New Volume: Japanese Yearbook of International Law

The latest volume of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 52, 2009) is out. Contents include:

• Special Feature: Challenges to Arms Control Regime
• Anthony Aust, The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty - The Problem of Entry into Force
• Zhang Xinjun, Intentional Ambiguity and the Rule of Interpretation in Auto-interpretation - The Case of “Inalienable Right” in NPT Article IV
• Masahiko Asada, Confronting the Challenges to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: A Legal Appraisal of Recent Proposals
• Christine Gray, The Use of Force to Prevent the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• Ralf Trapp, The Chemical Weapons Convention a Decade after its Entry into Force - Challenges and Opportunities
• Barry Kellman, The Biological Weapons Convention - Strategies for Reducing Dangers of
  Bioviolence
• Natalino Ronzitti, WMD Terrorism
• Setsuko Aoki, Space Arms Control: the Challenges and Alternative
• Public International Law
• Hironobu Sakai, New Developments of the Orders on Provisional Measures by the International Court of Justice
• Shin-ichi Ago, International Labour Standards in Asia and the Role of Emerging CSR Codes
• Tamada Dai, Assessing Damages in Non-expropriation Cases before International Investment Arbitration
• Hiroko Yamane, From Constructive Ambiguities to Flexibilities: TRIPS Interpretation, Commonly-held Views and Industrial Policies
• Private International Law
• Noriko Mizuno, Parent-child Relationship in the Japanese Civil Code - Regarding Medical Technology for Reproductive Treatment
• Shinichiro Hayakawa, International Aspects of Family Maintenance Law in Japan
• Takami Hayashi, International Succession in Japan
• Shoichi Kidana, Private International Law Principles on Intellectual Property - Recent Development of Court Precedents in Japan and Current Characteristics
• Yasuhiro Kawaguchi, The Enactment and Significance of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act in Japan