Volume 60 (2017)
CONTENTS
IN MEMORIAM
- Professor Dr. Yasuo Ishimoto (1924-2015)
- 1
ARTICLES
UNIFORM LAW TREATIES: THEIR RECEPTION, IMPLEMENTATION, SUCCESS AND FAILURE
- Hiroo Sono
- Introductory Note
- 4
- Hiroo Sono
- Going Forward with Uniform Private Law Treaties: A Study in Japan’s Behavioral Pattern
- 10
- Tomotaka Fujita
- When Does Japan Not Conclude Uniform Private Law Conventions?
- 59
- Souichirou Kozuka
- The Selective Reception of Uniform Law in Asia
- 86
- Tetsuo Morishita
- Successes and Failures of Harmonization of Commercial Laws
- 113
NEW JAPANESE LEGISLATION FOR PEACE AND SECURITY (2015) AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Shunji Yanai
- New Japanese Legislation for Peace and Security
— Its Background and Salient Points —
- 136
- Tadashi Mori
- Collective Self-Defence in International Law and in the New Japanese Legislation for Peace and Security (2015)
- 158
- Akira Mayama
- The Constitutional Limitation on the Exercise of the Right of Collective Self-Defense: Minesweeping in Foreign Territorial Waters and Close-In Logistical Support for Belligerents
- 171
- Masahiro Kurosaki
- The Legal Frameworks of “Coming-To-Aid” Duty: The Pluralism of the Concept of Self-Defense and Its Multi-Layered Legal Grounds
- 194
HALF A CENTURY WITH THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS: LONG-TERM IMPACTS ON THE WORLD, ASIA AND JAPAN: PART TWO
- Naoko Maeda
- Forty Years’ Practice of the UN Human Rights Committee for Implementation of the Covenant: A Universal Model for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights
- 212
- Walter Kälin
- Human Rights Treaties within the UPR Process: Opportunities and Limits of Inter-Governmental Monitoring of Human Rights
- 243
- Kimio Yakushiji
- Developments in the Acceptance and Implementation of Obligations Defined in Core UN Human Rights Conventions by East Asian and Southeast Asian Countries
- 261
UNILATERALISM AND MULTILATERALISM IN REGULATING CROSS-BORDER BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS: PART TWO
- Yoshiaki Nomura
- Fall of Extraterritoriality and Resurgence of Choice of Law in Global Securities Litigation
- 314
SPECIAL LECTURE
- Judge Ronny Abraham
- The Role of the ICJ in the Promotion of the Rule of Law
- 339
JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Shotaro Hamamoto
- Territorial Status of the Northern Territories
- 350
- SHIN Hae Bong
- Legislative, Administrative and Judicial Measures in Japan Against Racial Hate Speech
- 379
CASES AND ISSUES IN JAPANESE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Dai Yokomizo
- Recognition of a Foreign Judgment on Children Born Through Surrogate Pregnancy
- 399
BOOK REVIEWS
- Takanobu Kiriyama
- Nihon no Kokusai Hou Jirei Kenkyu 6: Sengobaishou [Digest of Japanese Practice in International Law, Vol.6: Post War Reparations], edited by Kokusai Hou Jirei Kenkyu-kai [Study Group on Japanese Practice in International Law]. Kyoto: Minerva Shobo, 2016.
- 410
- Takuhei Yamada
- Kokusai Ihoukoui Sekinin no Kenkyuu: Kokkasekininron no Kihonmondai [A Study on Responsibility for Internationally Wrongful Acts: Basic Problems in Theories of State Responsibility], by Hiroyuki Banzai. Tokyo: Seibundoh, 2015.
- 414
- Yoshiyuki Lee-Iwamoto
- Kokusaisaiban no Shouko-hou-ron [Evidence before International Courts and Tribunals], by Kei Nakajima. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2016.
- 429
- Kazuyori Ito
- Gendai Kokusaiho Ronsyu: Kaihatsu, Bunka, Jindo [Essays on Modern International Law: Development, Culture, and Humanity], by Maki Nishiumi. Tokyo: Chuo University Press, 2016.
- 420
- Yukiko Oda
- Kokusai Kazokuho Kenkyu [Study on International Family Law], by Yoshiaki Ohmura. Tokyo: Seibundo, 2015.
- 424
- Atsuko Kanehara
- Kokusai Kaikyo [International Straits], edited by Shigeki Sakamoto. Tokyo: Toshindo, 2015.
- 427
- Naoe Fujisawa
- Koukuki Fainansu ni okeru Tanpo Seido Toitsu no Bunseki: Kepu Taun Joyaku no Chosen [Analysis of the Unified Security System in Aircraft Financing: Challenges of the Cape Town Convention], by Ikumi Sato. Kyoto: Horitsubunkasya, 2016.
- 433
- Akira Kato
- Kokuren Anzen Hosho Rijikai to Kensho Dai 7 Sho — Shudan Anzen Hosho Seido no Sozoteki Tenkai to Sono Kadai [The Security Council of the United Nations and Chapter VII of the UN Charter: The Evolving Development of the Collective Security and the Challenges to It], by Tetsuo Sato. Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 2015.
- 436
- Meiko Dillmann
- Internationales Gesellschaftsrecht in Japan: Im Vergleich mit dem Internationalen Gesellschaftsrecht in der EU und in Deutschland [International Corporate Law in Japan: In Comparison to International Corporate Law in the EU and in Germany], by Eva Schwittek. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015.
- 439
- Yurika Ishii
- Kaiyo Gabanansu no Kokusaiho [International Law for the Ocean Governance], by Makoto Seta. Tokyo: Sanseido, 2016.
- 443
- Kentaro Wani
- Buryokufunso niokeru Kokusaijindoho to Kokusaijinkenho no Kosaku [The Interaction between International Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflict], by Yoko Takashima. Tokyo: Sensyu University Press, 2015.
- 446
- Ren Yatsunami
- Kokusaishiho no Shinka to Hatten [Deepening and Development of Private International Law], by Koresuke Yamauchi. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2016.
- 449
- Keisuke Takeshita
- Kokusaikankei Shiho no Chosen=Meilensteine im Internationalen Privat- und Wirtschaftrecht: Festgabe für Bernhard Großfeld und Otto Sandrock [Challenges of Private International Law: In Honour of Bernhard Großfeld and Otto Sandrock and in Memory of 25 Years of Interrelationship Between Chuo University and University of Münster], edited by Koresuke Yamauchi and Werner F. Ebke. Tokyo: Chuo University Press, 2014.
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JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN
I. Public International Law
- Tokyo High Court, Judgment, July 1, 2015
- Gender Identity Disorder — Equality — Article 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights — Applicability Between Private Persons
- 457
- Osaka High Court, Judgment, November 27, 2015
- Deportation Under the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Validity of the Designation of the Destination of Deportation Distinct from Validity of the Written Deportation Order Itself — Elements to be Considered in Exercising Discretion in Designating the Deportation Destination — Risk of Death Penalty for reviously Sentenced and Served Crimes
- 461
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, February 17, 2016
- Eligibility for Refugee Status — Meaning of Persecution Under the ICRRA — Author of Persecution — Burden and Degree of Proof — Credibility and Reasonableness of Statement Made by Applicant — Discretion in Issuing a Special Permission to Stay — International Customary Law on Freedom of Immigration Control
- 469
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, March 17, 2016
- Article 4(1) of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture — Direct Applicability — Subjective and Objective Criteria
- 478
II. Private Interantional Law
- Supreme Court (1st Petty Bench), Judgment, March 10, 2016
- International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction over a Tort Claim — Special Circumstances — Defamation — Lis Pendens
- 488
- Supreme Court (1st Petty Bench), Decision, June 2, 2016
- Locus Standi — Civil Procedure Law — Party Authorized Charge of Litigation — Principle of Representation in Court by Attorney-at-law — Prohibition of Creating Trusts for Litigation
- 490
- Tokyo High Court, Judgment, November 17, 2014
- International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction — Exclusive Choice of Court Agreement — Consumer Contracts — Redemption on Maturity — Alternative Claim for Damages Based on Tort — Article 3.4(1) of the Code of Civil Procedure — Public Policy
- 495
- Intellectual Property High Court, Decision, March 25, 2015
- Governing Law of Tort Claim — Defamation — International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction for Tort Claim — International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction Based on a Close Connection with an Anchor Claim
- 499
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, March 24, 2014
- International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction — Action to Oppose Enforcement of Arbitral Awards — Setoff
- 506
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, April 28, 2015
- International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction over a Tort Claim — Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights — Place of a Tort
- 509
- Shizuoka District Court, Judgment, December 2, 2015
- Applicable Law to Parental Authority — Parental Authority Under the Japanese Civil Code — Handing over a Child — Habitual Residence
- 512
- Fukuoka District Court (Kokura Branch), Decision, December 4, 2015
- Applicable Law to Maritime Lien — Applicable Law to Contractual Obligation — Characteristic Performance — Vessel Auction
- 517
- Kobe District Court, Decision, January 21, 2016
- Applicable Law to Maritime Lien — Applicable Law to Contractual Obligation — Characteristic Performance — Vessel Auction
- 520
- Tokyo District Court, Interlocutory Judgment, February 15, 2016
- International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction over a Tort Claim — Validity of Exclusive Jurisdiction Clause — Anti-trust (Competition) Law
- 523
- Tokyo District Court, Decision, September 26, 2016
- Governing Law of Labor Contract — Application of Mandatory Provisions of the Law of the Most Closely Connected Place to a Labor Contract — The Place Where the Work Should be Provided
- 526
CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2016
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2016
- 551
- * Selected Treaties Concluded and Signed by Japan are available on-line (click here).
ACTIVITIES
- I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan
- 554
- II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan
- 560
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE JAPANESE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
