New Volume: Japanese Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 57, 2014) is out. Contents include:

• The Hague Child Abduction Convention
• Tatsushi Nishioka & Takako Tsujisaka, Introductory Note: Japan's Conclusion of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspect of International Child Abduction
• Masayuki Tanamura, International Child Abduction Cases and the Act for the Implementation of the Hague Convention - Impact on Domestic Cases and Family Law
• Masako Murakami, Case Proceedings for the Return of an Abducted Child and the Compulsory Execution in Japan
• Martina Erb-Klünemann, The 1980 Hague Convention and Mediation - A German Perspective
• Nigel Vaughan Lowe, Return Orders under the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction - The Issues Facing the Japanese Courts
• The role of prominent jurists in Japan's engagement with International Law, 1853-1945: Part Two
• Okubo Takeharu, Nishi Amane and International Law - A Pioneer's Struggle with European Jurisprudence in Early Modern Japan
• Urs Matthias Zachmann, Taoka Ryoichi's Contribution to International Legal Studies in Pre-war Japan: With Special Reference to Questions of the Law of War
• Redefining the theoretical grounds for the collaboration between Public Law and Private Law in the era of Globalization
• Yuki Asano, From the Theory of Private Law to Legal Pluralism: On the Reconstruction of Private Law in the Age of Globalization
• Dai Yokomizo, Conflict of Law in the Era of Globalization
• Takeshi Fujitani, The Law, Governance, and Society in the Context of Globalization - Renewed Formation of the Law and Sovereign States
• Hiroki Harada, Establishing Partnership between Public and Private Law in Globalized Policy-Making and Enforcement Processes: A Focus on Social Security Law
• Nasu Kosuke, Does the Concept of Law Need to Be Revised in the Face of Globalization?
• Public International Law
• Maki Nishiumi, The Cultural Aspects of Sustainable Development
• Tatsuya Abe, Effectiveness of the Institutional Approach to an Alleged Violation of International Law: The Case of Syrian Chemical Weapons
• Tomoaki Ishigaki, Defining the Future by Studying the Past: A Negotiator's Perspective on the Arms Trade Treaty