lost Decade: The End of a Job for Life in Japan? Leon Wolff Innovation and Change in Japanese Management pp.77-99 2009.11
27.	The Dark Side to Australia's Equity Revolution : Credit Crunch, Creditor Protection and Corporate Law WOLFF Leon Ritsumeikan law review Vol.26,pp.95-109 2009.3
28.	Beyond Borders in the Classroom : The Possibility of Transnational Legal Education Nottage Luke, Bennett Frank, Prokati Kittisak, Anderson Kent, Wolff Leon, Ibusuki Makoto Ritsumeikan law review Vol.25,pp.183-208 2008.3
29.	Introduction: Japan's Gradual Transformation in Corporate Governance Luke Nottage, Leon Wolff, Kent Anderson Corporate Governance in the 21st Century: Japan's Gradual Transformation pp.1-20 2008
30.	The Death of Lifelong Employment in Japan? Leon Wolff Corporate Governance in the 21st Century: Japan's Gradual Transformation pp.53-80 2008
31.	Corporate Governance and Law Reform in Japan: From the Lost Decade to the End of History? Luke Nottage, Leon Wolff Japanese Management: The Search for a New Balance Between Continuity and Change pp.133-166 2005.1
32.	Japanese Women and the 'New' Administrative State Leon Wolff Japanese Governance: Beyond Japan Inc. pp.156-169 2003.1

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Misc.

1.	Cross-Border Dispute Resolutions in Asia and Beyond - New Frontiers in Asia-Pacific International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution By Luke Nottage, Shahla Ali, Bruno Jetin and Nobumichi Teramura, eds. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International BV, 2020. 370 pp. Hardcover $161.00 Leon Wolff Asian Journal of Law and Society Vol.8,No.3,pp.579-582 2021.10
2.	Imposing Peace and Prosperity: Australia, Social Justice and Labour Reform in Occupied Japan. By Christine De Matos (North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2008), pp ix + 427. Thirteen Photographs. Three Appendices. A$39.95 pb Leon Wolff Australian Journal of Politics & History Vol.57,No.1,pp.130-131 2011.3
3.	Randall Peerenboom, Carole J. Petersen and Albert H.y. Chen (eds). Human Rights in Asia: A Comparative Legal Study of Twelve Asian Jurisdictions, France and the USA. London and New York: Routledge, 2006. vii, 529 pp. US $79.95, Paper Leon Wolff Asian Studies Review Vol.33,No.2,pp.253-255 2009
4.	Sexual Violence and the Law in Japan. By Catherine Burns. RoutledgeCurzon, London, 2005. xviii, 197 pages. $65.00. Leon Wolff Journal of Japanese Studies Vol.32,No.2,pp.447-451 2006.1

Awards

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