NOBUYOSHI ARAKI Professor of Law, Rikkyo University, TokyoDANIEL FOOTE Professor, Sociology of Law, University of TokyoROGER HANSON ConsultantMASAHITO INOUYE Professor of Law, University of TokyoDAVID JOHNSON Post Doctoral Fellowship, Harvard UniversityANN M. JONES Senior Research Associate, National Centre for State Courts, DenverROBERT KAGAN Professor of Political Science and Law, University of California, Berkeley and Director of the Centre for the Study of Law and SocietyRICHARD LEO Lecturer TOSHIKUNI MURAI Professor of Law, Ryukoku University, Kyoto and President, Japanese Association for Criminal LawMASAYUKI MURAYAMA Professor of Law, Chiba UniversityBRIAN J. OSTROM Principal Research Consultant, National Centre for State Courts, Williamsburg, VIrginiaSATORU SHINOMIYA LawyerTAKSHI TAKANO Member, Saitama Bar Association and Miranda Society in JapanGORDON VAN KESSEL Professor of Law, Hastings School of Law