Volume 66 (2023)
CONTENTS
ARTICLES
HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH TO REGULATE ARMED CONFLICTS: BEYOND THE LEX GENERALIS/SPECIALIS FRAMEWORK
- Shuichi Furuya and Kyo Arai
- Introductory Note
- 1
- Yuval Shany
- Human Rights Norms Applicable in the Situation of Armed Conflict
— Beyond the Lex Generalis/Lex Specialis Framework —
- 3
- William Schabas
- The Right to Life in Armed Conflict
- 21
- Vanessa Murphy and Lindsey Cameron
- Gender Bias and International Humanitarian Law: Is Human Rights Law the Answer?
- 49
- Eriko Tamura
- Child Soldiers: Victims or Lawful Targets?
- 91
- Kyo Arai
- Procedural Aspect of the Right to Life in Armed Conflict
- 133
MOBILITY AND BELONGING IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD
- Yuko Nishitani
- Introductory Note
- 169
- Nami Thea Ohnishi
- Nationality and Citizenship in Relation to the Migration Phenomenon
- 174
- Hirohide Takikawa
- Free Movement and Nationality
- 189
- Kiyoshi Hasegawa
- Inclusion and Exclusion of Immigrants and Refugees in Japan: A Preliminary Study
- 212
- KONDO Atsushi
- Human Rights of Non-Citizens and Nationality
— The Peculiarities of Japan’s Nationality Legislation from a Comparative Legal Perspective —
- 245
- OBATA Kaoru
- Beyond the Concept of “Human Rights of Permanently Domiciled Foreigners” in Japanese Public Law Theory
— Taking Seriously of Ambiguity in Nationality in the Age of International Migration —
- 272
- Yuko Nishitani
- Personal Law in Contemporary Private International Law
— The Changing Role of Nationality, Citizenship, and Habitual Residence —
- 295
THEORIES AND REALITIES IN (RE-)CONSTRUCTION OF SPATIAL ORDERS
- Lauri Mälksoo
- The Rise and Fall of Regional International Law in Post-Soviet Eurasia
- 318
- Tetsuya Toyoda
- Universality and Peculiarity of the Concept of Exclusive Territoriality
— The Linearization of Borders and Territorial Sovereignty in East Asia Since the Late 19th Century —
- 338
- Yumiko Nakanishi
- The Development of, and Issues Associated with, EU Legal Spaces
- 359
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Andrew Serdy
- The 2022 Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies: The WTO Mountain Labours and Brings Forth a Possibly Short-Lived Mouse
- 381
JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Atsuko Kanehara
- Japan’s Discharge of ALPS Treated Water Containing Tritium
- 413
- Mari Takeuchi
- Extraterritorial Regulation in the Field of Data Privacy — Japan’s Amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act —
- 435
CASES AND ISSUES IN JAPANESE PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Shiho Kato
- Dismissal of Proceedings on Account of Special Circumstances Under Article 3-9 of the Japanese Code of Civil Procedure
- 445
- Ai Murakami
- Extraterritorial Application of the Japanese Antimonopoly Act
- 457
BOOK REVIEWS
- Hitomi Takemura
- Kokusai Hanzai no Shidosha Shobatsu: Kokusai Keiji Saibansho no Riron to Jissen o Chushin ni [The Punishment of Leaders of International Crimes: Focusing on the Theory and Practice of the International Criminal Court], by Masaki Kihara. Kyoto: Horitsubunkasha, 2021. Pp. x, 223.
- 474
- Hirofumi Oguri
- Kokusai Shakai ni okeru Ho no Shihai o Mezashite [Toward the Rule of Law in International Society], by Yoshiro Matsui. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2021. Pp. xviii, 332.
- 477
- Yohei Okada
- Epidemics and International Law, edited by Shinya Murase and Suzanne Zhou. Leiden: Brill, 2021. Pp. xxxvi, 708.
- 482
- WAKASA Amuro
- Kokka niyoru Ippoteki Ishihyomei to Kokusaiho [Unilateral Expressions of Intentions by States and International Law], by NAKATANI Kazuhiro. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2021. Pp. viii, 216.
- 487
- MATSUDA Hiromichi
- Conventionality Control of Domestic Law: Constitutionalised International Adjudication and Internationalised Constitutional Adjudication, by Yota Negishi. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2022. Pp. 252.
- 490
- Junichi Suzuki
- Gurobaru Herusu Ho — Rinen to Rekishi [A History of Global Health Law: Ideas and History], by Taira Nishi. Nagoya: Nagoya-daigaku Shuppankai, 2022. Pp. iv, 343.
- 500
- Shin Kawagishi
- Jieiken no Keifu: Senkanki no Tayoka to Kiseki [Genealogy of the Right of Self- Defense in International Law: Its Diversification and Trajectory in the Interwar Period], by Michiko Nishijima. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2022. Pp. ix, 221.
- 503
- Yuji Yasunaga
- EU Kokusai Saiban Kankatsu Kisoku — Sotonaru Shiten kara no Kento [EU Regulations on Jurisdiction — Examination from an External Perspective], by Yuko Okano. Hyogo: Kwansei Gakuin University Press, 2021. Pp. viii, 419.
- 506
- TAMURA Yuya
- Kokusaitekikenrihogoseido no kochiku: Tayo na Kenri to Kokusaiminjishikkohozenho [Building an International Claim Protection System: Various Claims and Laws of International Civil Execution and Provisional Remedies], edited by Hajime Sakai. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2021. Pp. xii, 381.
- 510
- Naoyuki Kanno
- Gendai Kaiyoho no Choryu — Dai 4 Kan: Kokka Kankatsuken Gai Kuiki ni kansuru Kaiyoho no Shin Tenkai [Contemporary Law of the Sea Series, Vol. 4: New Development in the Law of the Sea on Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction], edited by Shigeki Sakamoto, Kimio Yakushiji, Toshiya Ueki, and Kentaro Nishimoto. Tokyo: Yushindo. 2021. Pp. xiv, 440.
- 516
- Ryutaro Date
- Kokusai Kaishaho Kenkyu [Research on International Company Law], Book 2, edited by Koresuke Yamauchi. Hachioji: Chuo University Press, 2021. Pp. vi, 472.
- 522
- Kentaro Nishimoto
- Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: State Practice of China and Japan, edited by Dai Tamada and Keyuan Zou. Singapore: Springer, 2021. Pp. xvii, 254.
- 527
- Tetsuya Nakano
- Kokusaiho kara mita Ryodo to Nippon [Japan’s Territory Under International Law], edited by YANAGIHARA Masaharu and KANEHARA Atsuko. Tokyo: The University of Tokyo Press, 2022. Pp. vi, 262.
- 533
- Aiko Nakai
- Response to the Book Review of Kokusaiho no Tanjo: Yoroppa Kokusaiho karano Tenkan [The Birth of International Law: Transformation from European International Law] (2020), published in Volume 65 (2022) of this Yearbook.
- 538
JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN
I. Public International Law
- Osaka High Court, Judgment, November 18, 2021
- Hate Speech — Pejorative Expressions Against Those with Countries of Origin Other Than Japan — International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination — Obligations of States Concerning Relationships Between Private Persons — Compensation — Injunction
- 544
- Sapporo High Court, Judgment, May 20, 2022
- Kurdish Refugee — Risk of Persecution — Burden and Standard of Proof
- 550
- Kyoto District Court, Judgment, April 21, 2022
- Ryukyuan — Indigenous People — Article 27 of the ICCPR — The Right to Practice Religions — Claims Demanding the Return of the Bones of the Ancestors
- 556
II. Private Interantional Law
- Intellectual Property High Court, Judgment, July 20, 2022
- Applicable Law — Patent Infringement — Territoriality Principle
- 561
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, April 12, 2021
- Applicable Law to Tort Liability — Infringement of a Right of Child Custody
- 565
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, November 12, 2021
- Applicable law — Jurisdiction — Liability of Internet Service Providers
- 567
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, March 23, 2022
- State Immunity — Unrecognized States — Jurisdiction of the Place of Tort — forum necessitatis — Applicable Law to Tort Liability
- 569
- Tokyo Family Court, Decision, January 4, 2021
- Jurisdiction — Applicable Law — Action to Rebut the Presumption of Child in Wedlock
- 577
- Tokyo Family Court, Adjudication, January 27, 2021
- Applicable law — Jurisdiction — Joint Adoption by a Married Couple with Different Nationalities
- 580
CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2022
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2022
- 593
- * Selected Treaties Concluded and Signed by Japan are available on-line (click here).
ACTIVITIES
- I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan
- 596
- II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan
- 602
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