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In the UK, what kind of regulatory system is required in the area of public goods and services, and how it could be justified, has become an issue in public law as the privatization proceeds. This paper is trying to make an examination on how the concept of “public interest” has been acknowledged during the periods of privatization and re-nationalization of the British railway services, and how it has changed. As a conclusion, firstly, when privatization was highly promoted, economic elements were strongly reflected in goals linked to “public interest” concept, and consideration of democracy was inadequate. However, with the progress of privatization, the comprehension of the “public interest” concept also changed, scholars of public law has recognized the importance of “public citizenship” which could be considered as a key part of “public interest”, and the change in perception has influenced the discussions about regulation and public law since then., (髙橋滋先生 名誉教授称号授与記念 = In Honor of Emeritus Professor Shigeru TAKAHASHI)

Recently, food safety issues occur frequently in Japan, as well as in other foreign countries. Since food is essential in daily life, and also directly connected with life and health, it has become a worldwide concern about how to manage the risk of food safety. In the meanwhile, as we learnt from the debate of TPP policy, how to protect the national agricultural products and how to keep the food self-support ratio in the changing global times also become the main subjects in each country. Based on the differences of food and food safety policy, not only the USA and EU, but also East Asia including Japan, have different points of view about the safety of food, especially of GMF. In this article, we will compare and study the food safety legal systems, including the statutes and regulation rules in China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan, especially the safety of GMF., （特集：公共と市場のリスク分担：アジアの公共の在り方についての研究）