Tales from the Public Domain, which explains copyright law and the doctrine of fair use, and he was a co-author of Theft: A History of Music,[1] both in collaboration with the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at the Duke University School of Law.
His scholarship covered topics such as intellectual property, racial equality, and immigration reform.
His work was covered in memorial tributes in the law reviews where he had taught[2][3] and by other colleagues.
[5] Aoki may have been responsible for coining the word "paracopyright"[6] in a 1997 letter of concern about the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty.
In his personal life, Aoki's father was affected by the Japanese American internment: during World War II, his "father was interned at the Gila River camp in Arizona" during World War II.