Profile

OTA Shozo

Professor, School of Law,
Meiji University

SDGs theme

Research fields:
Sociology of law, law and economics, law and negotiation, law and statistics, AI and law, neuro law, civil dispute resolution

Research themes:
Research on judicial systems using AI, dispute resolution by negotiation and ADR, legal mind research through brain science, legal profession theory, social norms, etc.

[Keywords]
AI, empirical social science, economic analysis, statistical analysis

Main books and papers:
Introduction to Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Author and Editor) Kobundo, 2020 [in Japanese].
Toward Empirical Social Science of Law: The Festschrift for Professor Masayuki MURAYAMA’s 70th Birthday (Author and Coeditor) Shinzansha, 2019 [in Japanese].
Challenge of Civil Law in the 21st Century: The Festschrift for Professor Masanobu KATO’s 70th Birthday (2 volumes)) (Author and Coeditor) Shinzansha, 2018 [in Japanese].
Case Settlement Creates the Future: The Festschrift for Professor Yoshiro KUSANO’s 70th Birthday (Author and Coeditor) Shinzansha, 2018 [in Japanese].
◆”Care-giving to Elderly Person with Dementia and Legal Decision: Impacts on the Evaluation & Attitude of Bereaved Families of Persons Requiring Care,” Law & Practice, Vol. 14, pp. 243-286, 2018 [in Japanese].
◆”Bayesian Approach for Social Science: From NHST to MCMC,” Japanese Law & Society Review, Vol. 3, pp. 25-46, 2017 [in Japanese].
The Lay Judge System as Seen by the Japanese People (Author and Coeditor) Keiso Shobo, 2015 [in Japanese].