Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study
Totaro Davide Luigi

Books and Other Publications

1. Intelligenza artificiale. Diritto, giustizia, economia ed etica
Totaro, Davide Luigi (Contributor)
G. Giappichelli Editore 2025 (ISBN : 9791221162905)
2. Casi e materiali per un corso di diritto privato comparato - Le tradizioni di Common law e Civil law. (3rd Edition)
Totaro, Davide Luigi (Contributor)
G. Giappichelli Editore 2025
3. La rappresentazione delle tradizioni giuridiche nella pop culture
Totaro, Davide Luigi (Contributor)
Editoriale Scientifica 2023 (ISBN : 9791259767554)

Papers

1. European Legal Responses to Automated Decision-Making and Profiling in the Aftermath of the AI Boom: The Case of Financial Services (Peer-reviewed)
Totaro, Davide Luigi
International Journal for Financial Services Vol.2025,No.3 2025
2. Diritto di accesso e scoring automatizzato al vaglio della Corte di Giustizia dell’Unione Europea, tra trasparenza e segreti commerciali (Peer-reviewed)
Totaro, Davide Luigi
Foro Padano Vol.2025,No.1 2025
3. Governance dell’IA nell’epoca dei deepfake: note comparatistiche sulle esperienze di Cina e Giappone (Peer-reviewed)
Sforza, Sonia, Totaro, Davide Luigi
Ciberspazio e diritto Vol.26,No.79,pp.139-158 2025
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4. Insurance Discrimination and Fairness in the Age of Artificial Intelligence under Japanese Law
Totaro, Davide Luigi
Hokengakuzasshi (JOURNAL of INSURANCE SCIENCE) Vol.2023,No.662,pp.662_69-662_91 2023.9
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5. Machine or Robot? Thoughts on the legal notion of autonomy in the context of self-driving vehicles and intelligent machines (Peer-reviewed)
Totaro, Davide Luigi
European Business Law Review Vol.34,No.1,pp.99-144 2023
6. Premio, equilibrio sinallagmatico e interpretazione del contratto di assicurazione: riflessioni sull'ordinanza della Cassazione n. 14595 del 2020 (Peer-reviewed)
Totaro, Davide Luigi
Vita notarile Vol.3,pp.1147- 2021

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Presentations

No. Name of subject/Conference Name Year Site
1. Japan: Legal Pathways for Cybersecurity Governance and Compliance [Giappone: itinerari giuridici per la governance e la compliance della cybersecurity](Cybersecurity: Risk Scenarios and Solutions [Cybersecurity: scenari di rischio e soluzioni] - Milan University "Bicocca" - Milan)
Holding date : 2025.9.30
Presentation date : 2025.9.30
2. European Legal Responses to Automated Decision-Making and Profiling in the Aftermath of the AI Boom: The Case of Financial Services(Tohoku University Commercial Law Study Group (3rd session of 2025) - Tohoku University School of Law - Sendai)
Holding date : 2025.9.20
Presentation date : 2025.9.20
3. Insurance between legal protection and the agreement on dispute management [Assicurazione tra tutela legale e patto di gestione della lite](Access to Justice and the Right of Defence: A Dialogue between Japan and Italy [Accesso alla giustizia e diritto alla difesa: spunti di discussione tra Giappone e Italia] - University of Milan "Statale" - Milan)
Holding date : 2025.9.8
Presentation date : 2025.9.8
4. Artificial Intelligence and Automated Decision-Making in Credit Scoring and Insurance Assessment: A regulatory analysis of the New European AI Governance Legal Framework(The 2025 Global Forum for Financial Consumer (GFFC) of International Academy of Financial Consumers (IAFICO) - Sungkyunkwan University - Seoul)
Holding date : 2025.8.22 - 2025.8.23
Presentation date : 2025.8.23
5. "La Professione di Avvocato” Features, rules and Numbers of the system of lawyers in Italy(Within the framework of the seminars of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations - Tokyo Bar Association - Tokyo)
Holding date : 2025.7.24
Presentation date : 2025.7.24
6. Artificial Intelligence in the Boardroom: Fiduciary Duties and Director and Officer Liability in the Age of Robo-Advisors and Robo-Directors(Within the framework of the HIAS Lunch Seminar - Hitotsubashi University - Tokyo)
Holding date : 2025.7.23
Presentation date : 2025.7.23
7. Brussels to Tokyo: Legal Roadmaps for AI Compliance, Regulation, and Governance under the EU AI Act and Japan’s Act on the Promotion of AI-Related Technologies(Within the framework of the seminars of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation - EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation - Tokyo)
Holding date : 2025.7.14
Presentation date : 2025.7.14
8. Rule of Law vs. Rule of Code: Smart Contracts and New Challenges for Contract Law Paradigms in Italy and Japan(The Asian Law and Society Association 2025 Annual Meeting - East China University of Science and Technology - Shanghai)
Holding date : 2025.5.28 - 2025.5.29
Presentation date : 2025.5.28
9. Legal Analysis of the Impact of New EU AI Regulations on the Life Insurance Business(Within the framework of the seminars of the Japan Institute of Life Insurance - Japan Institute of Life Insurance - Tokyo)
Holding date : 2025.5.17
Presentation date : 2025.5.17
10. AI-Driven Insurance Solicitation: A Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Approaches in Italy and Japan(Sixth Workshop on Comparative Business and Financial Law - National Taiwan University College of Law - Taipei)
Holding date : 2025.5.9 - 2025.5.10
Presentation date : 2025.5.9
11. Legal Expenses Insurance within the context of the Italian legal framework and market(Within the framework of the seminars of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations - Tokyo Bar Association - Tokyo)
Holding date : 2025.4.25
Presentation date : 2025.4.25
12. Again on the Bona Fides Principle: An Inter-Asian Law Perspective?(The Asian Law and Society Association 2024 Annual Meeting - Sungkyunkwan University - Seoul)
Holding date : 2024.12.13 - 2024.12.14
Presentation date : 2024.12.13
13. Artificial Intelligence and the Regulated Market: Impact of the EU AI Act of 2024 on Financial and Insurance Services(Within the framework of the Monday Finance and Banking Series organized by the Faculty of Finance and Banking, University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University - Hanoi)
Holding date : 2024.12.2
Presentation date : 2024.12.2
14. EU AI Act: Addressing the New Regulatory Framework from the perspective of European and Japanese Businesses(Within the framework of the seminars of the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation - EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation - Tokyo)
Holding date : 2024.10.11
Presentation date : 2024.10.11
15. Artificial Intelligence in the Boardroom: Fiduciary Duties and Director and Officer Liability in the Age of Robo-Advisors and Robo-Directors(Within the framework of the HIAS Brown Bag Seminar - Hitotsubashi University - Tokyo)
Holding date : 2024.10.3
Presentation date : 2024.10.3
16. Financial Consumer Protection in the Age of AI: Implications of the EU AI Act in the context of insurance, finance, and banking services(The 2024 Global Forum for Financial Consumer (GFFC) of International Academy of Financial Consumers (IAFICO) - Cornell University - Ithaca NY)
Holding date : 2024.7.27 - 2024.7.28
Presentation date : 2024.7.27
17. Artificial Intelligence in the Boardroom: Fiduciary Duties and Director and Officer Liability in the Age of Robo-Advisors and Robo-Directors(Within the class of Legal Issues on Corporate Governance in Japan of Professor Nakamura Nobuo (Waseda University Graduate School of Law, LLM Program) - Waseda University - Tokyo)
Holding date : 2024.7.15
Presentation date : 2024.7.15
18. Insurtech and Good Faith Duties under the Japanese Insurance Act(21th Asian Law Institute (ASLI) Annual Conference - Chulalongkorn University - Bangkok)
Holding date : 2024.5.29 - 2024.5.30
Presentation date : 2024.5.30
19. Artificial Intelligence and the Challenge of Insurance Discrimination in Japan [Intelligenza Artificiale e Discriminazione Assicurativa in Giappone](4th Annual Conference of the Department of Legal Studies “Cesare Beccaria” - University of Milan "Statale" - Milan)
Holding date : 2023.12.1
Presentation date : 2023.12.1

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Research Projects

No. Research subject Research item(Awarding organization, System name) Year
1. Corporate Governance and Directors & Officers in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: A Comparative Legal Study on Market, Liability, and Insurance Issues
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
( Awarding organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science System name: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research )
2024.7 - 2026.3
2. Legal Analysis of the impact of new EU AI Regulations on the life insurance business

( Awarding organization: Japan Institute of Life Insurance System name: Grant-in-Aid for research of life insurance )
2024.4 - 2025.3