Volume 56 (2013)
CONTENTS
Feature Articles
The Role of Propminent Jurists in Japan's Engagement with International Law, 1853-1945
- Masaharu Yanagihara
- Introduction: The Role of Prominent Jurists in Japan's Engagement with International Law, 1853-1945
- 1
- LAM Hok-chung
- Learning the New Law, Envisioning the new World: Meiji Japan's Reading of Henry Wheaton
- 4
- HAN Sang-hee
- Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901)
— Revisiting Fukuzawa from a Comparative Perspective —
- 37
- Anthony Carty
- Thomas Baty: An International Lawyer as Public Intellectual between Imperial Japan and the Republic of China
- 70
- Masaharu Yanagihawa
- Mineitciro Adatci (1869-1934): His Concept of International Adjudication
- 95
- AKASHI Kinji
- Sakutaro Tachi: A Blend of Scholarship and Practionership, and Its Fate in Japan
- 122
- Masahiro Kurosaki and Akira Mayama
- Juji Enomono: TheCase of an International Lawyer in the Imperial Japanese Navy
- 144
Historical Perspective of Japanese Private International Law
- Yoshiaki Sakurada
- The Origin and Evolution of Private International Law in Japan
- 164
- Aki Kitazawa
- Nobushige Hozumi and Saburo Yamada
— The Enactment of the Horei of 1898 —
- 287
- Jun'ichi Akiba
- The Beginning and Development of Japanese Doctrines on the Private International Law
— Koichi Yamaguchi (1866-1945) and Iwataro Kubo (1897-1980)
- 196
- Keisuke Takeshita
- Sadajiro Atobe and Kotaro Tanaka: The Universal Private International Law School of Thought in Japan
- 217
- Dai Yokomizo
- Hidebumi Egawa: Founder if the International Tradition in the Japanese Conflict of Laws
- 243
The Great East Japan Earthquake and International Law
- Rokuichiro Michii
- The International Legal Framework for Liability and Compensation for Damage from Nuclear Accidents
— History, Present Challenges, and Future Course —
- 257
- Wolfrum Tonhauser and Anthony Wetherall
- The International Atomic Energy Agency and the International Legal Framework for Nuclear Safety
- 283
Private International Law
- Toshiyuki Kono and Kazuaki Kagami
- Is a Uniform Law Always Preferable to Private International Law?
— A Critical Review of the Conventional Debate on Uniform Law and Private International Law from the Viewpoint of Economic Analysis —
- 314
JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Mari Takeuchi
- Implementation of Conventions Requiring State Parties to Establish Jurisdiction Over Extraterritorial Crimes
— Enactment of Article 4-2 of the Japanese Penal Code —
- 338
CASES AND ISSUES IN JAPANESE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Takami Hayashi
- Choice-of-Law Rules to Answer an Incidental Question
- 357
BOOK REVIEWS
- Tatsuya Abe
- Kaku ni Tachimukau Kokusaiho — Genten karano Kensho [International Law against the Use of Nuclear Weapons: Analysis of Its Developments since the Origin of the Issue], by Hisakazu Fujita. Kyoto: Horitsubunkasha, 2011.
- 367
- Hironobu Sakai
- Ryoiki Kengen Ron — Ryoiki Shihai no Jikkousei to Seitousei [The Acquisition of Territory in International Law: The Effectiveness and Legitimacy of Territorial Control] (with English summary), by Sookyeon Huh. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2012
- 368
- Atsuko Yamaguchi
- Kokusai Chiteki Zaisanken Hogo to Ho no Teishoku [International Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Conflict of Laws], by Eonsuk Kim. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2011
- 371
- Tetsuya Nakano
- Dokdo, Historical Appraisal, and International Justice, edited by Seokwoo Lee and Hee Eun Lee. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011.
- 374
- Toshiya Ueki
- Gendaikokusaihou no Shisou to Kouzou [Thoughts and Structure of Contemporary International Law], 2 Volumes (Volume I: History, State, Organization, Treaties, and Human Rights; Volume II: Environment, Sea, Criminal Matters, Disputes, and Perspective), edited by Takeo Matsuda, Norio Tanaka, Kimio Yakushiji, and Shigeki Sakamoto. Tokyo: Toshindo, 2012.
- 378
- Yasuhiro Shigeta
- International Law: An Integrative Perspective on Transboundary Issues, by Shinya Murase. Tokyo: Sophia University Press, 2011.
- 385
- Peter Ganea
- Patent Litigation in Japan and Germany (Zeitschrift für japanisches Recht, Special Issue 3), edited by Guntram Rahn. Carl Heymanns Verlag, 2011.
- 388
- Yasuhito Inoue
- Kokusaiminjisoshoho to Kokusaishiho Ronshu [Treatises on the Law of Crossborder Civil Procedure and Private International Law], by Akira Takakuwa. Tokyo: Toshindo, 2011.
- 391
- Shinomi Matsunaga
- Kokusai-shiho/Kokusai-torihikiho no Shomondai [Issues in International Private Law and International Trade Law], edited and written by Hiroshi Taki. Tokyo: Chuo University Press, 2011.
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JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN
I. Public International Law
- Supreme Court, Judgment, December 8, 2011
- Protection of Copyrighted Works of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea — Article 6(3) of Japan’s Copyright Act — Legal Relations under the Berne Convention with an Unrecognized State
- 399
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, October 1, 2010
- Recognition of Refugee Status — Non-refoulement — Special Permission to Stay — Nullity of the Disposition of Issuance of a Written Deportation Order
- 402
- Yokohama District Court, Judgment, November 24, 2011
- Responsibility of the State under Article 1 of the Special Civil Act Attendant upon the Enforcement of the “Agreement under Article VI of the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America Regarding Facilities and Areas and the Status of United States Armed Forces in Japan” — Necessity to Consider the Special Nature of Military Personnel and Civilian Employees of Foreign Armed Forces in Japan — Delinquency of United States Naval Force in Japan to Supervise the Military Personnel and Civilian Employees
- 413
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, December 19, 2011
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 — Prevention of Specialized Teaching or Training of Iranian Nat ional s — Refugee Convent ion — Discrimination Based on Nationality
- 423
II. Private Interantional Law
- Tokyo High Court, Judgment, January 18, 2012
- Applicable Law for Rights in rem and Superficies in Japan — Act on General Rules for the Application of Laws — The Horei — Conditions for Validly Acquiring Superficies
- 427
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, May 24, 2012
- International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction — Place Where the Damage Occurred — Place of Performance — Applicable Law — Employment Dispute — Tort — Employment Contract — Bonus Reduction
- 430
- Tokyo District Court, Decision, July 11, 2012
- Copyright Law — Act on the General Rules for Application of Laws — Damages for Infringement — Cease and Desist Order
- 439
CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2012
- 467
- * Selected Treaties Concluded and Signed by Japan are available on-line (click here).
DOCUMENTS
- I. Treaties
- 470
- II. Other Documents
- 475
ACTIVITIES
- I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan
- 480
- II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan
- 487
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE JAPANESE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
