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Philosophical Foundations of the Legal-Political Realm in the Tibeto-sphere

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22K01112
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 05010:Legal theory and history-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

ALVAREZ・ORTEGA MIGUEL  京都大学, 法学研究科, 特定准教授 (90876187)

Project Period (FY) 2022-04-01 – 2027-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2026: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2025: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
KeywordsTibet / Legal Philosophy / Political Philosophy / Buddhism / Himalaya
Outline of Research at the Start

All in all, the purpose of this project is to undertake a tri-dimensional, legal-philosophical approach to historical sources in the Tibeto-Sphere to try and explain its singular visions of law, fairness, and legitimacy from the perspective of the new field of “Buddhism and Law”, taking specially into account their ultimate Indo-Buddhist sources of inspiration, as well as other peripheral distinctive elements.

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

During the last fiscal year I participated in the main academic conference on Buddhism and Law at SUNNY Buffalo (USA), giving a presentation on the separation of Church and State and the Basis of Legislation according to Tibetan master K. Tsultrim Lodro. I published a book on Human Rights in Asian traditions, covering Hinduism, Buddhism and Confucianism, appearing with the Spanish title "Oriente y los Derechos" and publicly presented on march in Seville. I also finished the collective volume "Traditional Neighbours, Different Modernities. Bhutan Sikkim and the Mon Region" (500pp), published with KUP and Trans Pacific, and in which I participate both as a co-editor and author to a paper on the official representation of the legal past in Bhutan and Sikkim.

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.

Reason

This year was particularly fruitful with the publication of two books, and one book section of my specialty, Buddhism and with and emphasis on the Himalayas, and allowed to expand the reflection to other Asian traditions with the inclusion of Hinduism and Confucianism. This is the result of several years of research, which points to an overall satisfying development of the project.

Strategy for Future Research Activity

As for the continuation of this line of research, I have hired a Tibetan research assistant for the coming fiscal year, which will allow to locate and analyse legal and political texts within the Tibetan tradition. I have also been recruited by international expert prof. R. French to take part in a project to create a source book of legal materials on Buddhism and law, as part of the team focusing on Tibet and Mongolia. I will also carry on my study of the legal and political significance of the “Chayig” text read during the Punakha Drumchoe in Bhutan with my Bhutanese colleague Dr. Dendup Chophel.

Report

(2 results)
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2024 2023 2022

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 2 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] スペインにおける法実証主義の受容と発展:河見氏・服部氏への応答2024

    • Author(s)
      Miguel Alvarez Ortega
    • Journal Title

      法の理論

      Volume: 42 Pages: 237-242

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The Separation of Church and State and the Basis of Legislation in Khenpo Tsultrim Lödro2023

    • Author(s)
      Miguel Alvarez Ortega
    • Organizer
      Third International Conference On Buddhism And Law. Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, University at Buffalo School of Law
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Buddhism and Human Rights. History, obstacles and potentialities2023

    • Author(s)
      Miguel Alvarez Ortega
    • Organizer
      Buddhist Jurisprudence: Community Restorative Justice, Maha Bodhi Society of India
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The legal-political history of Tibet in Japanese historiography: Zuiho Yamaguchi before the Tibetan Empire2022

    • Author(s)
      Miguel Alvarez Ortega
    • Organizer
      CANELA Confernce
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Bhutan and the British : Plural Narratives on International Relations and the “c” word2022

    • Author(s)
      Miguel Alvarez Ortega
    • Organizer
      Conference of the International Association of Tibetan Studies
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Socio-political Discourse in the Tibetan Nitisastras2022

    • Author(s)
      Miguel Alvarez Ortega
    • Organizer
      Conference of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Socio-political Discourse in the Tibetan Nitisastras2022

    • Author(s)
      Miguel Avarez Ortega
    • Organizer
      JSW Law School (Bhutan)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Book] Traditional Neighbors, Different ModernitiesBhutan, Sikkim and the Mon Region2024

    • Author(s)
      KUMAGAI Seiji , Miguel Alvarez ORTEGA , Francoise POMMARET , Anna Balikci DENJONGPA
    • Total Pages
      527
    • Publisher
      Trans Pacific Press
    • ISBN
      9781920850234
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Feudal Tyranny and Democratic Shangri-la: Sikkim’s and Bhutan’s Contemporary Public Narratives on Medieval and Pre-Modern Law2024

    • Author(s)
      Miguel Alvarez Ortega
    • Total Pages
      42
    • Publisher
      Trans Pacific Press
    • ISBN
      9781920850234
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Oriente y los Derechos: Hinduismo, Buddhismo y Confucianismo2023

    • Author(s)
      Miguel Alvarez Ortega
    • Total Pages
      263
    • Publisher
      Athenaica
    • ISBN
      9788419874061
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
  • [Book] La traduccion de los “derechos” en la sinosfera (China y Japon)2023

    • Author(s)
      Miguel Alvarez Ortega
    • Total Pages
      30
    • Publisher
      Editorial Universidad de Sevilla
    • ISBN
      9788447225156
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report

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Published: 2022-04-19   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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