Michal Piegzik
michal piegzik

Dr Michal Piegzik LLM, PhD (Hons)

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  M.Piegzik@napier.ac.uk

  

Biography

I am a lecturer in family law and children's rights law, as well as Deputy Director of the Centre for Child and Family Law and Policy.

I hold a PhD in Japanese private law. I was awarded the Japanese Ministry of Education scholarship twice (2016-2017 and 2020-2022) for exceptional research results. My ambition is to apply a multidisciplinary approach to legal scholarship by presenting essential topics to a general audience, drawing on both Western and Japanese sources, as well as diverse perspectives on lesser-known subjects.

The Pacific War is my life’s passion, which remarkably influenced my academic skills and career path.

My research achievements include ten monographs and over twenty articles related to law and history, published in the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, the Netherlands and Poland.

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The Kuril Islands Dispute: A Legal and Historical Analysis as Seen from the Japanese Perspective

Journal Article
Piegzik, M. A. (2024)
The Kuril Islands Dispute: A Legal and Historical Analysis as Seen from the Japanese Perspective. Przegląd Archiwalny Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej, 17, 251-276. https://doi.org/10.48261/PAIPN241715
This article presents the Japanese legal and historical perspective on the Kuril Islands dispute. Undoubtedly, the conflict between Japan and Russia about this group of island...

A Controversy around Single Parental Authority after Divorce in Japanese Family Law - a Happy Ending for the Parents and Children?

Journal Article
Piegzik, M. A. (2024)
A Controversy around Single Parental Authority after Divorce in Japanese Family Law - a Happy Ending for the Parents and Children?. The Warsaw East Law Review, 1(3), 67-86
Japan is one example of a democratic state governed by the rule of law, which ratified international conventions on children’s rights, yet it has been struggling with their fu...

The Civil Code Controversy in Meiji Japan: The Struggle to Modernize the Nation

Book
Piegzik, M. (2024)
The Civil Code Controversy in Meiji Japan: The Struggle to Modernize the Nation. Netherlands: Leiden University Press
The book outlines a dramatic history of the failed liberalization of Japanese private law during the Meiji era. Once Japan overthrew the shogunate and fully opened up to conta...

Married Couples’ Same Surname Issue in Japanese Family Law

Journal Article
Despite the traditional postulates of jurisprudence regarding the necessity to introduce flawless bills, each legal system struggles with issues which arouse controversy and b...

Into the Endless Mist Volume 1: The Aleutian Campaign, June-August 1942

Book
Piegzik, M. A. (2023)
Into the Endless Mist Volume 1: The Aleutian Campaign, June-August 1942. Warwick: Helion & Company
At the beginning of June 1942, in the wake of the enormous Japanese struggle to bring a conclusive victory in the Pacific War, the Imperial Japanese Navy commenced Operation A...

The Darkest Hour Volume 2: The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet

Book
Piegzik, M. (2022)
The Darkest Hour Volume 2: The Japanese Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - The Attack against Ceylon and the Eastern Fleet. Helion & Company
The Darkest Hour presents the Imperial Japanese Navy offensive in the Indian Ocean area in March–April 1942, the main goal of which was to destroy the Royal Navy in the Far Ea...

Aleutians 1942-1943

Book
Piegzik, M. (2022)
Aleutians 1942-1943. Bellona

The Darkest Hour Volume 1: The Japanese Naval Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - The Opening Moves

Book
Piegzik, M. (2022)
The Darkest Hour Volume 1: The Japanese Naval Offensive in the Indian Ocean 1942 - The Opening Moves. Helion & Company
The Darkest Hour presents the Imperial Japanese Navy offensive in the Indian Ocean area in March–April 1942, the main goal of which was to destroy the Royal Navy in the Far Ea...

ポーランドの選択的夫婦別姓制度の観点から見た日本の夫婦別姓についての問題

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Piegzik, M. A. (2022, March)
ポーランドの選択的夫婦別姓制度の観点から見た日本の夫婦別姓についての問題. Paper presented at Practicing Japan – 35 years of Japanese Studies in Poznań and Kraków, Online

Indian Ocean 1942

Book
Piegzik, M. (2019)
Indian Ocean 1942. Bellona

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