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PresentationThe first day of this one day and a half seminar will be devoted to the close examination of two significant issues of positive law. The afternoon of the second day will give the participants the opportunity to question these legal practices from a theoretical standpoint.During the first day of the seminar (June 7), the participants will focus on positive law and examine: the elaboration of the so-called Principles of Asian Contract Law, PACL (Panel 1); the practice of international commercial arbitration in Asia (Panel 2). Naoki KANAYAMA will talk about the efforts of a multi-national group of Asian contracts scholars to develop a private convention of contract law principles, drawing from multiple national traditions. In the same way, Yoshihisa HAYAKAWA will describe the roles of choice and mixing in developing the infrastructure for private international commercial arbitration in Asia. Involving all te participants, the following discussion will focus on three specific set of questions:    How do the concerned actors (i.e. those involved in the drafting of principles such as PACL or in international commercial arbitration) choose the law? What is their practice regarding the choice of the law?    What are the chosen norms? And is it relevant to consider the choice of the law in terms of normative creation?    What are the discourses of the concerned actors regarding both their own practice of choice and the chosen norms?During the second day of the seminar (June 8), the participants will examine the cases dealt with the first day and their common features from a theoretical point of view. Four participants will address from various disciplinary perspectives and approaches the demarcation of emerging and evolving spaces as well as the construction of these spaces as artifacts for human activity. Confronted with the intricacies of a changing regulatory architecture consisting of both public and private, &#8220;hybrid&#8221; norm creation systems which are no longer exclusively located on either on a domestic or international level, they will also &#8211; as well as the other participants &#8211; engage in methodological introspection.Participants (alphabetical order)    Thomas Brisson (Associate Professor, Paris VIII University)    Laurent Dubois (Registered Foreign Lawyer, Tokyo)    Isabelle Giraudou (Researcher, French Research Institute on Japan, Maison franco-japonaise)    Kō Hasegawa (Professor, Hokkaido University)    Yoshihisa Hayakawa (Professor, Rikkyo University)    B&#233;atrice Jaluzot (Associate Professor, IEP, Lyon III University)    Naoki Kanayama (Professor, Keio University)    Sōichirō Kozuka (Professor, Gakushūin University)    &#201;tienne Laumonier (Lawyer, Partner, Ho Chi Minh City)    Gilles Lhuilier (Professor, South Brittany University, Research Associate at CEDE-ESSEC Business School)    Andrew Sutter (Registered Foreign Lawyer; Specially Appointed Professor, Rikkyo University)    Hiromi Ueda (Professor, Asia University)    Dai Yokomizo (Professor, Nagoya University)    Other participants to be confirmedProgramThursday (June 7) / 9.30 &#8211; 17.30PACL and International Commercial Arbitration in Asia &#8211; A Close Examination of Two Distinctive Objects of ResearchMorning session / 9.30 &#8211; 12.309.00 &#8211; 9.30 Welcoming of the participants9.30 &#8211; 9.45 Opening by the co-organizers    Isabelle Giraudou, Researcher, Institut fran&#231;ais de recherche sur le Japon Maison franco-japonaise    Gilles Lhuilier, Professor, South Brittany University, Research Associate at CEDE-ESSEC Business SchoolFirst panel &#8211; The principles of asian contract law (PACL)9.45 &#8211; 10.30 / Presentation     Naoki Kanayama, Professor, Keio University, &#8220;Principles of Asian Contract Law&#8221;10.30 &#8211; 12.30 / Discussion10.30 &#8211; 11.05 / How do the concerned actors choose the law?    Isabelle Giraudou &#8211; Introductory remarksParticipants &#8211; Comments, Questions and Answers    From comparative law scholars     From international law scholars    From specialists of Japanese (Commercial) Law      From practicing lawyersCoffee Break (15 minutes)11.20 &#8211; 12.00 / What are the chosen norms?Isabelle Giraudou &#8211; Introductory remarksParticipants &#8211; Comments, Questions and Answers    From specialists of Japanese (Commercial) Law     From international law scholars     From comparative law scholars    From practicing lawyers12.00 &#8211; 12.30 / What are the Choice Makers&#8217; Discourses?    Isabelle Giraudou &#8211; Introductory remarksParticipants &#8211; Comments, Questions and Answers    From international law scholars     From comparative law scholars     From specialists of Japanese (Commercial) Law    From practicing lawyers      From sociologistsLunch 12.30 &#8211; 14.00Afternoon session / 14.00 &#8211; 17.30Second Panel - International commercial arbitration in Asia14.00 &#8211; 15.00 / Presentation&#160;     Yoshihisa Hayakawa, Professor, Rikkyo University, &#8220;International Commercial Arbitration and Normative Space&#8221;15.00 &#8211; 17.30 / Discussion15.00 &#8211; 15.30 / How do the concerned actors choose the law?    Gilles Lhuilier &#8211; Introductory remarksParticipants &#8211; Comments, Questions and Answers    From international law scholars     From specialists of Japanese (Commercial) Law     From comparative law scholars         From practicing lawyersCoffee Break (15 minutes)15.45 &#8211; 16.30 / What are the chosen norms?    Gilles Lhuilier &#8211; Introductory remarksParticipants &#8211; Comments, Questions and Answers    From international law scholars     From specialists of Japanese (Commercial) Law    From comparative law scholars     From practicing lawyers16.30 &#8211; 17.20 / What are the Choice Makers&#8217; Discourses?    Gilles Lhuilier &#8211; Introductory remarksParticipants &#8211; Comments, Questions and Answers    From international law scholars     From specialists of Japanese (Commercial) Law    From comparative law scholars     From practicing lawyers    From sociologists17.20 &#8211; 17.30 / Final remarks    Gilles Lhuilier, Isabelle GiraudouFriday (June 8) / 14.00 &#8211; 18.00The Similarity between Two International Practices On Normative Spaces14.00 &#8211; 14.10 Introductory Remarks    Isabelle Giraudou14.10 &#8211; 14.40 First intervention    Andrew Sutter, Registered Foreign Lawyer, Specially Appointed Professor, Rikkyo University:&#160; &#8220;Of Bentō and Bagels: Globalization and New Normative Spaces&#8221;Discussion (20 minutes)15.00 &#8211; 15.30 Second intervention    Gilles Lhuilier, Professor, South Brittany University, Research Associate at CEDE-ESSEC Business School: &#8220;The Concept of &#8216;Normative Space&#8217; (From International Law to Philosophy of the Mind and Japanese Cooking&#8221;Discussion (20 minutes)Coffee Break (15 minutes)16.05 &#8211; 16.35&#160; Third intervention    Kō Hasegawa, Professor, Hokkaido University:&#160; &#8220;Observations on the Making of Normative Spaces from the Viewpoint of Legal Philosophy&#34;Discussion (20 minutes)16.55 &#8211; 17.25 Fourth intervention    Thomas Brisson, Assistant Professor, Paris VIII University:&#160; &#8220;Observations on the Making of Normative Spaces from the Viewpoint of Historical Sociology&#8221;Discussion (20 minutes)17.20 &#8211; 17.30 / Remarks on Future Perspectives    Gilles Lhuilier, Isabelle GiraudouVenue&#160;: Maison franco-japonaiseBureau Fran&#231;ais 6th Floor (Room 601)3-9-25 Ebisu, Shibuya, TokyoTel +81-3-5421-7642/7641Fax +81-3-5421-7652Access:&#160; http://www.mfj.gr.jp/acces/Date&#160;: June 7-8, 2012    Thursday 7th, from 9.30 am to 6.00 pm    Friday 8th, from 2.00 am to 6.00 pmCo-organized by:    Institut fran&#231;ais de recherche &#224; l&#8217;&#233;tranger, UMIFRE 19 (CNRS &#8211; Minist&#232;re fran&#231;ais des Affaires &#233;trang&#232;res et europ&#233;ennes)    Maison des Sciences de l&#8217;Homme en Bretagne (MSHB) With the collaboration of:     GLSN Global Legal Studies Network / R&#233;seau Mondialisation du droit -(Fondation Maison des Sciences de l&#8217;Homme Paris)