Sunday, May 14, 2023

New Volume: Japanese Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 65, 2022) is out. Contents include:
  • Challenges to the "Law of Treaties" in Diversifying Treaty Relations
    • Koji Nishimoto, Introductory Note
    • Aurélie Tardieu, Lex Specialis Derogat Lei Generali and Diversification of Treaty Relations
    • Maria Xiouri, Challenges to Article 60 VCLT on the Termination or Suspension of the Operation of a Treaty in Response to Its Material Breach: The Relationship with Countermeasures
    • Keun-Gwan Lee, Reconceptualising the Law of State Succession in Respect of Treaties —Checking the ILC’s “Codification” Efforts Against Subsequent State Practice—
    • Jure Zrilič, Armed Conflicts and the Law of Treaties: Recent Developments and Reappraisal of the Doctrine in Light of the Wars in Syria and Ukraine
    • Okano Masataka, Changing Roles of Treaties in Foreign Policy
  • Globalization of Society and International Family Law in Japan
    • Takami Hayashi, Introductory Note
    • Ryoko Yamaguchi, Interests of the Child in Child Abduction and Visitation Cases —Differences Between Japan’s Domestic and International Criteria—
    • Takami Hayashi, Transboundary Child Protection in Japan
    • Hayakawa Shinichiro, Japanese Perspective on Legal Issues of International Surrogacy
    • Moonsook Kim, International Adoption in Korea
    • Manabu Iwamoto, International Recovery of Maintenance in Japan
  • Changes and Evolution in Legal Doctrines Based upon State Sovereignty
    • Jean-Marc Thouvenin, On Different Res: Res Judicata, Res Interpretata, Res Praescripta (or Indicata), Res Deliberata
    • Tomonori Mizushima, Lex Lata and Lex Ferenda of Sovereign Immunity
  • Japanese Digest of International Law
    • Atsuko Kanehara, The Impact on Japan’s Coast Guard and Maritime Security Caused by China’s Coast Guard Law of 2021