科目ナンバー

JU-LA3-006S,JU-IN3-015S,JU-IL3-009S

履修条件・関連科目等

Students are required to have a high level of English proficiency. Prior knowledge of international law is not required but is desirable.

授業で使用する言語

英語

授業で使用する言語（その他の言語）

授業の概要

This course examines the historical developments, controversies, and future challenges surrounding Japan’s contribution to the formation and implementation of international law. It focuses on the Japanese government’s positions on issues related to international law, relevant theories and concepts developed in Japanese academia, and leading domestic cases, laws, and policies related to the implementation of international law in Japan.

Students are expected to discuss the law and policy relevant to each topic and to analyze Japanese approaches to international law from a comparative perspective by referring to the approaches adopted in their own countries.

科目目的

The purpose of this course is to offer insights into how Japan contributes to the development of international law and implements it at the domestic level as a member of the international community. Students are required to actively engage in classroom discussions based on questions posed during the lectures.

到達目標

Students will gain a solid understanding of international law and its implementation in Japan.

授業計画と内容

1. Introduction
2. Japan and its territorial and maritime disputes
3. Japan’s practice of jurisdiction and immunity
4. Climate change and Japan
5. Biodiversity conservation and Japan
6. International human rights law from Japanese viewpoint; cultural and historical perspectives
7. Implementation of international human rights law regarding capital punishment in Japan
8. Transgender and Japanese law and policy
9. Same-sex marriage in Japan
10. The UN Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples and the Ainu
11. The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and Japan
12. Japan-US security arrangements
13. Japan-Republic of Korea relations
14. Presentation by students

授業時間外の学修の内容

指定したテキストやレジュメを事前に読み込むこと／その他

授業時間外の学修の内容（その他の内容等）

Students are required to read the textbook and the relevant materials provided for each class. Those who are not familiar with international law are encouraged to read a standard textbook on public international law.

授業時間外の学修に必要な時間数／週

・毎週１回の授業が半期（前期または後期）または通年で完結するもの。１週間あたり４時間の学修を基本とします。
・毎週２回の授業が半期（前期または後期）で完結するもの。１週間あたり８時間の学修を基本とします。

成績評価の方法・基準

成績評価の方法・基準（備考）

Students will be required to write a term paper (a minimum of 3,000 words) and give an oral presentation at the end of the course on a topic of their choice.

課題や試験のフィードバック方法

授業時間内で講評・解説の時間を設ける

課題や試験のフィードバック方法（その他の内容等）

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容

ディスカッション、ディベート／プレゼンテーション

アクティブ・ラーニングの実施内容（その他の内容等）

授業におけるICTの活用方法

実施しない

授業におけるICTの活用方法（その他の内容等）

実務経験のある教員による授業

はい

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験の内容

Professor Mori is a former diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験に関連する授業内容

Professor Mori will lecture on Japan-US security arrangements as well as Japan-Republic of Korea relations based on his experiences at MOFA.

テキスト・参考文献等

Textbook:
Chie Kojima and Masatoshi Takeuchi eds, Japanese Approaches to International Law: Theory and Practice(Brill, 2025). The book can be downloaded from the Chuo University Library.

References:
1. Introduction
- Seokwoo Lee (ed.), Encyclopedia of public international law in Asia (Brill, 2021).

2. Japan and its territorial and maritime disputes
- Kojima C. et al., "Japan" in Lee S. (ed), Encyclopedia of Ocean Law and Policy in Asia-Pacific, Brill | Nijhoff, 2022.
- Miyoshi M., “Japan's Arrangements with South Korea and China for the Development of Oil and Gas in the East China Sea: A Memorandum,” Journal of International Affairs 134 (2009)
- Sakamoto S., Nihon no Kaiyo Seisaku to Kaiyo Ho [Japanese Ocean Policy and the Law of the Sea] (Japanese) 3rd ed., Shinzansha, 2023.

3. Japan’s practice of jurisdiction and immunity
- Fox Hazel and Philippa Webb, The Law of State Immunity (Revised and Updated 3rd Edition), Oxford Univ. Press, 2015.
- Oxman, Bernard, "Jurisdiction of States", Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law, available online.
- Yakushiji, Kimio, "Legislation of the Act on Civil Jurisdiction over Foreign States, Acceptance of the U.N. Convention on Jurisdictional Immunity of States and Their Property, and Their Possible Effects upon the Jurisprudence of Japanese Domestic Courts on State Immunity", Japanese Yearbook of International Law, No.53 (2010) pp.202-242.

4. Climate change and Japan
- Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée,and Lavanya Rajamani, International Climate Change Law, OUP Oxford, 2017.
- Daniel A. Farber and Cinnamon P. Carlarne, Climate Change Law (Concepts and Insights) 2nd ed., Foundation Press, 2022.
- Benoit Mayer, The International Law on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 2018.

5. Biodiversity conservation and Japan
- Rob Amos,International Conservation Law: The Protection of Plants in Theory and Practice, Routledge, 2020.
- John Spicer, Biodiversity: A Beginner's Guide (revised and updated edition) Oneworld Publications, 2021.
- Mar Campins Eritja and Teresa Fajardo del Castillo eds., Biological Diversity and International Law: Challenges for the Post 2020 Scenario, Springer, 2021.

6. International human rights law from Japanese viewpoint; cultural and historical perspectives
- S. Meckled-Garcia, The Legalization of Human Rights, Routledge, 2005
- I. Bantelas & L. Oette, International Human Rights Law and Practice (4th edn), Cambridge University Press, 2024.

7. Implementation of international human rights law regarding capital punishment in Japan
- J. Bessler, The Death Penalty's Denial of Fundamental Human Rights: International Law, State Practice, and the Emerging Abolitionist Norm, Cambridge University Press, 2022.

8. Transgender and Japanese law and policy < Taniguchi>
- Andrew Sharpe, Transgender Jurisprudence: Dysphoric Bodies of Law, Routledge, 2006.
- Holning Lau, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination, Brill, 2018.
- Kazuyoshi Kawasaka and Stefan Wuerrer eds., Beyond Diversity: Queer Politics, Activism, and Representation in Contemporary Japan, Duesseldorf University Press, 2024.

9. Same-sex marriage in Japan < Taniguchi>
- Robert Wintemute and Mads Andenaes eds., Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Partnerships: A Study of National, European and International Law, Hart Publishing, 2001.
- Kees Waaldijk and Matteo Bonini-Baraldi, Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the European Union, T.M.C. Asser Press, 2006.
- Hiroko Takeda and Mark Williams, Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Japan, Routledge, 2023.

10. The UN Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples and the Ainu
No references.

11. The Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and Japan
No references.

12. Japan-US security arrangements
- Ted Osius, The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance: Why It Matters and How to Strengthen It, The Washington Papers, 2002.
- Sakamoto Kazuya, The Bonds of the Japan-US Alliance:The Japan-US Security Treaty and the Search for Mutuality, JIIA series, Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2022.
- T. Inoguchi, The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance: Regional Multilateralism, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

13. Japan-Republic of Korea relations
- Kimiya Tadashi, Wondeog Lee (eds.), History of Japan-Korea relations 1965-2015, Vol. I Politics, University of Tokyo Press, 2015.
- Rhee Young-hoon et al., Anti-Japan Tribalism: The Root of the Korean Crisis (PacRim Marketing Group, Inc., 2024.
- Takashi Okamoto, Contested Perceptions: Interactions and Relations between China, Korea, and Japan since the Seventeenth Century (Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2022.

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