Volume 55 (2012)
CONTENTS
In Memorium
 
Justice Toshijiro Nakajima (1925-2011)
1

Feature Articles

Recent Trends and Challenges of the ICJ Jurisprudence

Hugh Thirlway
 
Some Observations on Recent Trends in the Work of the International Court of Justice
4
Alexander Orakhelashvili
 
Substantive Applicable Law, Consensual Judicial Jurisdiction, and the Public Interest in International Litigation
31
Takane Sugihara
 
The Principle of Jura Novit Curia in the International Court of Justice:
With Reference to Recent Decisions
77
Hironobu Sakai
 
La Bonne Administration de la Justice in the Incidental Proceedings of the International Court of Justice
110
Karel Wellens
 
The Legal Significance Given to the Security Council in the Court’s Jurisprudence since Lockerbie
134
Yasuhiro Shigeta
 
Obligation to Protect the Environment in the ICJ’s Practice:
To What Extent Erga Omnes?
176
Mariko Kawano
 
Standing of a State in the Contentious Proceedings of the International Court of Justice — Judicial Procedure on the Basis of the Consent ofthe Parties and the Development of International Legal Rules to Protect the Common Interests of the International Community as a Whole or as Established by a Treaty —
208
Yoshiyuki Lee-Iwamoto
 
The Repercussions of the LaGrand Judgment: Recent ICJ Jurisprudence on Provisional Measures
237

 

New Japanese Rules on International Jurisdiction: Part Two

Yoshiaki Nomura
 
Activity-Based Jurisdiction of Japanese Courts — A Bold but Unnecessary Departure —
263
Nozomi Tada
 
International Civil Jurisdiction Based on the Place of the Tort
287
Tadashi Kanzaki
 
Jurisdiction over Consumer Contracts and Individual Labor-Related Civil Disputes
306

 

Japanese Court Cases Involving East Asian Citizens and Corporations: Part One

Yayohi Satoh
 
Law Applicable to Personal Status of Korean and Chinese Nationals before Japanese Courts
323


Public International Law

Toshiki Mogami
 
Towards Jus Contra Oligarchiam — A Note on Critical Constitutionalism —
371
Taira Nishi
 
Enemy and Criminal — Analysis of the Different Structures of Legal Protection —
403


Private International Law

Guo Yujun
 
Changing Private International Law in China
440

JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

Koichi Morikawa and Ryo Yamamoto
 
Japan’s Responses to the Missile Launches and the Nuclear Test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (2009-2010)
456
Kyo Arai
  The Crime of Aggression: Amendment of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
487

CASES AND ISSUES IN JAPANESE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

Mari Nagata
 
The Applicable Law in Patent Infringement
496
Keisuke Takeshita
 
Improper Application of Foreign Laws and Final Appeal to the Supreme Court — The Supreme Court Judgment on March 18, 2008
511

BOOK REVIEWS

 

Tairyohakaiheiki to Kokusaiho — Kokka to Kokusaikanshikikan no Kyodo wo Tsuujita Gendaiteki Kokusaiho Jitsugen Purosesu [Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Law: Implementation Process of Contemporary International Law through the Collaboration between States and International Monitoring Organs], by Tastuya Abe. Tokyo: Toshindo, 2011.

 
Seigo Iwamoto
528

Handbuch Japanisches Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht, by Harald Baum and Moritz Bälz. Köln: Carl Heymanns Verlag, 2011.

 
Christoph Rademacher
530

Intangible Cultural Heritage and Intellectual Property, edited by KONO Toshiyuki. Antwerp: Intersentia, 2009.
The Impact of Uniform Laws on the Protection of Cultural Heritage and the Preservation of Cultural Heritage in the 21st Century, edited by KONO Toshiyuki. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2010.

 
Tullio Scovazzi
533

Nihon ni okeru Kaiyoho no Syuyo Kadai [Major Issues on Law of the Sea in Japan], edited by Tadao Kuribayashi and Takane Sugihara. Tokyo: Yushindo, 2010.

 
Kentaro Nishimoto
540

The Execution of Illegal Orders and International Criminal Responsibility, by Hiromi Sato. Heidelberg: Springer, 2011.

 
Mitsue Inazumi
543

Kokuren ga Tsukuru Chitsujo — Ryoikikanri to Kokusaisoshikiho [Does the UN Create Order? — International Territorial Administration and the Law of International Organisations], by Tetsuya Yamada. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2010.

 
Jun Matsukuma
546

Interpreting TRIPS: Globalisation of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines, by Hiroko Yamane. Oxford and Portland: Hart Publishing, 2011.

 
Junji Nakagawa
548

JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN

 
I. Public International Law
Sendai High Court, Judgment, July 12, 2011 553
Breaking into a Building and Committing Theft for the Purpose of Revealing Criminal Acts — Freedom of Expression — Article 19 of the ICCPR — Article 21 of the Constitution of Japan
Oita District Court, Judgment, October 18, 2010 556
The Right of Foreign Nationals to Receive Public Assistance — Articles 1 and 2 of the Public Assistance Act — Articles 25 and 14(1) of the Constitution of Japan — Articles 2(2), 9 and 11(1) of the ICESCR
Hiroshima District Court, Judgment, March 23, 2011 560
The Right to Confidential Communication between a Sentenced Inmate and His/Her Counsel — Article 14(3) of the ICCPR — Abuse of Discretion
II. Private Interantional Law
Tokyo High Court, Judgment, December 21, 2010 566
Formation and Validity of Arbitration Agreements — Governing Law of Arbitration Agreements — Arbitration Agreements in Form Contracts — Construction of the Arbitration Agreement
Intellectual Property High Court, Judgment, November 28, 2011 569
Applicable Law for a Domestic Damages Claim Based in Foreign Copyright Infringement — Unfair Competition Prevention Act — Taiwanese Copyright Law — The Horei — The Act on General Rules for Application of Laws
Tokyo District Court, Judgment, February 15, 2011 572
International Arbitration — Construction of Arbitration Agreement — Employment Contract — The Horei — General Rules for Application of Laws — Supplemental Rules of Arbitration Law — Arbitration Law of 2003
Tokyo District Court, Judgment, March 28, 2011 577
Validity of Foreign Judgments — Divorce — Code of Civil Procedure Article 118(3) — Resisting Enforcement of a Foreign Judgment and Public Policy

CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
581

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2011
605

DOCUMENTS

I. Treaties 608
II. National Legislation  

Act on Special Measures Concerning Cargo Inspections, etc. Pursuant to the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874, etc.

745
III. Other Documents 752

ACTIVITIES

I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan 766
II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan 772

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE JAPANESE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
782
TABLE OF CASES (pdf) 785
TABLE OF TREATIES AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS (pdf) 793