Volume 64 (2021)
CONTENTS
ARTICLES
GLOBAL CONSTITUTIONALISM AND INTERNATIONAL LAW FROM JAPANESE PERSPECTIVE
- Takao Suami
- Introductory Note
- 1
- Takao Suami
- Global Constitutionalism and International Law Scholarship in Japan
- 5
- Keisuke Kondo
- Global Constitutionalism and Legal Philosophy: Or, a Proposal for the Theory of the Four Constitutionalist Elements
- 54
- Tsuyoshi Kawase
- Trade, Security, and Constitutionalism at Crossroads: Achieving the Right Balance Between the Regulatory Power of WTO and National Sovereignty
- 76
CROSS-BORDER ASPECTS OF CONDUCTING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS
- Dai Yokomizo
- Introductory Note
- 117
- Shuya Hayashi
- Digital Platforms and Competition Law: A Discussion in Japan
- 118
- Hiroki Harada
- Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Regulation of Platformers
- 158
- Keigo Fuchi
- Digital Platforms and Their Role in the Collection of VAT/GST and RST
- 173
- Dai Yokomizo
- Digital Platforms and Conflict of Laws
- 202
JAPANESE DIGEST OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Atsuko Kanehara
- COVID-19 and the Law of the Sea: Japan’s Port State Jurisdiction in Relation to the Diamond Princess
- 233
BOOK REVIEWS
- Tomohiko Kobayashi
- Kokusai Boeki Funso Shori no Hoteki Kadai [The Legal Issues of International Trade Dispute Settlement], edited by Yoshinori Abe and Takemasa Sekine. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. xxi, 407.
- 246
- Ren Yatsunami
- Seisaku-jitsugen-katei no Gurobaruka [The Globalized Policy Cycle], edited by Yuki Asano, Hiroki Harada, Takeshi Fujitani, and Dai Yokomizo. Tokyo: Koubundo, 2019. Pp. xi, 385.
- 250
- KIM Moonsook
- Zainichi no Sozokuho: Sono Riron to Jitsumu [Succession Law for the Korean in Japan: Theories and Practice], written by CHO Kyong-jeo, Nihonkajoshuppan, 2019. Pp. xxii, 672.
- 255
- Naoko Hashimoto
- Nanminmondai to Kokusaihoseido no Doutai [Refugees and the Dynamics of International Law], by Mari Kawamura. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. xv, 269.
- 257
- Yuriko Haga
- Kokusai Kazoku Ho ni okeru Tojisha Jichi [Party Autonomy in International Family Law], by Miku Koike. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. ix, 238.
- 261
- Nobuyuki Yagi
- Gyogyo Shigenkanri no Ho to Seisaku [Laws and Policies for Fishery Resource Management], edited by Mari Koyano. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. xviii, 187.
- 264
- YAMADA Satoshi
- Kokusaiho to Kempochitsujo: Kokusaikihan no Jisshikengen [International Law and Constitutional Legal Systems: The Competence to Implement International Norms], by MATSUDA Hiromichi. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2020. Pp. v, 237.
- 267
- Yasushi Higashizawa
- Kokusai Keiji Tetsuzuki Ho no Taikei: Puremisu Riron to Ichiji Fusairi [The System of International Criminal Procedural Law: The Premise Theory and the Principle of Ne Bis In Idem], by OCHI Megumi. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2020. Pp. xvii, 491.
- 270
- Junichi Eto and Shuichi Furuya
- Jissho no Kokusai Hogaku no Keisho: Ando Nisuke Sensei Tsuito [Inheritance of the Positivist Researches of International Law: in Memory of Professor Nisuke Ando], edited by Kentaro Serita, Shigeki Sakamoto, Kimio Yakushiji, Masahiko Asada and Hironobu Sakai. Tokyo: Shinzansha, 2019. Pp. xxv, 1033.
- 276
- Jun Matsukuma
- Kokusai-ho no Furonteia: Miyazaki-sensei Tsuito Ronbunshu [International Law: Essays in Memory of Professor Shigeki Miyazaki], edited by Satoru Taira, Toru Umeda, and Taro Hamada. Tokyo: Nippon Hyoronsha, 2019. Pp. viii, 639.
- 283
- Hisashi Onogi
- Kokusai Shiho ni okeru Shiteki Jichi [Private Autonomy in Private International Law] by Ruijing XU. Tokyo: Bunshindo, 2019. Pp. vii, 250.
- 289
JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN
I. Public International Law
- Osaka High Court, Judgment, February 4, 2020
- 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)
- 294
- Tokyo District Court, Judgment, November 14, 2019
- 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
- 302
II. Private Interantional Law
- Supreme Court (1st Petty Bench), Decision, April 16, 2020
- International Child Abduction — Modification of Conciliation Agreementy
- 308
- Supreme Court (3rd Petty Bench), Judgment, July 7, 2020
- Determination of Governing Law — Nationality of Child Born out of Wedlock
- 311
- Tokyo High Court, Judgment, September 25, 2019
- Applicable Law — Tort — Alienation of Affection — Places Where the Results of the Wrongful Acts Occurred
- 314
- Tokyo High Court, Judgment, July 22, 2020
- Choice of Court Agreements — Exclusive Jurisdiction – Public Policy
- 318
CHRONOLOGY OF JAPANESE FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN 2020
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS CONCLUDED BY JAPAN IN 2020
DOCUMENTS
- 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).
ACTIVITIES
- 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