Tetsu Sakurai is Professor of Contemporary Jurisprudence at the Graduate School of Intercultural Studies, Kobe University. He is a legal philosopher, and his current research is focused on global justice and particularly on a tension between fundamental human rights and national membership in liberal democracies.  His most recent articles include 'Can We Justify a Human Right to Democracy?', Philosophy Study 3 (2013), and 'Should Society Guarantee Individuals a Right to Keep 'Normal Functioning'? A Genetic Minimalist Approach in a Globalized World', in M. Albers, T. Hoffmann and J. Reinhardt eds., Human Rights and Human Nature, Springer, 2014.  He also co-edited Human Rights and Global Justice, Franz Steiner, 2014.