EDITORIAL

ARTICLES

• Arthur Eyffinger, Caught Between Tradition and Modernity: East Asia at the Hague Peace Conferences
• John O. Haley, Rethinking Contract Practice and Law in Japan
• Congyan Cai, Human Rights Conditionality in International Economic Relations: A Chinese Lawyer’s Perspective
• Patrick Hughes, Copyright as International Cultural Policy: A New Model for Copyright Enforcement in China

NOTES & COMMENTS

• Yun Zhao, Disaster Management and the Tampere Convention
• Kangchan Jeong, Stem Cell Research in Korea: A Legislative Aspect

REGIONAL FOCUS & CONTROVERSIES

The Legal Status of Taiwan in the World Health Organization

• TAIWAN: Michael Sheng-ti Gau
• CHINA: Bin Li

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Professor Dr. Sompong Sucharitkul

TREATY REPORTS

REVIEW

• A. Devereux & C. Anderson, “Reporting under International Human Rights Treaties : Perspectives from Timor Leste’s Experience of the Reformed Process,” 8 Human Rights Law Review (2008) (Todd Howland)

COMMUNICATION

EDITORIAL

ARTICLES

• Valerie Epps, Evolving Concepts of Self-Determination and Autonomy in International Law: The Legal Status of Tibet
• Liu Xiaohong, Resolving Jurisdiction Conflicts between Courts and Arbitral Tribunal: A Chinese Law Perspective

NOTES & COMMENTS

• N. Ahmad, Dowry Deaths (bride burning) in India and Abetment of Suicide: A Socio-Legal Appraisal
• Jaemin Lee, Terrorism Prevention and the Right of Preemptive Self-Defense
• Nongji Zhang, Resources on East Asian Law in the United States
• I.B.R. Supancana (Special Note), The Roadmap toward the Creation of ASEAN Security Community in 2015: Legal Perspectives

REGIONAL FOCUS & CONTROVERSIES

The Legal Autonomy of Tibet

• TIBET: Lobsang Sangay
• CHINA: Yongmin Bian

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Andrew N. Ackley, Self-Diagnosing Medical Malpractice: How Japan’s Physician Self- Reporting Procedures Undermine Legal Deterrence and Medical Care

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Dr. Chung Il-yung

TREATY REPORTS

REVIEW

• Gerald Paul McAlinn (ed.), Japanese Business Law (Jasper Kim)
• Haanappel, P.P.C. , The Law and Policy of Air Space and Outer Space: A Comparative Approach (Che Zuhaida Saari)

COMMUNICATION

SOURCES

EDITORIAL

ISSUE FOCUS

Islamic World and International Law

• Ali A. Alfeel, The Iraqi Special Tribunal under the International Humanitarian Law
• Haitham A. Haloush, Legal Framework of Unfair Competition In Jordan: Scope of Application And Legal Protection
• Abdul G. Hamid, ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENCE OF STATES
• Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko, Islamic View of Women’s Rights:An International Lawyer’s Perspective

ARTICLE

• Gong Yu, U.S.-E.U. Openbet Skies Deal and Its Implication for the Liberalization of International Air Transport Services: A Chinese Perspective

NOTES & COMMENTS

• Nobumasa Akiyama, “Article 24 Crises” and Security Council Reform : A Japanese Perspective
• Luke L. Arnold, Acting locally, thinking globally? The Relationship between Decentralization in Indonesia and International Human Rights

REGIONAL FOCUS & CONTROVERSIES

Who Owns the Preah Vihear Temple?

• Cambodia: Bora Touch
• Thailand: Monticha Pakdeekong

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Alakh N. Singh & Prabhakar Singh, WHAT CAN INTERNATIONAL LAW LEARN FROM INDIAN MYTHOLOGY, HINDUISM AND HISTORY?

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Professor John Owen Haley

TREATY REPORTS

REVIEW

• Byung-sun Oh

COMMUNICATION

SOURCES

EDITORIAL

ISSUE FOCUS

Maritime Environmental Protection under International Law

• Yanti Fristikawati, Legal Protection of Indonesian Coral Reefs in Papua Province
• Kanongnij Sribuaiam, Legal Aspects of the Coastal Zone Management:On-going Process of ICZM in Thailand
• Jun Tsuruta, Japanese Measures against Marine Pollution under UNCLOS and the IMO Treaties
• Xiaoqin Zhu & Lin Dong, Legal Remedies for Marine Ecological Damage in China: As Illustrated by the Tasman Sea Oil Spills Case

ARTICLES

• Peter van den Dungen, Erasmus: The 16th Century’s Pioneer of Peace Education and a Culture of Peace
• Vishnu Sridharan, Rule of Law Indicators in Context: An Empirical Evaluation of GTZ Legal Advisory in Beijing

NOTES & COMMENTS

• Andrew Wolman, Protecting Victim Rights: The Role of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea

REGIONAL FOCUS & CONTROVERSIES

A Maritime Demarcation Dispute on the Yellow Sea

• South Korea: Kim Young-koo
• North Korea: Korean Central News Agency

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Arpita Saha, Rape as a War Crime: The Position of International Law since World War II

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Justice Florentino Feliciano

TREATY REPORTS

REVIEW

• Christian Deblock et Henri Renault, Nord-Sud: La Reconnexion Peripherique(Kang Yoo-duk)

COMMUNICATION

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EDITORIAL

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

ARTICLE

• Prabhakar Singh, Colonised's Madness, Colonisers' Modernity and International Law : Mythological Materialism in the East-West Telos

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

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Jordie Saperia, Jerusalem: Legal Status, Condominium and Middle East Peace

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Ambassador Yamada Chusei

TREATY REPORTS

REVIEW

• (Bomin Ko)

COMMUNICATION

EDITORIAL

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

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Melissa M. Kim, North Korean Escapees in China : Granting Prima Facie Refugee Status Based on a Group Determination

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Professor Ko Swan Sik

TREATY REPORTS

REVIEW

• Chongko Choi, East Asian Jurisprudence (Robert Gallo)

COMMUNICATION

EDITORIAL

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' Article, "Colonised's Madness, Colonisers' Modernity and International Law: Mythological Materialism in the East-West Telos"
• Fran?ois LeSieur, Commentaire sur la Nouvelle Loi Fran?aise Relative ? la Lutte contre la Piraterie et ? l'Exercice des Pouvoirs de Police de l'?tat 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

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• M. Ehteshamul Bari, Dispensation of Justice by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: A Critical Appraisal

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Professor Surya Subedi

TREATY REPORTS

REVIEW

• Curtis Milhaupt & Katharina Pistor, Law & Capitalism: What Corporate Crises Reveal about Legal Systems and Economic Development around the World (Bo-Hyuk Kim)

COMMUNICATION

EDITORIAL

ISSUE FOCUS

Outer Space Development and International Law

• Yan Ling, Prevention of Outer Space Weaponization under International Law:A Chinese Lawyer's Perspective
• Lalin K. & Duangden N., 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

ARTICLE

• 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

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Rishav Banerjee, Rome Statute and India: An Analysis of India's Attitude towards the International Criminal Court

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Professor An CHEN

TREATY REPORTS

• Xiangqian Gong, Undertaking the common but differentiated responsibilities: China's Decision to accept the two Amendments to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (China)
• Bomin Ko, Trade in Goods Agreement of the FTA between Korea and the ASEAN:The Four Years and Forward (Korea)
• Lan Shiow Tsai, Singapore's Hostage Taking Act and the Accession to the International Convention against the Taking of Hostages(Singapore)
• Raymond C.E. Sung, IATTC Antigua Convention (Taiwan)

REVIEW

• An Chen, An Chen's Series of International Economic Law (Fudan University Press, 2008) (Huiping Chen)
• Paul Grussendorf, My Trials: What I Learned in Immigration Court (Kindle Edition, Amazon Digital Service, 2011), 375KB (Hyun-Jin Lee)

COMMUNICATION

About the Authors

EDITORIAL

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?

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

Maritime and Territorial Dispute in the South China Sea

• 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

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• 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)

COMMUNICATION

About the Authors

EDITORIAL

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

ARTICLE

• 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

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Robert Gallo, The Future of Informalism in the Economic Integration of ASEAN

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Dr. Jay Kun Yoo

DIGEST

• Xiangqian Gong, Cross-Strait Nuclear Power Safety Cooperation Agreement : A First Step towards Nuclear Safety Cooperation in East Asia? (China)
• Jun Tsuruta, Japanese Implementation of the UNCLOS : The Act on Punishment of and Measures against Piracy (Japan)
• Anowar Zahid, Legislation on the Export Control of Strategic Items and Technologies (Malaysia)
• Seryon Lee, Apple v. Samsung Trials in Korea and the U.S Court (Korea)
• Mahdev Mohan & Lan Shiow Tsai, The Rise of Human Rights Law? : Notable Developments in 2012 in Singapore (Singapore)

EAST ASIAN OBSERVER

• The Case Concerning the Patent Infringement between Samsung and Apple
• Disputes over the Islands in the East China Sea between China and Japan : Contrasting Their Positions

REVIEW

• Bo Rothstein, The Quality of Government: Corruption, Social Trust, and Inequality in International Perspective (Sung Min Koh)

COMMUNICATION

About the Authors

EDITORIAL

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

ARTICLE

• 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

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Kelly Kuan Shang, Trespass to Airspace: How to Deter North Korea from Its Space Ambitions?

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Professor A F M Maniruzzaman

DIGEST

• Xiangqian Gong, Recent Developments in China's Policy over the South China Sea Dispute (China)
• Patthara Limsira, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure (Thailand)
• Seryon Lee, Renewal of the ROK-US Atomic Energy Agreement (Korea)
• Raymond C.E. Sung, Ratification of the Two Covenants and Publication of the Initial National Reports on Human Rights (Taiwan)
• Jun Tsuruta, Japanese Laws and Regulations for Enforcing the Public Duty Performance at Sea against Foreign Ships (Japan)

EAST ASIAN OBSERVER

• North Korean Nuclear Crisis
• Syrian Armed Conflict

REVIEW

• Emerging Regional Human Rights Systems in Asia by Tae-Ung Baik (B. Mayer)

COMMUNICATION

Wedding Correspondence

Obituary

About the Authors

Erratum

EDITORIAL

ISSUE FOCUS

Feminist Approach 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?

ARTICLE

• 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

STUDENT CONTRIBUTION

• Kelly Gieop Na, Reasonable Suspicion: Gloomy Future of the Kyoto Protocol

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER

A Dialogue with Judicial Wisdom

• Professor Miyoshi Masahiro

DIGEST

• Vicheka Lay, China..s Investment in Cambodia (Cambodia)
• Xiangqian Gong, International Joint Action against Corruption: Agreement between China and Canada regarding the Sharing of Forfeited Assets (China)
• Darren Bean, China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Agreement (Korea)
• Vani Sathisan, Singapore..s Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Singapore)
• Patthara Limsira, Dialogue Process for Peace in the Border Provinces of Southern Thailand (Thailand)

EAST ASIAN OBSERVER

• Robert Gallo, The Case for Interstate Arbitration
• Xinjun Zhang & Isaac Kardon, Forging New Relations between China and the United States

REVIEW

• Eric A. Posner & Alan O. Sykes, Economic Foundations of International Law (Wei Shen)

COMMUNICATION

About the Authors

Notice of Research Ethics Violation

Erratum