Volume 59 (2016)
CONTENTS
ARTICLES
HALF A CENTURY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS: LONG-TERM IMPACTS ON THE WORLD: PART ONE
- Kaoru Obata
- Overview of A Half-Century of International Covenants on Human Rights: Inter-State Cooperation as the Original Infrastructure and Autonomous Institutionalization
- 1
- Andrew Byrnes
- Whose International Law Is It? Some Reflections on the Contributions of Non-State Actors to the Development and Implementation of International Human Rights Law
- 14
- SHIN Hae-Bong
- Toward a Holistic Understanding and Implementation of Human Rights: Development of Norms and Practice under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- 51
- Antoine Buyse
- Echoes of Strasbourg in Geneva
— The Influence of ECHR Anti-Torture Jurisprudence on the United Nations Human Rights Committee —
- 81
- Yasuzo Kitamura
- The Influence of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on Prisoners’ Rights and Criminal Justice in Contemporary Japan
- 99
- TERAYA Koji
- The Impact of the International Covenants on Human Rights on the Rights of Foreigners in Japan
- 156
UNILATERALISM AND MULTILATERALISM IN REGULATING CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS: PART ONE
- Ralf Michaels
- Towards a Private International Law for Regulatory Conflicts?
- 175
- Tadashi Shiraishi
- Customer Location and the International Reach of National Competition Laws
- 202
- Keigo Fuchi
- Unilateralism, Bilateralism, and Multilateralism in International Taxation
- 216
NOTE
- Takashi Kubota
- Financial Stability Concern of the Extraterritorial Impacts Caused by the Recent US Financial Sanctions on Foreign Banks
- 229
PARTY AUTONOMY IN CONTEMPORARY PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW: PART TWO
- Stéphanie Francq
- Party Autonomy and Regulation
— Public Interests in Private International Law —
- 251
- Yuko Nishitani
- Party Autonomy in Contemporary Private International Law
— The Hague Principles on Choice of Law and East Asia —
- 300
ICJ JUDGMENT ON WHALING IN THE ANTARCTIC: ITS SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPLICATIONS: PART TWO
- Shotaro Hamamoto
- Paradoxical Role of Experts in the Whaling in the Antarctic Case
- 345
JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Tomohiro Mikanagi and Hirohito Ogi
- The Japanese Views on Legal Issues Related to Security
- 360
- Masahiko Asada
- The Destruction of Japanese Abandoned Chemical Weapons in China under the Chemical Weapons Convention
- 372
CASES AND ISSUES IN JAPANESE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Béligh Elbalti
- The Jurisdiction of Foreign Courts and the Recognition of Foreign Judgments Ordering Injunction: The Supreme Court Judgment of April 24, 2014
- 395
BOOK REVIEWS
- Kohki Abe
- Nicchuu Sengobaishou to Kokusai Hou [Post-War Reparations between Japan and China under International Law], by Masahiko Asada. Tokyo: Toshindo, 2015.
- 420
- Junichi Eto and Junko Iwaishi
- Kokusai Saiban to Gendai Kokusaiho no Tenkai [International Adjudication and Development of Contemporary International Law], edited by Masahiko Asada, Nobuyuki Kato and Hironobu Sakai. Tokyo: Sanseido, 2014.
- 423
- Takuhei Yamada, Tomohiko Kobayashi, and Dai Tamada
- Kokusaihougaku no Shosou: Toutatsuten to Tenbou [Aspects of International Law Studies: Achievements and Prospects (Commemorative Book in Honor of Professor Shinya Murase)], edited by Junichi Eto. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2015.
- 429
- Takuya Shima
- Saiken/Dousan wo Katsuyoushita Kinyuutorihiki to Kokusaishihou [Financial Transactions with Assignment/Collateralization of Finance Receivables/ Movables and Conflict of Laws], by Naoe Fujisawa. Tokyo: Doubunsha, 2014.
- 433
- DAi Murakami
- Kokusai Shiho Ronshu: Kokusai Shiho no Shinzui wo Motomete [Essay on Private International Law: In Search of the Essence of Private International Law], by Hiroshi Morita. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2014.
- 436
- Masaharu Yanagihara
- Kokusaiho Gakusha ga Yomu Senkaku Mondai — Funso Kaiketsu eno Tenbo wo Hiraku [The Senkaku Issue Analyzed by a Specialist in International Law: Carving out New Horizons for the Settlement of the Dispute], by Yoshiro Matsui. Tokyo: Nihon Hyoronsha, 2014.
- 440
- Atsuko Yamaguchi
- Intellectual Property and Private International Law: Comparative Perspectives (Studies in Private International Law), edited by Toshiyuki Kono. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012.
- 443
- Takao Suami
- Yoroppa Chiiki Jinken-ho no Kenpo Chitsujyo-ka [The Constitutionalization of European Human Rights Law: A Critical Study in a Process of International Law], by Kaoru Obata. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2014.
- 448
- Akiko Toi
- International Liability Regime for Biodiversity Damage: The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol, edited by Akiho Shibata. Routledge, 2014.
- 452
- Yucong Wang
- Resistance and Change in the International Law on Foreign Investment, by M. Sornarajah. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015.
- 455
- Tomofumi Kitamura
- Kokusaiho niokeru Kinkyuhinan [Necessity in International Law], by Takuhei Yamada. Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 2014.
- 458
JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN
I. Public International Law
- Sapporo District Court, Judgment, September 19, 2013
- Construction of the New Road — Environmental Impact Assessment — Convention on the Biological Diversity — Interpretative Guidelines
- 463
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, February 25, 2015
- Compensation for War Injuries — Individuals’ Right to Seek Compensation under the 1907 Convention Respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land — Individuals’ Right to Seek Compensation under Customary International Law
- 468
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, June 16, 2015
- Conditions to Grant Special Permission to Stay in Japan — Necessity for Medical Treatment — Article 12(1)(2) of ICESCR — Separation from Parents — Articles 3(1) and 9(1) of CRC
- 474
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, August 28, 2015
- Obligation of Minister of Justice to Provide for Refugee Recognition — Violation of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Article 1A(2) and Article 1F(b) of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees
- 485
II. Private Interantional Law
- Tokyo High Court, Judgment, May 20, 2015
- Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Japan — Contravention of Public Policy — International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction — Payment of Child Support
- 490
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, March 26, 2014
- Exclusive Choice of Court Agreement — Interpretation of a Choice of Court Clause in a Contract
- 494
- Tokyo District Court, Interlocutory Judgment, January 28, 2015
- Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause — Arbitrability of Disputes Regarding Statutory Interpretation
- 497
- Osaka District Court, Decision, March 17, 2016
- Arbitration — Japanese Arbitration Act — Setting Aside of an Arbitral Award
- 501
CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2015
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2015
- 523
- * Selected Treaties Concluded and Signed by Japan are available on-line (click here).
DOCUMENTS
- The New Declaration of Japan Recognizing the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in Conformity with Article 36, Paragraph 2 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice
- 525
- Announcement by Foreign Ministers of Japan and the Republic of Korea Regarding the Issue of “Comfort Women”
- 527
ACTIVITIES
- I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan
- 530
- II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan
- 537
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE JAPANESE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
