Abstract
The 96th Symposium was held at Osaka Gakuin University on Saturday, 29 June, 2002. The uniform theme of this symposim was "The Control of Crisis by a State". As this symposium was organized by colleagues specialized in Law and Politics, this theme is very suitable, we think. From 13:30, four panelists presented their studies at the session. Isao Nishimura (Okayama Comercial College) presented his study on the theme "Risikovorsorge als Staatsaufgabe". Hidehiro Hayama (Matsusaka University) presented his study on the theme "The Constitution of Japan and Emergency Powers-The participation of the Diet and the way of protecting nations". Yoshihiro Yamauchi (Keiai University) presented his study on the theme "The control of crisis by a state and international criminal law". Last Panelist, Yoshinobu Araki (Matsusaka Univeristy) presented his study on the theme "Political Psychology of New Terrorism: The Aum Shinrikyo Sect and Usama bin Laden's al-Qaida". After these significant presentation, there were some questions and answers, and this symposium was closed at 17:00 successfully. We thank all the persons of Osaka Gakuin Univeristy concerning to hold this meeing.
