EDUCATION

Tashkent Upgrades Legal Reputation Following Law Spring Event

In this article, I, Professor of Law Kazushi Yamamoto, report on the Tashkent Law Spring held on 17 and 18 May 2023, with the participation of the United Nations Development Programme, Regional Dialogue and other international organisations, and the management of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan. I would like to report on the situation in Central Asia in recent years and discuss the latest developments in the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The international symposium above is the “Tashkent Law Spring”. An overview of the International Symposium can be found at the following URL with an introduction to the world’s leading speakers from around the world: https://www.tashkentlawspring.uz/speaker/ index. The International Symposium is one of the key events in the field of law in the Central Asian. It is supposed to be held every two years under the auspices of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan, together with the United Nations and other international organisations. I gave an international speech in the section of Digital Technologies in the Legal Sector Amudarya: https: //www.tashkentlawspring.uz/uploads/ images/Forum_ 2023-Dastur_Finish_14_05_2023. pdf. You can also find a summary of my international speeches on the website, taking into account copyright, etc.: https://www.tashkentlawspring.uz/site/agenda. My international presentation is based on my publication just before the day of my conducted the international speech, through the Law School of the United States of America, a paper from IGI Global, a global publishing house located in Pennsylvania, USA, on the potential of the blockchain in terms of the vision of the concept of freedom: “The Vision of Freedom and the Potential of Blockchain”, Kazushi Yamamoto. If you’d like to explore my paper further, I invite you to read it in more detail and, if it resonates with you, consider the possibility of purchasing a copy. You can find the paper at the following URL: https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/the-visionof-freedom-and-the-potential-of-blockchain/323504. In this international speech, I spoke about the evolution of the ability of blockchain to enable human freedom on a global level, and made proposals for what we can do with blockchain technology. The speech was a keynote speech from the point of view of blockchain. At the same time, I presented a short but philosophical perspective on what is meant by the concept of freedom when it comes to facilitating the freedom-enabling function, and how the concept of freedom is perceived. It will be proposed to the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan as part of the international judicial policy in the Central Asian base.

In the light of these international speeches, I would like to express my appreciation to the Republic of Uzbekistan and Central Asia. I would like to write about what I feel about this. There are two perspectives in the description. One is the perspective from international development, mainly from the economic aspect. The other is from the perspective of progress at the international level in terms of education.

Therefore, firstly, I would like to describe my impressions of Central Asia, in particular the Republic of Uzbekistan, mainly from the perspective of international development from an economic aspect. The author stayed in Tashkent and Central Asia for a short period of time in 2006 to teach Japanese law at Nagoya University Education and Research Center for Japanese Law within the Tashkent State Law University as part of the so-called Global CEO Project by the Nagoya University Graduate School of Law and the Japanese Government. The first of his physical contacts with Tashkent and Central Asia was a short stay teaching Japanese law at the Centre for Japanese Law Teaching and Research, Nagoya University, Tashkent State Law University. From 2007 to 2010, I lived in Tashkent as a lecturer at the Ministry of Justice of Uzbekistan and at the Tashkent State Law University, where I was also a Special Lecturer at that time at the Nagoya University Graduate School of Law. Compared to that time, I have the impression that the city has become brighter. I can’t say for sure because I was only in the centre of Tashkent, the largest city in Central Asia, for a short period of time, but I can say that the construction of the Intercontinental Hotel, where I gave an international speech, the construction of the sidewalks, which I was very concerned about when I lived there in the past, and the construction of a new building, the Intercontinental Hotel, have made the city a brighter place. The bumpy asphalt and brick paving bricks have been nicely paved and maintained, and Tashkent has become beautiful after 12 years. I hear that foreign capital has been introduced, as has the Intercontinental Hotel mentioned above, and also, as a friend of mine from an international law firm says, the philosophy has changed.

This is a matter of ideology, so it is difficult to generalise, but in the past, luxury cars were stopped by the police, but in recent years they are now seen as a sign of success. Whether this phenomenon is ideologically good for those who believe in communism or socialism may remain a philosophical issue, but from the perspective of constitutional democracy, which philosophically defines private property rights, the philosophy of a free world with this I at the heart of constitutionalism is gaining ground.

Secondly, I would like to discuss the changes in Tashkent from the educational aspect. In terms of teaching. In other words, young people have brightened up. This also has to wait for ideological exploration, but it seems that Soviet-style forced labour used to be still around, as I have read in student reports that this practice was still practised between 2007 and 2010, when I was in Tashkent, but I am not sure now. I don’t know about this. However, the youth have brightened up. This is definitely a real feeling. When a person lives in a society or organisation, he or she is usually able to behave cheerfully when belonging to that group brings a bright outlook for the future. Some people are so strong that they are able to make their way through life completely independent of the group or organisation. This is just a brief overview of the general trends. I remember giving up to 20 international speeches a year when I was once stationed in Uzbekistan, and the way the people of Tashkent worked in the management of the Ministry of Justice this time was, as far as I know, the best I have ever seen in an international symposium. There is no doubt about this. Many students from the Tashkent State University of Law also participated in the management of the symposium on a volunteer basis, but their participation was not forced upon them, and they seemed to be enjoying themselves in a positive sense, taking part in the symposium in a lively and enjoyable way, taking part in their own development. I myself was asked several times to take photos with them, and in this way I was able to see the voluntary attitude of the law students. I sensed a positive attitude. In addition, I also saw students 2 and 3 praising the content of my international speech and actively sending out information on LinkedIn, including their impressions of the content - to which I responded with a “like”. I felt that students were taking charge of their own lives, and not relying on government scholarships. I also felt that a positive social climate is developing in which this attitude can be put into practice. However, the Tashkent State Uni-