Monday, April 1, 2024

New Volume: Japanese Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 66, 2023) is out. Contents include:
  • Human Rights Approach to Regulate Armed Conflicts: Beyond the Lex Generalis/Specialis Framework
    • Shuichi Furuya & Kyo Arai, Introductory Note
    • Yuval Shany, Human Rights Norms Applicable in the Situation of Armed Conflict — Beyond the Lex Generalis/Lex Specialis Framework —
    • William Schabas, The Right to Life in Armed Conflict
    • Vanessa Murphy & Lindsey Cameron, Gender Bias and International Humanitarian Law: Is Human Rights Law the Answer?
    • Eriko Tamura, Child Soldiers: Victims or Lawful Targets?
    • Kyo Arai, Procedural Aspect of the Right to Life in Armed Conflict
  • Mobility and Belonging in a Globalized World
    • Yuko Nishitani, Introductory Note
    • Nami Thea Ohnishi, Nationality and Citizenship in Relation to the Migration Phenomenon
    • Hirohide Takikawa, Free Movement and Nationality
    • Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Inclusion and Exclusion of Immigrants and Refugees in Japan: A Preliminary Study
    • Kondo Atsushi, Human Rights of Non-Citizens and Nationality — The Peculiarities of Japan’s Nationality Legislation from a Comparative Legal Perspective —
    • 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 —
    • Yuko Nishitani, Personal Law in Contemporary Private International Law — The Changing Role of Nationality, Citizenship, and Habitual Residence —
  • Theories and Realities in (Re-)Construction of Spatial Orders
    • Lauri Mälksoo, The Rise and Fall of Regional International Law in Post-Soviet Eurasia
    • 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 —
    • Yumiko Nakanishi, The Development of, and Issues Associated with, EU Legal Spaces
  • Public International Law
    • Andrew Serdy, The 2022 Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies: The WTO Mountain Labours and Brings Forth a Possibly Short-Lived Mouse
  • Japanese Digest of International Law
    • Atsuko Kanehara, Japan’s Discharge of ALPS Treated Water Containing Tritium
    • Mari Takeuchi, Extraterritorial Regulation in the Field of Data Privacy — Japan’s Amendments to the Personal Information Protection Act —
  • 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
    • Ai Murakami, Extraterritorial Application of the Japanese Antimonopoly Act