New Volume: Japanese Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 55, 2012) is out. Contents include:

• Recent Trends and Challenges of the ICJ Jurisprudence
• Hugh Thirlway, Some Observations on Recent Trends in the Work of the International Court of Justice
• Alexander Orakhelashvili, Substantive Applicable Law, Consensual Judicial Jurisdiction, and the Public Interest in International Litigation
• Takane Sugihara, The Principle of Jura Novit Curia in the International Court of Justice: With Reference to Recent Decisions
• Hironobu Sakai, La Bonne Administration de la Justice in the Incidental Proceedings of the International Court of Justice
• Karel Wellens, The Legal Significance Given to the Security Council in the Court’s Jurisprudence since Lockerbie
• Yasuhiro Shigeta, Obligation to Protect the Environment in the ICJ’s Practice: To What Extent Erga Omnes?
• Mariko Kawano, Standing of a State in the Contentious Proceedings of the International Court of Justice — Judicial Procedure on the Basis of the Consent of the Parties and the Development of International Legal Rules to Protect the Common Interests of the International Community as a Whole or as Established by a Treaty
• Yoshiyuki Lee-Iwamoto, The Repercussions of the LaGrand Judgment: Recent ICJ Jurisprudence on Provisional Measures
• New Japanese Rules on International Jurisdiction: Part Two
• Yoshiaki Nomura, Activity-Based Jurisdiction of Japanese Courts — A Bold but Unnecessary Departure
• Nozomi Tada, International Civil Jurisdiction Based on the Place of the Tort
• Tadashi Kanzaki, Jurisdiction over Consumer Contracts and Individual Labor-Related Civil Disputes
• Japanese Court Cases Involving East Asian Citizens and Corporations: Part One
• Yayohi Satoh, Law Applicable to Personal Status of Korean and Chinese Nationals before Japanese Courts
• Public International Law
• Toshiki Mogami, Towards Jus Contra Oligarchiam — A Note on Critical Constitutionalism
• Taira Nishi, Enemy and Criminal — Analysis of the Different Structures of Legal Protection
• Private International Law
• Guo Yujun, Changing Private International Law in China