Volume 64 (2021) |
CONTENTS |
ARTICLES GLOBAL CONSTITUTIONALISM AND INTERNATIONAL LAW FROM JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE |
Introductory Note |
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Takao Suami | ||
Global Constitutionalism and International Law Scholarship in Japan |
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Global Constitutionalism and Legal Philosophy: Or, a Proposal for the
Theory of the Four Constitutionalist Elements |
54 |
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Tsuyoshi Kawase | ||
Trade, Security, and Constitutionalism at Crossroads: Achieving the Right Balance Between the Regulatory Power of WTO and National Sovereignty |
76 |
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CROSS-BORDER ASPECTS OF CONDUCTING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS |
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Dai Yokomizo | ||
Introductory Note |
117 |
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Digital Platforms and Competition Law: A Discussion in Japan |
118 |
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Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Regulation of Platformers |
158 |
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Digital Platforms and Their Role in the Collection of VAT/GST and RST |
173 |
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Digital Platforms and Conflict of Laws |
202 |
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JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW |
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COVID-19 and the Law of the Sea: Japan’s Port State Jurisdiction in Relation to the Diamond Princess |
233 |
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BOOK REVIEWS |
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Tomohiko Kobayashi
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246 |
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Ren Yatsunami
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250 |
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KIM Moonsook
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255 |
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Naoko Hashimoto
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257 |
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Yuriko Haga
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261 |
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Nobuyuki Yagi
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264 |
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YAMADA Satoshi
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267 |
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Yasushi Higashizawa
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270 |
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Junichi Eto and Shuichi Furuya
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276 |
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Jun Matsukuma
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283 |
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Hisashi Onogi
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289 |
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JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN |
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I. Public International Law | ||
Osaka High Court, Judgment, February 4, 2020 | 294 | |
Forced Labor During the Second World War — Right to Claim Compensation — the Renunciation Clause in the Joint Communiqué Between Japan and the People’s Republic of China (1972) |
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Tokyo District Court, Judgment, November 14, 2019 | 302 | |
Requirement of the Same Surname for Married Couples Under Article 750 of the Civil Code — Constitutionality — Articles 2(1), 2(3)(b), 3, 17, and 23 of the ICCPR — Articles 2(f) and 16(1)(b)(g) of the CEDAW — Direct Applicability |
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II. Private Interantional Law |
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Supreme Court (1st Petty Bench), Decision, April 16, 2020 | 308 | |
International Child Abduction — Modification of Conciliation Agreementy |
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Supreme Court (3rd Petty Bench), Judgment, July 7, 2020 | 311 | |
Determination of Governing Law — Nationality of Child Born out of Wedlock |
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Tokyo High Court, Judgment, September 25, 2019 | 314 | |
Applicable Law — Tort — Alienation of Affection — Places Where the Results of the Wrongful Acts Occurred |
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Tokyo High Court, Judgment, July 22, 2020 | 318 | |
Choice of Court Agreements — Exclusive Jurisdiction – Public Policy |
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CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2020 |
323 | |
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2020 |
337 | |
DOCUMENTS |
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1. Regarding the Confirmation of the Judgment of the Seoul Central District Court of the Republic of Korea in the Lawsuit Filed by Former Comfort Women and Others (Statement by Foreign Minister MOTEGI Toshimitsu) | 339 | |
2. Basic Position of the Government of Japan on International Law Applicable to Cyber Operations | 342 | |
* Selected Treaties and Documents Concluded and Signed by Japan is available on-line (click here). |
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ACTIVITIES |
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I. Activities of the International Law Association of Japan | 352 | |
II. Activities of Related Academic Associations in Japan | 365 | |
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THE JAPANESE YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW |
368 | |