Volume 62 (2019)
CONTENTS
ARTICLES
CULTURE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS
- Maki Nishiumi
- Introductory Note
- 1
- Toshiyuki Kono
- Destruction of Cultural Heritage and Recovery: The World Heritage, Authenticity, and “Process-Thinking”
- 6
- Véronique Guèvremont
- The Relationship Between Culture and Development in International Law
- 24
- Yvonne Donders
- Cultural Rights in International Human Rights Law: From Controversy to Celebration
- 61
- Jacqueline Mowbray
- Language and International Law: How Does International Law Protect Languages and Linguistic Rights?
- 85
NEW LEGISLATION ON THE INTERNATIONAL JURISDICTION OF JAPANESE COURTS ON PERSONAL STATUS LITIGATIONS AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS CASES
- Aki Kitazawa
- Introductory Note
- 118
- Yuko Nishitani
- New International Civil Procedure Law of Japan in Status and Family Matters
- 119
- Yuko Nishitani
- International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction in Matrimonial Matters in Japan
- 151
- Masako Murakami
- International Jurisdiction of Child-Related Cases in Japan
- 189
- Takami Hayashi
- International Jurisdiction in Case Related to Succession: New Rules in Japan
- 209
- Manabu Iwamoto
- Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Decisions on Personal Status Litigation and Family Relations Cases
- 226
CUSTOMARY LAW IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
- Georg Nolte
- How to Identify Customary International Law?
— On the Outcome of the Work of the International Law Commission (2018) —
- 251
- Tatsuya Abe
- ICJ Practice in Determining the Existence of Customary International Law
- 274
- Hitomi Takemura
- Inconvenient Truths About the Identification of Customary International Law in International Criminal Law
- 321
Public Inteernational Law
- Bjørn Kunoy
- How Deep is Your Love: Intercrossing of Inner and Outer Continental Shelf Entitlements
- 335
JAPANESE DIGEST
- Atsuko Kanehara
- Japan’s Withdrawal from the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
- 376
BOOK REVIEWS
- Mitsue Inazumi
- Ekkyohanzai no Kokusaiteki Kisei [The International Regulation of Transnational Crimes], by Yurika Ishii. Tokyo: Yuhikaku, 2017.
- 388
- Kimio Yakushiji
- Kokusaiho Jissen Ronshu [Articles on Practical Theory of International Law], by Ichiro Komatsu, edited by Tomohiro Mikanagi. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2015.
- 391
- Anna Katharina Suzuki-Klasen
- Japanischer Vorkämpfer für die Rechtsordnung des 21. Jahrhunderts: Festschrift für Koresuke Yamauchi zum 70. Geburtstag [Japanese Pioneer of the Legal System of the 21st Century: Festschrift for Koresuke Yamauchi’s 70th Birthday], edited by Heinrich Menkhaus and Midori Narazaki. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 2017.
- 397
- Shiho Kato
- Treatment of Foreign Law — Dynamics towards Convergence?, edited by Yuko Nishitani. Switzerland: Springer, 2017.
- 401
- Asako Matoba
- Kokusaiteki Minjifunso to Kari no Kenri Hogo [Provisional or Protective Measures in International Civil and Commercial Disputes], by Hidetoshi Nomura. Tokyo: Sinzansha, 2017.
- 404
- Tomoyuki Yuyama
- Kokusaisekinin no Rikou ni okeru Baisho no Kenkyu [Study on Reparation in the Implementation of International Responsibility], by Masahito Omori. Tokyo: Hogaku-kenkyu-kai, Keio University, 2018.
- 408
- Yozo Yokota
- Senju-minzoku to Kokusai-ho [Indigenous Peoples and International Law], by Yuko Osakada. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2017.
- 411
- Kohki Abe
- Jinkenjouyaku no Kaisyaku to Tekiyou [Interpretation and Application of Human Rights Treaties], by Shigeki Sakamoto. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2017.
- 415
- Miho Shin
- Kokusai Fuhokoiho no Kenkyu [Torts in Private International Law], by Yusuke Tanemura. Tokyo: Seibundo, 2017.
- 418
- Kiyotaka Fukui
- Kokusaisaikenkeiyaku to Kaihijoukou [International Contract of Obligation and Escape Clause], by Risa Terai. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2018.
- 421
JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN
I. Public International Law
- Tokyo High Court, Judgment, December 14, 2017
- Compensation for War Injuries — Individuals’ Right to Seek Compensation unde Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions in 1977 — Individuals’ Right to Seek Compensation under Customary International Law
- 426
- Nagoya High Court, Judgment, April 11, 2018
- Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act — Enforced Deportation — Circumstances to Be Taken into Account — De Facto Marriage with a Nikkei Nisei (Second Generation of Japanese Emigrant)
- 433
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, February 28, 2018
- Dispute over an Employment Contract — Immunity from the Civil Jurisdiction of Diplomatic Agent — Article 31(1)(c) of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
- 440
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, March 20, 2018
- Application for Reconsideration of Refugee Status by Persons Who Have Already Left Japan — Definition of Refugees — Burden of Proof — Situation in Syria
- 443
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, July 5, 2018
- The Cessation Clause — Article 1-C(5) of the Refugee Convention — Burden of Proof — Situation in Sri Lanka
- 447
II. Private Interantional Law
- Supreme Court (1st Petty Bench), Judgment, March 15, 2018
- International Child Abduction — Habeas Corpus Relief
- 452
- Tokyo High Court, Judgment, June 29, 2017
- Jurisdiction over the Claim Based on Non-performance of Carriage Contract — Piercing the Corporate Veil
- 455
- Tokyo High Court, Decision, June 30, 2017
- Order of Seizure — Applicable Law of Statutory Lien
- 458
- Tokyo High Court, Decision, August 1, 2018
- Setting aside of Arbitral Award — Procedural Public Policy
- 462
- Tokyo District Court, Decision, June 12, 2018
- Applicable Law of the Claim Arising from a Tort of Defamation — Disclosure of Identification Information of the Sender — Word of Mouth on the Website
- 468
- Tokyo High Court, Judgment, October 25, 2017
- Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses Commercial Contracts — Public Policy — Civil Remedy — International Private Law — Limitation of Party Autonomy by Mandatory Rules — Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position — Article 24 of the Antimonopoly Act — Article 709 of the Civil Code
- 416
CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2018
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2018
DOCUMENTS
- National Legislation
- Act for the Partial Revision of the Personal Status Litigation Act, Etc. (Act No. 20 of April 25, 2018)
- 486
- * Selected Treaties and Documents Concluded and Signed by Japan is available on-line (click here).
ACTIVITIES
- I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan
- 496
- II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan
- 503
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE JAPANESE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW