EDITORIAL

ISSUE FOCUS

• 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?

ARTICLE

• 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

• Vietnam : Hong Thao Nguyen
• China : Junwu Pan

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Sophie Landberg, Sustainable Development of Water Resources in the Mekong River Basin: Legal and Policy Implications of Dams in the Regional Context

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

• Professor Shunmugam Jayakumar

TREATY REPORTS

• Xiangqian Gong, Seeking a Basic and Long-term Approaching：The Sino-Vietnam Agreement on Basic Principles Guiding the Settlement of Maritime Issues (China)
• Jun Tsuruta, Japanese Implementation of the UNCLOS: The Act on Navigation of Foreign Ships in the Territorial Sea and Internal Waters (Japan)
• Bomin Ko, Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Korea and the United States: Is the ROK-US a True Chorus Both in International and Domestic Levels? (Korea)
• Patthara Limsira, Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (Thailand)
• Thang Nguyen-Dang, Vietnam-China Agreement on Basic Principles Guiding the Settlement of Sea Issues (Vietnam)

REVIEW

• Jo Anne Shatkin, Nanotechnology: Health and Environmental Risks (CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008), 167 pages (Md. Ershadul Karim)

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