27th Volume of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (2025)
The 27th Volume (2025) of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (JYPIL) (Kokusai Shiho Nenpo [Japanese]) published by the Private International Law Association of Japan (Kokusai Shiho Gakkai [Japanese]) (“PILAJ”) has recently been released.
This new volume features the following table of content.
The papers are published in Japanese; all links below direct to the papers’ English summaries.
Special Feature I: Transformations of Law in the Digital Society
Digital Society and Data Protection
Kazuki SHISHIDO
Applicable Law to Copyright Infringement in the Era of Generative AI
Yuriko HAGA
Digital Asset Transactions and Private International Law
Tetsuo MORISHITA
Special Feature II: The Advent of the Age of Migration and the Role of Private International Law
Chizuko HAYAKAWA
Rethinking the Lex Patriae in Japanese International Family Law and Succession
Takami HAYASHI
Habitual Residence of Individuals with Short-term, Medium-term, or Unstable Periods of Stay
Miku KOIKE
From Academic Conference Presentations
— The Situation Surrounding Private International Law in the United Kingdom
Yuko OKANO
Meaning of the “Causal Fact” of a Maritime Lien
— A Study on the Scope of the Theory of Lex Rei Sitae at the Time of Completion of the Causal Fact
Yohei ITO
Mutual Legal Assistance and Infringement of Foreign State Sovereignty
Kazuaki TAKAHASHI
Challenges and Prospects for Access to Extraterritorial Evidence between Japan and the United States
Atsushi SHIRAKI
The contents of all volumes are available here (English) and here (Japanese)
Papers included in volumes 1 (1999) to 24 (2022) are freely available on the PILAJ’s website.
English summaries of volumes from Vol. 18 (2016) are also available online.
Both current and past volumes of JYPIL may be ordered from the publisher’s website (Shinzansha).