Ms Konatsu Nishigai

Konatsu Nishigai is a PhD candidate in Law at the University of Cambridge (Corpus Christi College). Her research focuses on AV Dicey's common-law jurisprudence in relation to John Austin and Jeremy Bentham’s thought, and aims to develop an analytical framework for understanding the common law system. Before undertaking her PhD project at Cambridge, Konatsu held appointments as Associate Professor of Constitutional Law in the Faculty of Law at Tokyo Metropolitan University, where she taught public law and information law, and as Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo. Konatsu received a JD (magna cum laude) from the University of Tokyo Law School as well as an BA from Keio University.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor; Tokyo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Law ( - 2018) 

Assistant Professor; University of Tokyo, Graduate School for Law and Politics ( - 2013)

EDUCATION

PhD candidate in Law; University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law; Corpus Christi College

Juris Doctor (Summa Cum Laude); University of Tokyo, The School of Law

BA in Law; University of Keio, Faculty of Law