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John Mark Ramseyer (born c. 1954) is Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard Law School and a leading scholar on the subjects of Japanese Law and Law and Economics.

On November 3, 2018, Ramseyer was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, from the Japanese government in recognition of "his extensive contributions to the development of Japanese studies in the U.S. and the promotion of understanding toward Japanese society and culture."

Education

• B.A., Goshen College 1976, History
• A.M., University of Michigan 1978, Japanese Studies
• J.D., Harvard Law School 1982

Ramseyer lived in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan through the age of 18 and is fluent in the Japanese language. He has taught at several Japanese universities including the University of Tokyo and Hitotsubashi University.

College and university positions

• Adjunct Instructor of Law: Hitotsubashi University and Tohoku University in Japan.
• Visiting Professor of Law: Harvard Law School, 1991.
• University of Chicago Law School
• Mitsubishi Professor of Japanese Legal Studies: Harvard Law School, 1998–present.

Selected publications

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• J. Mark Ramseyer, Second-Best Justice: The Virtues of Japanese Private Law (2015)
• Yoshiro Miwa & J. Mark Ramseyer, The Fable of the Keiretsu: Urban Legends of the Japanese Economy (Univ. of Chi. Press 2006)
• J. Mark Ramseyer & Eric B. Rasmusen, Measuring Judicial Independence: The Political Economy of Judging in Japan (Univ. of Chi. Press 2003)
• Japanese Law: Readings in the Political Economy of Japanese Law (J. Mark Ramseyer ed., forthcoming, Routledge Revivals 2021)
• J. Mark Ramseyer, Book Review, Japanese Stud. (Oct. 23, 2020) (reviewing R.W. Kostal, Laying Down the Law: The American Legal Revolutions in Occupied Germany and Japan (2019))
• J. Mark Ramseyer, Social Capital and the Problem of Opportunistic Leadership: The Example of Koreans in Japan (John M. Olin Ctr. for L. Econ. & Bus. Discussion Paper No. 1043, Oct. 2, 2020)
• J. Mark Ramseyer, Contracting for Compassion in Japanese Buddhism (Harv. John M. Olin Ctr. Discussion Paper No. 1039, Sept. 10, 2020)
• J. Mark Ramseyer & Eric B. Rasmusen, Suing over Ostracism in Japan: The Informational Logic (Aug. 29, 2020)

References

1. Professor Mark Ramseyer to receive Order of the Rising Sun decoration
2. Order of the Rising Sun awarded to Professor Mark Ramseyer
3. The Harvard Crimson February 5, 1998 Archived December 31, 2010, at WebCite
4. "J. MARK RAMSEYER". Harvard Law School.

External links

• Harvard Law School: J. Mark Ramseyer

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