Out Now: The 26th Volume of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (2024)

 

 

The 26th Volume of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (Kokusai Shiho Nenpo) published by the Private International Law Association of Japan (Kokusai Shiho Gakkai) (hereinafter “PILAJ”)has recently been released.

This new volume features the following table of content (all links direct to the papers’ English abstracts)

 

Part 1 – The Status and Development of Private International Law from a Global Perspective

Corporate Climate Liability in Private International Law (in English)

Marc-Philippe WELLER and Madeleine Petersen WEINER

 

The Case for a Special Conflicts Rule in the European Union for Cross-Border Trade Secret Disputes (in English)

Onur Can SAATCIOGLU

 

Trends in Australian Private International Law (in English)

Mary KEYES

 

Part II – International Transactions and Dispute Resolution through Arbitration and Mediation

The Application of Mandatory Rules of Law in International Arbitration (in Japanese)

Tatsuya NAKAMURA

 

Due Process and Efficiency in Arbitral Proceedings —From a Swiss Perspective (in Japanese)

Kazuaki NISHIOKA

 

Part III – Academic Conference Presentations

On the Relationship between lex rei sitae and the Immutability of Law of Creation —From the Perspective of Temporal and Factual Division of the Applicable Law (in Japanese)

Yoshiaki NOMURA

 

Conflict of Laws and Corporate Environmental Irresponsibility in the Developing World —Remedying Choice of Law Rule for Environmental Damage (in English)

Thu Thuy NGUYEN

 

Arb./Med.Arb. as Multi-layered Dispute Resolution in Practice —Including Practice in Asian Countries and Concrete Mediation Techniques (in Japanese)

Yoshihiro TAKATORI

 

Arrest of Ships and International Private Law (in Japanese)

Fumiko MASUDA

 

The contents of all volumes are available here.

Papers included in volumes 1 (1999) to 23 (2023) are freely available on the PILAJ’s website.

English abstracts of the papers published in Japanese are also available from volume 18 (2016).

The current and past volumes of JYPIL can be ordered from the publisher’s website (Shinzansha).