New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 12, no. 2, Autumn 2019) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Legal Control of Human Activities beyond National Jurisdiction
• Yong Wang, Reasonable Restrictions on Freedom of High Seas by “Marine Protected Areas on the High Seas”: An Empirical Research
• Abbas Sheer & Shouping Li, Space Debris: A New Broadway to Address Organizational and Operational Aspects for Removal
• Article
• Chaohan Zhang & Luping Zhang, Conflict of Laws in Cross-Strait Air Transport: Issues and Solutions
• Notes & Comments
• Deyi Ma, Obligation to Exchange Views under Article 283 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: An Empirical Approach for Improvement
• Young Yoon Park, Regulator-led Resolution in Mass Finance Mis-selling: Implication of the UK PPI Scandal
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Export Control of Semiconductor Materials
• Kotaro Shiojiri, Japan’s Measures on Export Control to the Republic of Korea: From the Perspective of International Law (Japan)
• Soojin Nam & Eric Yong Joong Lee, Who Violated International Law? Critical Analysis of Abe’s Export Restrictions to Korea (Korea)
• East Asian Observer
• Farahdilah Ghazali, Wan Izatul Talaat, Ashraf Rahman & Hazmi Rusli, Malaysian Efforts in Combating IUU Fishing: A Legal and Policy Review

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 10, no. 2, Autumn 2017) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Legal Aspects of Renewable Energy Development
• Weidong Yang, Problems and Adjustments of Renewable Energy Legislation in China
• Kenji Asano, Enactment and Enforcing Processes of the Japanese Feed in Tariff Law: Difficulties for Maximizing Renewable's Diffusion while Minimizing National Burden
• Articles
• Gary Lilienthal & Nehaluddin Ahmad, Communis Opinio and Jus Cogens: A Critical Review on Pro-Torture Law and Policy Argument
• Yong Wang, China's Practice in Treaty Reservations since 1949: A Critical Review
• Notes & Comments
• Lin Zhang & Lingsheng Zhang, Research and Teaching of International Law in Contemporary China: A Landscape Sketch
• Eric Yong Joong Lee, Will Trump's Military Option against North Korea Work? Legal and Political Restraints
• Regional Focus & Controversies: International Law and Natural Phenomenon
• Natalia Y. Puspita, Natural Disaster in Armed Conflict Area: The Implementation of the Doctrine of Responsibility to Protect in the ASEAN
• Hao Shen, International Deep Seabed Mining and China's Legislative Commitment to Marine Environmental Protection
• East Asian Observer
• Sunjoo Kang & Younjoo Kim & Insook Kim, Refugee's Rights to HIV/AIDS Healthcare in Korea under the UNAIDS Guidelines
• N. Kala & Y. Abaydeldinov & T. Furman & A. Ponomarev, The World Tourism Organization for Countering Terrorist Threats

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 10, no. 1, Spring 2017) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: BREXIT: British Way vs. Asian Way
• Siraj Shaik Aziz, The Investment Protection Chapter of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: A Model for the Post-Brexit UK IIAs
• Hyung Bok Chae, Brexit: Is Britain Coupable?
• Shucheng Wang, Brexit's Challenge to Globalization and Implications for Asia: A Chinese Perspective
• Articles
• Congyan Cai, Enforcing a New National Security? China's National Security Law and International Law
• Chinyere Ezeoke, The ASEAN Single Shipping Market: Towards a Regional Cabotage Regime
• Notes & Comments
• Udin Silalahi, The Harmonization of Competition Laws towards the ASEAN Economic Integration
• Jongcheol Kim, Dissolution of the Unified Progressive Party Case in Korea: A Critical Review with Reference to the European Court of Human Rights Case Law
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Repatriation of Cultural Property in Japan
• Yuji Hosaka, Article 2 of the Korea-Japan Basic Treaty and Japan's Repatriation of Korean Cultural Properties: Reviewing Travaux Preparatoires
• Hui Zhong, Can Chinese Individuals Request the Restitution of Chinese Cultural Relics in Japan?: A Revisit under International Law
• Yoshiaki Sato, “Settled Completely and Finally”: A Japanese Perspective on the Repatriationism of Cultural Property
• East Asian Observer
• Andrew Wolman, Han Kim and North Korean Accountability for Torture and Unlawful Killing
• M. Hendrapati et al., Today’s Ambalat: Neglecting the Basepoints of Sipadan and Ligitan Islands for Maintaining the Equidistance Principle in the Disputed Area

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 9, no. 2, Autumn 2016) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Public International Law for Private International Lawyers
• Sung Pil Park, The Coordinating Role of Public International Law: Observations in the Field of Intellectual Property
• Lin Zhang, Engineering Compulsory Food Safety Liability Insurance in China: A Joint Perspective of Public and Private International Law
• Keisuke Takeshita, Sovereignty and National Civil Procedure: An Analysis of State Practice in Japan
• Articles
• Tsung-Sheng Liao, MNCs under International Climate Change Regime: Recognizing Atmospheric Absorptive Capacity as the Common Heritage of Mankind
• Jinyuan Su, Active Debris Removal: Potential Legal Barriers and Possible Ways Forward
• Notes & Comments
• Jonathan Liljeblad, The 2014 Enabling Law of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission and the UN Paris Principles: A Critical Evaluation
• Xiaoyi Zhang, Problematic Expansion on Jurisdiction: Some Observation on the South China Sea Arbitration
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Taiwan’s Position over the South China Sea Dispute
• Yen-Chiang Chang, Mainland
• Michael Sheng-ti Gau, Taiwan
• East Asian Observer
• Keechang Kim, A Long Road to Brexit: How Britain came to leave the EU
• Pilsu Jin, The ‘All Okinawa’ Movement: Political and Legal Implications of the Okinawan Protest against the US Bases

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 9, no. 1, Spring 2016) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Imperialism Haunting the Twenty-first Century’s International Law
• M. Ya'kub Aiyub Kadir, Application of the Law of Self-Determination in a Postcolonial Context: A Guideline
• Ping Yi, The Final Splendour of an Aged Empire: Chinese Thought on International Law in the early Twentieth Century
• Articles
• Sangkul Kim, The Witness Protection Mechanism of Delayed Disclosure at the Ad Hoc International Criminal Tribunals
• Hazmi Rusli & R. Dremliuga & Wan I. Talaat, Legal Framework on the Marine Environment Protection of Straits used for International Navigation: Has It Been Effective in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore?
• Notes & Comments
• Haifeng Deng & Chiyuan Chen, Common and Symmetrical Responsibility in Climate Change: A Bridging Mechanism for Adaptation and Mitigation
• M. Z. Mohd Nor & Anowar Zahid, Competing Interests in the Underwater Cultural Heritage: A Question of Balance
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Right to ‘Innocent Passage’ of Warship in the South China Sea
• Benjamin K. Wagner, Lessons from Lassen: Plotting a Proper Course for Freedom of Navigation Operations in the South China Sea
• Xinjun Zhang, The Latest Developments of the US Freedom of Navigation Programs in the South China Sea: Deregulation or Re-balance?
• East Asian Observer
• Brendan Howe, Japanese 'War Legislation': International and Domestic Threat Assessment
• Eric Yong Joong Lee, Can the SC Resolution 2270 Stop North Korea’s Nuclear Dilemma? From the Geneva Agreed Framework to the Washington Communiqué
• Le Duy Tran, Scenarios of the China's ADIZs above the South China Sea

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 8, no. 2, Autumn 2015) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Regional Trade Agreement in the Global Economy
• Ying Bi, Rising Mega RTA? China-Japan-Korea FTA under the New Trade Dynamism
• Eric Yong Joong Lee, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as a US Strategic Alliance Initiative under the G2 System: Legal and Political Implications
• Yong Shik Lee, Regional Trade Agreements in the WTO System: Potential Issues and Solutions
• Articles
• Jaemin Lee, Collective Self-Defense or Collective Security? Japan’s Reinterpretation of Article 9 of the Constitution
• Arina N. Shebubakar, International Agreement or Private Agreement? Uplift Policy in Oil and Gas Taxation in Production Sharing Contracts between Foreign Contractors and the Indonesian Government
• Note & Comment
• Chao Zhang & Yen-Chiang Chang, Russian Absence at the Arctic Sunrise Case: A Comparison with the Chinese Position in the South China Sea Arbitration
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Foreign Investment Protection in China
• Francois LeSieur, Canada
• Yongmin Bian, China

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 8, no. 1, Spring 2015) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Global Responsibility of Transnational Corporations
• Mahdev Mohan, Corporate Accountability in Southeast Asia: National Action Plans for Responsible Business Conduct under International Law
• Mariko Shoji, Global Accountability of Transnational Corporations: The UN Global Compact as a Global Norm
• Jun Zhao, Human Rights Accountability of Transnational Corporations: A Potential Response from Bilateral Investment Treaties
• Articles
• JAn Chen & Fan Yang, Global South at 50 and beyond?: The Voice from China for Establishing NIEO
• Abdul Ghafur Hamid @ Khin Maung Sein, Combating Terrorism and the Use of Force against a State: A Relook at the Contemporary World Order
• Notes & Comments
• Hyoungjin Moon & Jongho Nam, The Great Ming Code and International Custom of Medieval East Asia: An Analysis of Korea’s Policies regarding Japanese Crimes in the Fifteenth Century
• Tianbao Qin, Dispute over the Applicable Scope of the Svalbard Treaty: A Chinese Lawyer’s Perspective
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Maritime Dispute in the Ambalat Block
• Areej Torla, Salma Yusof & Mohd Hisham Mohd Kamal, Malaysia
• Ida B.R. Supancana, Indonesia

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 7, no. 2, Autumn 2014) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Twenty Years' UNCLOS and the Future Ocean Regime
• Mincai Yu, China Being A Maritime Power under the UNCLOS: Issues and Ways Ahead
• Yurika Ishii, International Cooperation on the Repression of Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea under the UNCLOS
• Articles
• Sung Pil Park, Harmonizing Public and Private International Law: Implications of the Apple vs. Samsung IP Litigation
• Wei Shen, Conceptuality or Textuality? Understanding the Notion of Expropriation in the Context of Tza Yap Shum v. The Republic of Peru
• Notes & Comments
• A.-H. Ranjbarian, A. Abedini & K. Rouzegari, Interpreting the United Nations Security Council Resolutions by the Domestic Courts: The Judgment of the High Court of Singapore on the Iranian Nuclear Program
• Chao Wang, International Arbitration of Maritime Delimitation: An Alternative for East Asia?
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Law and Policy under the Post-Kyoto Protocol System
• Hui Zhang, Towards a New Global Agreement under the Doha Climate Gateway: A Chinese Way
• Osamu Yoshida, Domestic Initiatives in a Global Context? Japan's Approaches to the Emissions Trading Schemes for the International Climate Change Regime
• Sung Ja Cho, Legal and Policy Implications on the Post-Kyoto Protocol System: A Korean Lawyer's Viewpoint

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 7, no. 1, Spring 2014) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Bush Doctrine and New International Legal Order
• Patricia Goedde, Human Rights of Guantánamo Detainees under International and US Law: Revisiting the US Supreme Court Cases
• Dong Chen, Who Threatens Whom? The 'Chinese Threat' and the Bush Doctrine
• Articles
• Haniff Ahamat & Nasarudin Rahman, Restricting Biofuel Imports in the Name of the Environment: How Does the Application of WTO Rules Affect Developing Countries?
• Wenwei Guan, International Trade "from Status to Contract" and Back: A Critique of the NME Normal Value Determination and Beyond
• Eric Yong Joong Lee, Haunting Phantom on the Way to the Korean Reunification? The Chinese People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War and Its Legal Questions
• Notes & Comments
• Medwis Al-Rashidi, The Geneva II Peace Talks and the Syrian Conflict: Neglected Legal Elements
• Yuji Hosaka, Is the so-called 'Rusk Letter' be a Critical Evidence of Japan's Territorial Claim to Dokdo Island?
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Japan's Currency Manipulation
• Xin Chen, Japan's Unspoken Currency Manipulation by Monetary Policies: A Chinese Lawyer's Perspective
• John Riley, The Legality of Japan's Current Monetary Policy under International Law

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 6, no. 2, Autumn 2013) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Feminist Approaches to International Law
• Yoko Hayashi, Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in Japan
• Seryon Lee, Legal Feminism and the UN's Gender Mainstreaming Policy: Still Searching for the Blind Spot?
• Articles
• Congyan Cai, Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Multilateralization of International Investment Law
• Hyun Seok Park, To Apply or to Declare, or Both? Links between the Two Types of Intervention under the ICJ Statute
• Notes & Comments
• Ahmad Masum & Nehaluddin Ahmad, Freedom of Religion and Apostasy under International Law: With Special Reference to Article 11 of the Malaysian Federal Constitution
• Boris Kondoch, Jus ad Bellum and Cyber Warfare in Northeast Asia
• Andrew Wolman, Korea's Refugee Act: A Critical Evaluation under International Law
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Legal Claims to Scarborough Shoal
• The Philippines: Lowell Bautista
• China: Ran Guo

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 6, no. 1, Spring 2013) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Changing Trade Norms in the Twenty-first Century
• Yoshinori Abe, Implementation System of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body: A Comparative Approach
• Ying Bi, Is Dumping Still Harmful? New Thinking on Antidumping in the Global Free Trade
• Jaemin Lee, Bracing for the Hidden Fallout: Systemic Implications of the Sino-US Trade Disputes at a Time of Changing International Trade Paradigms
• Articles
• Seung Hwan Choi, Human Dignity' as an Indispensable Requirement for Sustainable Regional Economic Integration
• Kamrul Hossain, The UNCLOS and the China-US Hegemonic Competition over the South China Sea
• Notes & Comments
• Hyunsoo Kim, China's Basepoints and Baselines under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: A Critical Analysis
• Yun Zhao, Legal Issues of China's Possible Participation in the International Space Station: Comparing to the Russian Experience
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Judicial Reparation for the so-called 'Comfort Women' during World War II
• Korea: Seong Phil Hong
• Japan: Teraya Koji

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 5, no. 2, Autumn 2012) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Legal Issues of ASEAN Integration
• Joel Ng, Rule of Law as a Framework within the ASEAN Community
• Huan Qi, Investment Law in the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement
• Ida B. Wyasa, Harmonizing Ideological Tension in the Development of the ASEAN Law
• Articles
• Saratoon Santivasa, The NGOs’ Participation in the Proceedings of the International Court of Justice
• Zhongfa Ma & Yan Zhang, TRIPs Agreement and Enforcement of the Intellectual Property Rights in China
• Notes & Comments
• Ahmed Buckley, Smiting Spell: The Legality of Targeted Killings in the War against Terrorism
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Fisheries Dispute in the Yellow Sea
• Korea: Suk Kyoon Kim
• China: Zewei Yang

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 5, no. 1, Spring 2012) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: International Legal Cooperation against Somali Piracy
• Manjiao Chi, Finding out the 'Achilles' Heels': Piracy Suppression under International Law and Chinese Law
• Eric Yong Joong Lee, Military Rescue Operation for the Hostages Taken by Somali Pirates: Was the Korean Navy's "Daybreak in the Gulf of Aden" Legitimate?
• Akiko Sugiki, Piracy in a Failed State: How State-Building Can Stabilize the Situation off the Somali Coast?
• Articles
• Zhengxin Huo, Reshaping Private International Law in China: The Statutory Reform of Tort Conflicts
• Jaemin Lee, A Clash between IT Giants and the Changing Face of International Law: The Samsung vs. Apple Litigation and Its Jurisdictional Implications
• Notes & Comments
• Shun-liang Hsu, Border Enforcement of Plant Variety Rights: A Comparison between Japan and Taiwan
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Maritime and Territorial Dispute in the South China Sea
• Vietnam: Hong Thao Nguyen
• China: Junwu Pan

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 4, no. 2, Autumn 2011) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Outer Space Development and International Law
• Yan Ling, Prevention of Outer Space Weaponization under International Law: A Chinese Lawyer's Perspective
• Lalin Kovudhikulrungsr & Duangden Nakseeharach, Liability Regime of International Space Law:Some Lessons from International Nuclear Law
• Yu Takeuchi, Space Traffic Management as a Guiding Principle of the International Regime of Sustainable Space Activities
• Yun Zhao, The Way Forward for Promoting Awareness of Space Law in Asia:A Proposal for Institutional Capacity Building
• Articles
• Zezen Z. Mutaqin, Indonesian Customary Law and European Colonialism: A Comparative Analysis on Adat Law
• Notes & Comments
• Michael S.T. Gau, Problems and Practices in Maritime Delimitation in East Asia: With Special Reference to Taiwan
• Seryon Lee, The Feasibility of Reforming the UN Security Council:Too Much Talk, Too Little Action?
• Regional Focus & Controversies: The Whaling Dispute in the South Pacific
• Australia: Ruth Davis
• Japan: Ad hoc Editorial Chamber

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 4, no. 1, Spring 2011) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Legal Control on the World Climate Change
• Xiaoyi Jiang & Fahui Hao, Legal Issues for Implementing the Clean Development Mechanism in China
• Osamu Yoshida, Procedural Aspects of the International Legal Regime for Climate Change: Early Operation of the Kyoto Protocol's Compliance System
• Yiyuan Su, The International Legal Concerns on Climate Change Regime: Taiwan's Perspective
• Article
• Zhang Liang, Unprecedented RTA Practices between the Customs Territories of China
• Notes & Comments
• Yun-Gi Hong, Dichotomously Stiffened Dialectics in the Entangled Modernity of the Colonized and the Colonizers: A Critical Comment on Professor Singh's Article, "Colonised's Madness, Colonisers' Modernity and International Law: Mythological Materialism in the East-West Telos"
• François LeSieur, Commentaire sur la Nouvelle Loi Française Relative à la Lutte contre la Piraterie et à l’Exercice des Pouvoirs de Police de l’État en Mer
• I.B.R. Supancana, Legal Issues Regarding Foreign Investment and the Implementation of the Japan-Indonesia Economic Partnership Agreement
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Cross-Strait Economic Cooperation
• China : Zhichao Chen
• Taiwan : Yen-Hsueh Lai

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 3, no. 2, Autumn 2010) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Human Rights Protection of the Vulnerable in an Age of Globalization
• Patricia S. Daway, Migrant Workers' Rights and Status under International Law : the Asian Experience
• Yoshiaki Sato, Immigration Law and Policy of Japan in the Age of East Asian Community-Building
• Lijiang Zhu, The Right of Ethnic Minorities to Free Interpretation in Criminal Proceedings under International Law : With Special Reference to China
• Article
• Ershadul Karim, Health as Human Rights under National and International Legal Framework : Bangladesh Perspective
• Notes & Comments
• Mahdev Mohan, Singapore and the Universal Periodic Review: An Unprecedented Human Rights Assessment
• A. Zahid & R. B. Shapiee, Pacta Sunt Servanda : Islamic Perception
• Regional Focus & Controversies: Middle East Conflict under International Law
• Palestine : Yousef Shandi
• Israel : Robbie Sabel

New Issue: Journal of East Asia and International Law

The latest issue of the Journal of East Asia and International Law (Vol. 3, no. 1, Spring 2010) is out. Contents include:

• Issue Focus: Legitimacy of the Proliferation Security Initiative
• Hiroyuki Banzai, The Proliferation Security Initiative and International Law of the Sea: A Japanese Lawyer's Perspective
• Eric Yong Joong Lee, Can the PSI be Legitimate for the Nonproliferation Regime?: A Critical Analysis
• Mincai Yu, China's Position on the Proliferation Security Initiative and Its Reappraisal
• Notes & Comments
• Klaus Schlichtmann, UN Collective Security and the Transitional Period: A Myth over the Founding and Aims of the United Nations
• Md. A. Zahid & R. B. Shapiee, Considering Custom in the Making of Siyar (Islamic International Law)
• Regional Focus & Controversies - Territorial Issues on the East China Sea
• China: Hui Wu & Dan Zhang
• Japan: Shigeyoshi Ozaki