Volume 54 (2011)
CONTENTS
Feature Articles
The Contribution of International Environmental Law to International Law: Past Achievements and Future Expectation
- Edith Brown Weiss
- The Evolution of International Environmental Law
- 1
- Akiho Shibata
- International Environmental Lawmaking in the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century: The Form and Process
- 62
- Daniel Bodansky
- Implementation of International Environmental Law
- 96
- Mari Koyano
- The Significance of Procedural Obligations in International Environmental Law: Sovereignty and International Co-operation
- 97
- Peter H. Sand
- Environmental Dispute Settlement and the Experience of the UN Compensation Commission
- 151
- Ellen Hey
- The Interplay between Multilateral Environmental and Fisheries Law: A Struggle to Sustainably Regulate Economic Activity
—Including a Case Study of the North Sea—
- 190
- Erik Franckx and Koen Van den Bossche
- The Influence of Environmental Law on the Development of the Law of the Sea: CITES and the International Law of Fisheries
- 218
New Japanese Rule on International Jurisdiction: Part One
- Masato Dogauchi
- New Japanese Rules on International Jurisdiction: General Observation
- 260
- Shunichiro Nakano
- Agreement on Jurisdiction
- 278
- Akira Saito
- International Civil Jurisdiction Based on the Place of Performance of Obligation Relating to A Contract
- 295
- Kazuhiko Yamamoto
- International Jurisdiction Based on the Location of Property
- 311
- Yoshihisa Hayakawa
- Lis Pendens
- 324
Public International Law
- Yutaka Arai-Takahashi
- The Principle of Humanity under International Humanitarian Law in the “Is/Ought” Dichotomy
- 333
Note
- Tomohiko Kobayashi
- Pinning Down the Circling Concept of Circumvention: A Comprehensive Approach to Anti-Circumvention Disciplines under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture
- 365
Special Lecture
- Shigeru Oda
- Taiwan as Sovereign and Independent State
—Status of Taiwan under International Law—
- 386
JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Yumi Nishimura
- Inviolability and Protection of Diplomatic and Consular Premises (1990-2011)
- 408
- Mari Takeuchi
- Passive Personality Principle in the Japanese Penal Code
- 418
- Shotaro Hamamoto
- Collision between Japan Coast Guard Patrol Vessels and a Chinese Fishing Trawler in the Waters off the Senkaku Islands
- 434
CASES AND ISSUES IN JAPANESE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Fumihiko Sato
- Acquiring Japanese Nationality through Recognition
- 443
BOOK REVIEWS
- Kentaro Wani
- The Law of Occupation: Continuity and Change of International Humanitarian Law, and Its Interaction with Human Rights Law, by Yutaka Arai-Takahashi. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.
- 456
- Hatsuru Morita
- Kokusaishakai ni okeru Shitekikankei no Kiritsu to Funsokaiketsu — Kokusaishiho no Keizaibunseki: Josetsu [Governing Cross-Border Private Relationships and Conflict Resolution: A Preliminary Economic Analysis of Private International Law], by Kazuaki Kagami. Tokyo: Mitsubishi Keizai Kenkyujo, 2009.
- 459
- Mika Hayashi
- Public Interest Rules of International Law: Towards Effective Implementation, edited by Teruo Komori & Karel Wellens. Farnham: Ashgate, 2009.
- 461
- Tomohiko Kobayashi
- Kokusai Toshi Kyotei: Chusai ni yoru Hoteki Hogo [International Investment Agreement: Legal Protection through Arbitration], edited by Akira Kotera. Tokyo: Sanseido, 2010.
- 464
- Masahiko Asada
- Jieiken no Kisou: Kokuren-Kensho ni itaru Rekishiteki Tenkai [The Right of Self-Defence in International Law: From the Caroline Incident to the United Nations Charter], by Tadashi Mori. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2009.
- 467
- Koichi Morikawa
- Kokuren Anpori no Kino Henka [Changing Functions of the UN Security Council], edited by Shinya Murase. Tokyo: Toshindo, 2009.
- 471
- Yuji Iwasawa
- Henkakuki no Kokusai Ho Iinkai: Yamada Chusei Taishi Sanju Kinen [The International Law Commission at Time of Reform: In Celebration of the 80th Birthday of Ambassador Chusei Yamada], edited by Shinya Murase and Koji Tsuruoka. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2011.
- 475
- Toshiyuki Kono and Junichi Eto
- Kokusai Shakai to Soft Law [Soft Law on International Issues], edited by Nobuhiro Nakayama, Akira Kotera and Masato Dogauchi. Tokyo: Yuhikaku Press, 2008.
- 478
- Shinji Tokugawa
- Jinkenjoyaku no Gendaitekitenkai [Contemporary Developments in Human Rights Conventions], by SHIN Hea-Bong. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2009.
- 483
- Aki Kitazawa
- Kokusaishiho oyobi Shinzokuho [Private International Law and Family Law], by Seiichi Tamura. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2008.
- 485
- Kyo Arai
- Dentoteki Churitsu Seido no Hoteki Seikaku: Senso ni Makikomarenai Kenri to sono Jouken [Neutrality in International Law: From the 16th Century to 1945], by Kentaro Wani. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2010.
- 487
- Masashi Tomioka
- Kaijyo Hoan Housei — Kaiyouho to Kokunaiho no Kousaku [Law on the Coast Guard — The Interface of the Law of the Sea and the National Law], edited by Soji Yamamoto. Tokyo: Sanseido Press, 2009.
- 491
JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN
I. Public International Law
- Supreme Court, Judgment, October 29, 2009
- Legal Double Taxation — Taxation on a Specified Foreign Subsidiary Company in Accordance with Article 66-6(1) of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation — Article 7(1) of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of the Republic of Singapore for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income — Supplementary Means of Interpretation of Treaties as Provided for in Article 32 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties — Commentary on the OECD Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capital
- 499
- Tokyo High Court, Judgment, May 27, 2009
- Definition of Refugee — Situation in Myanmar — The Effect of Activities of a Wife on the Issue Whether Her Husband Is Qualified as a Refugee
- 506
- Nagoya High Court (Kanazawa Branch), Judgment, March 8, 2010
- Forced Labor during World War II — Individual’s Right to Bring Claims against the Wrongful State — Articles 2(1) and (3) of the Agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea on the Settlement of Problems Concerning Property and Claims and on Economic Co-operation — The Convention Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour — The Slavery Convention and Customary Rules on the Prohibition of Slavery
- 514
II. Private Interantional Law
- Supreme Court, Decision, August 4, 2010
Osaka High Court, Decision, February 18, 2010
- Validity and Recognition of Foreign Judgments — Divorce — Child Custody — Habeas Corpus Act
- 523
- Intellectual Property High Court, Judgment, September 15, 2010
- International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction — Whether Offer to Assign Goods Took Place in Japan — Content of Website as Evidence of Offer to Assign — Code of Civil Procedure Article 5(9) — Injunction Pursuant to Patent Act Article 100(1)
- 529
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, November 17, 2009
- International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction — Jurisdiction by Agreement — Jurisdiction by Submission — General Jurisdiction — Special Jurisdiction — Jurisdiction Based on the Place of Performance — Jurisdiction Based on the Location of the Defendant’s Seizable Property
- 536
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, April 15, 2010
- Enforcement of Foreign Judgments — Default Judgment — Unauthorized Use of Trade Secrets — Non-Compete Clause
- 540
- Yokohama Family Court, Odawara Branch, Decision, January 12, 2010
- Parental Custody — Applicable Law — International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction
- 543
CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2010
DOCUMENTS
- I. Treaties
- 568
- II. National Legislation
- Act for Partial Revision of Code of Civil Procedure and Civil Provisional Remedies Act
- 723
- III. Other Documents
- 733
ACTIVITIES
- I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan
- 780
- II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan
- 786
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE JAPANESE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
