- 1990: Ronald Dworkin, ARSP 80 (1994), 463-475
- 1992: Ralf Dreier
- 1994: Joseph Raz, ARSP 82 (1996), 1-25
- 1996: The First Asia Symposium in Jurisprudence, ARSP-B 72 (1998)
- 1998: Will Kimlicka, ARSP-B 96 (2004)
- 2000: Randy Barnett
- 2002: Emilios Christodoulidis, ARSP 92 (2006), 1-14
- 2005: Ulfrid Neumann
- 2008: Cass Sunstein, ARSP-B 132 (2012)
- 2011: David Miller, ARSP-B 139 (2014)
- 2014: Brian Z. Tamanaha, ARSP-B 152 (2017)
- 2018: Kristen Rundle, ARSP-B 161 (2020)
Kobe Lectures have long been supported by Kobe Fund, which originates in results for fund-raising activities for the IVR World Congress held in 1987. The lectures are also currently supported by the fund that the Kikawada Foundation provided IVR Japan in 2018.