The Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 61, 2018)
The forthcoming volume of the Japanese Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 61, 2018) will feature the following articles and case notes relating to private international law:
Articles
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CONSUMER COLLECTIVE REDRESS
Dai Yokomizo, Introductory Note (168)
Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Special Proceedings for the Collective Redress for Property Damage Incurred by Consumers — About So-Called “Japanese Class Action” — (169)
Dai Yokomizo, Consumer Collective Redress and Japanese Conflict of Laws (190)
Stefaan Voet, Europe’s Collective Redress Conundrum (205)
Catherine Piché & Geneviève Saumier, Consumer Collective Redress in Canada (231)
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
Masato Dogauchi, The Aftermath of the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Accident: How Japanese Lawyers Have Been Playing Their Roles with Regard to the Nuclear Damage? (284)
JUDICIAL DECISIONS IN JAPAN (369ss)
Public International Law
Takamatsu High Court, Judgment, April 25, 2016
Hate Speech — The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination — Relevance of the Convention in Interpreting Domestic Laws
Nagoya High Court, Judgment, September 7, 2016
Eligibility for Refugee Status — Burden and Degree of Proof — Situation in Nepal — Article 1 of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees — Handbook and Guidelines on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status
Nagoya High Court, Judgment, November 30, 2016
Factors to be Taken into Consideration in Determination of Special Permission to Stay — Continuous De Facto Marriage and Family Life — Criminal Offence and Extenuating Circumstances
Naha District Court (Okinawa Branch), Judgment, February 9, 2017
State Immunity — Activities of Foreign Armed Forces Stationing in the Forum State with Its Consent — Tort Exception — Relationship Between the United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Customary Rules on State Immunity
Private International Law
Supreme Court (3rd Petty Bench), Judgment, December 12, 2017
Challenge to Arbitral Award — Arbitrator Conflict of Interest — Disclosure of Conflict of Interest
Supreme Court (3rd Petty Bench), Judgment, 12 December 2017
Japanese Anti-Monopoly Act — Extraterritorial Application — Price-Fixing Cartel
Supreme Court (1st Petty Bench), Decision, December 21, 2017
International Child Abduction — Modification of the Order to Return
Tokyo High Court, Judgment, November 25, 2015
Enforcement of Judgment — Defamation — Reciprocity
Tokyo District Court, Judgment, January 17, 2017
International Adjudicatory Jurisdiction over Consumer Contracts — Rescindment of Contracts by Fraud — Overriding Mandatory Provision
Tokyo High Court, Judgment, October 25, 2017
Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses Commercial Contracts — Public Policy — Civil Remedy— International Private Law — Limitation of Party Autonomy by Mandatory Rules — Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position — Article 24 of the Antimonopoly Act — Article 709 of the Civil Code
More information on the Yearbook (former Annual) and the content of its past volumes is available at http://www.ilajapan.org/jyil/.