International Law in East Asia

Contents: Introduction; Part I International Law in General: From Asian Perspectives: Jurisdictional immunities in contemporary international law from Asian perspectives, Sompong Sucharitkul; The social science of international law: its evolution in Japan, Yoshiro Matsui. Part II International Economic Law: Financial liberalization and regulation in East Asia: lessons from financial crises and the Chinese experience of controlled liberalization, Jiangyu Wang; Reforms in FDI policy and the investment climate in Vietnam, Tien Quang Tran. Part III International Human Rights Law: Human rights and sexual abuse: the impact of international human rights law on Japan, Keisuke Iida; The international covenant on civil and political rights: one covenant, two Chinese texts?, Sun Shiyan. Part IV International Environmental Law: Transnational cooperation for managing the control of environmental disputes in East Asia, Zou Keyuan. Part V International Ocean Law: The Chinese traditional maritime boundary line in the South China Sea and its legal consequences for the resolution of the dispute over the Spratley Islands, Zou Keyuan; Indonesia and the South China Sea initiative, Hasjim Djalal; Vietnam and the code of conduct for the South China Sea, Nguyen Hong Thao. Part VI International Criminal Law: Implementation of international criminal law: reconsideration from the perspective of Japanese law, Toshiyuki Tanaka; China and the International Criminal Court: current situation, Bing Bing Jia. Part VII International Security Law: Arms control law in crisis? A study of the North Korean nuclear issue, Masahiko Asada; Establishment of a de jure peace on the Korean peninsula: inter-Korean peace treaty-making under international law, Eric Yong-Joong Lee. Part VIII International Dispute Settlement: The experience of Asia with international adjudication, Hisashi Owada; The uses of Pacific settlement techniques in Malaysia-Singapore relations, C.L. Lim; Name index.