Volume 53 (2010)
CONTENTS
Articles
- Nisuke Ando
- The Khoka-ryo Case and International Law: A Critique of the Japanese Supreme Court Decision
- 1
International Economic Law and the Governance of Global Economy
- Henrik Horn and Petros C. Mavroidis
- Climate Change and the WTO: Legal Issues Concerning Border Tax Adjustments
- 19
- Mark S. Manger
- Common Standards in a Bilateral Regime: A Political Economy Perspective on International Investment Law
- 41
- Junji Nakagawa
- Reconstructing Global Monetary/Financial Governance: Beyond the Bretton Wood System
- 96
- Daisaku Sugihara
- Investment Chapter of the Japanese-Switzerland Free Trade Economic Partnership Agreement (JSFTEPA): A Comparative Study of the "Japan Model" in the Context of the Evolution of International Investment Agreements
- 122
International Law and Combating Piracy
- Douglas Guilfoyle
- Combating Piracy: Executive Measures on the High Seas
- 149
- Masataka Okano
- Is International Law Effective in the Fight Against Piracy?
— Lessons from Somalia —
- 178
State Immunity: U.N. Convention and New Act of Japan
- Kimio Yakushiji
- Legislation of the Act on Civil Jurisdiction over Foreign States, Acceptance of the U.N. Convention on Jurisdictional Immunity of States and Their Property, and Their Possible Effects upon the Jurisprudence of Japanese Domestic Courts on State Immunity
- 202
- Chusei Yamada
- UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property
— How the Differences Were Overcome —
- 243
- Shusuke Kakiuchi
- Foreign State Immunity Viewed from the Perspective of Japanese Procedural Law
- 255
- Takehiro Nobumori
- Recent Sovereign Immunity Legislation in Japan from a Perspective of Central Banks
- 275
“Transparancy of Japanese Laws” Project
- Toshiyuki Kono
- The “Transparency” Project, Its Achievements, and Some Cross-Cutting Issues
- 306
- Kenichi Osugi
- Recent Reform of Japan’s Corporate Law in an International Context: Who Have Participated in the Reforms, and How?
- 320
- Takashi Kubota
- Enhancing the Transparency of Japanese Financial Laws: The Case of Oversight of Credit Rating Agencies
- 343
- Ryu Kojima
- Contemporary Problems in Japanese Intellectual Property Law: Copyright Limitations and Exceptions, Indirect Copyright Infringement, and Selected Issues Related to Private International Law
- 454
- Junichi Matsushita
- Transparency of the Japanese Law Project: From the Viewpoint of International Civil Procedure Law
- 377
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
- ONUMA Yasuaki
- TAKANO Yuichi: Personification of a Liberal Mind and Solid Scholarship
- 389
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Hiroo Sono
- Japan’s Accession to and Implementation of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
- 410
- Hajime Sakai
- Enforcing the Obligation to Return a Child in Japan: With Insight into the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Cross-Border Child Abduction Cases
- 438
JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Toshiya Ueki
- Japan’s Dipolomatic Reactions toward the Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence
- 457
- Atsuko Kanehara
- Japanese Legal Regime Combating Piracy
— The Act on Punishment of and Measures Against Acts of Piracy —
- 469
CASES AND ISSUES IN JAPANESE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Naoe Fujisawa
- Conflict of Laws in Matters Concerning Property
- 490
- Yasuto Komada
- Reasonable Amount of Consideration for Inventions Made for Hire
- 502
BOOK REVIEWS
- Koji Ito
- Westphalia Joyaku: Sono Jitsuzo to Shinwa [The Peace of Westphalia: Its Myth and Truth], by Kinji Akashi. Tokyo: Keio Gijuku University Press, 2009.
- 524
- Kohki Abe
- Refugee Law and Practice in Japan by Osamu Arakaki. Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2008.
- 527
- Nozomi Tada
- Hagu Kokusai Saiban Kankatsu Joyaku [The Hague Project on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments Convention], edited by Masato Dogauchi. Tokyo: Shojihomu, 2009.
- 530
- Hiroshi Sano
- Fuhokoi Junkyoho to Jishituho no Yakuwari [The Law Applicable to Torts and the Role of Substantive Rules], by Shigeru Fuwa. Tokyo: Seibundo, 2009.
- 532
- Miho Shin
- Kokusai Chiteki Zaisan Ho [International Intellectual Property Law], by Shoichi Kidana. Tokyo: Nippon Hyoron Sha, 2009.
- 534
- Atsushi Yoshii
- Gendai Kaiyouhou no Choryu II — Kaiyouhou no Shuyoujirei to sono Eikyou [Contemporary Law of the Sea Series II — The Influence of Landmark Cases in the Law of the Sea], edited by Tadao Kuribayashi and Takane Sugihara. Tokyo: Yushindo, 2007.
- 538
- Masahiro Miyoshi
- Kaiyou-Kyoukai-Kakutei no Kokusaihou [The International Law of Maritime Boundary Delimitation], edited by Shinya Murase and Jun’ichi Etoh. Tokyo: Tohshindo, 2008.
- 540
- Hisakazu Fujita
- Kokusai Keiji Saibansho — Mottomo Judaina Hanzai wo Sabaku [International Criminal Court — Trying the Most Serious Crimes of International Concern], Edited by Shinya Murase and Keiko Ko. Tokyo: Toshindo, 2008.
- 543
- Yoshinori Abe
- Keizai Kisei no Kokusaiteki Chouwa [International Harmonization of Economic Regulation] by Junji Nakagawa. Tokyo: Yuhikaku Press, 2008.
- 549
- Tetsuo Sato
- Kokusai Kiko Ho no Kenkyu [A Study on the Law of International Organizations], by Osamu Nakamura. Tokyo: Toshindo, 2009.
- 553
- Tetsuya Yamada
- International Law on Peacekeeping: A Study of Article 40 of the UN Charter, by Hitoshi Nasu. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.
- 556
- Tetsuo Morishita
- Kokusai Shiho to Rinsetsu Ho Bunya no Kenkyu [Studies on Private International Law and Other Related Areas] by Yasuhiro Okuda. Tokyo: Chuo University Press, 2009.
- 557
- Izumi Okada
- Kokusairippou no Saizensen — Fujita Hisakazu Sensei Koki Kinen [Current Issues of International Lawmaking: Festschrift in Honour of Professor Hisakazu Fujita’s 70th Birthday], edited by Shigeki Sakamoto. Tokyo: Yushindo Kobun Sha, 2009.
- 561
- Hiromi Sato
- International Human Rights to Conscientious Objection to Military Service and Individual Duties to Disobey Manifestly Illegal Orders, by Hitomi Takemura. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2009.
- 566
JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN
I. Public International Law
- Supreme Court, Judgment, October 16, 2009
- Status of a Constituent Unit of a Federal State — Immunity from Civil Jurisdiction
— The Restrictive Approach — Distinction between an Act Jure Imperii and an Act Jure Gestionis — Possible Violation of the Foreign State’s Sovereignty — Dispute over a “Dismissal”
- 571
- Osaka High Court, Judgment, November 27, 2008
- Right of Minorities to Education — Article 27 of the ICCPR — Article 13 of the ICESCR — Article 30 of the CRC — Article 5 of the ICERD — Article 26 of the Constitution of Japan — Article 5 of the Act for Promotion of Human Rights Education and Encouragement
- 575
- Intellectual Property High Court, Judgment, December 24, 2008
- Protection of Copyrighted Works of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
— Article 6(3) of Japan’s Copyright A
- 580
- Osaka High Court, Judgment, July 16, 2009
- Wage Treatment and Articles 13 and 14 of the Constitution — Articles 3 and 4 of the Labor Standards Act — Principle of Equal Remuneration for Work of Equal Value — Relevant Provisions of the ILO Conventions No. 100 and 156, the ICESCR, and the CEDAW
- 587
II. Private Interantional Law
- Tokyo High Court, Decision, 16 September 2008
- International Child Custody — International Jurisdiction — Change in Circumstances — Domicile of a Minor — Custody Arrangement
- 597
- Fukuoka High Court, Decision, 10 February 2009
- Applicable Law to Tort in Foreign Country — Applicable Law to Calculation of Damages — Law of Argentina — Contrary to Domestic Public Policy
- 596
- Fukuoka High Court, Decision, 29 May 2009
- Service on a Foreign Defendant — Consular Service — Requirements for Service by Publication — Hague Service Convention — Japan-USA Consular Agreement — Requirements for Service under the Japan Civil Procedure Code
- 600
- Intellectual Property High Court, Decision, 15 December 2009
- International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction — Contract — Unfair Competition Prevention Act — Intellectual Property — Necessity for Preservation
- 602
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, 19 February 2008
- Misrepresentation — Recognition of Foreign Judgment — Punitive Damages — Public Policy — California Code of Civil Procedure — Japanese Code of Civil Procedure Art. 118 — Reciprocity
- 608
- Tokyo District Court, Decision, 11 June 2008
- International Jurisdiction of Japanese Courts — General Venue of Defendant — Place Where Tort Committed — Jurisdiction over Joint Claims — Place of Performance of Obligation
- 613
- Sendai District Court, Judgment, 19 March 2009
- International Jurisdiction — Collision on High Seas — Tort — First Port of Call — Special Circumstances — Fairness Between Parties — Code of Civil Procedure Art. 5(10) — Horei Art. 11
- 617
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, 28 July 2009
- Application to Set Aside Arbitral Award — Japan Arbitration Law Art. 44(1) — No Serious Breach of Procedural Guarantees — Applicant Not Unable to Present its Case in Arbitral Proceedings — Public Policy of Japan — Amount of Damages does not Render Award Contrary to Public Policy
- 622
- Tokyo District Court, Decision, 26 November 2009
- Applicable Law of International Auctions — Copyright — Art Auctions and Related Advertising — Defences to Copyright Infringement — Right of Reproduction — Abuse of Rights
- 627
CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2009
DOCUMENTS
- I. Treaties
- 648
- II. National Legislation
- 830
- III. Other Documents
- 844
ACTIVITIES
- I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan
- 883
- II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan
- 889
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE JAPANESE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
