科目ナンバー

JG-OL5-205L

履修条件・関連科目等

Minimum knowledge and understanding of basic international law desired.　Those who do not have one are highly suggested to read a standard introductory text book of international law like Lowe, International Law : A very short introduction（Oxford University Press). Reading textbooks written in your mother tongue might also be helpful as a background.

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

The Course Structure:
　The course will deal with some of the major international law problems concerning Japan:
Key concepts and cases in these topics will be introduced and discussed in English. We will focus on the basic ideas, rules, important precedents and cases.

科目目的

This course is desined to provide some konwledge and understanding of basic characteristics of Japanese international legal theory and practice.

到達目標

At the end of the course, students will be expected to understand the basic situation of Japanese international legal theory and practice.

授業計画と内容

Course Outline

1. Introduction to the course & A very short general introduction to international law　
―"De-centralized" nature of International Law ~ 　

II　International Human Rights Law in Japan-1
2．International human rights law from Japanese viewpoint;
--cultural and historical perspectives
3．Implementation of International Human Rights Law in Japan

III International Human Rights Law in Japan-2
4.　The UN Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples and the Ainu
5.　The Covention Relating to the Status of Refugees and Japan

IV　International Environmental Law ＆Japan
6. Global Warming and Japan　＜Kaneto>
7． Biodiversity Conservation and Japan　＜Kaneto>

IV. Law of the Sea and Japan
8. Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
（UNCLOS）in Japan　
9.　 The Protection of the Marine Environment and Japan .

V.　International Criminal Law
10．Development of international criminal law: substantive and procedural challenges
11.　International humanitarian law: current status of jus in bello　＜Ozaki>

VI.　Varia
12．Territorial Disputes between Japan and Her Neighbor Countries
13．International Responsibilities of Japanese Corporations (Business and Human Rights)　

VI. Wrap up & responses
14.International Law from my country’s　(or my) perspective
: Presentation by participants

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

授業時間外の学修の内容（その他の内容等）

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）

Minimum attendance 80% is required for getting any grading.

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 Ozaki was fromer judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC)

【実務経験有の場合】実務経験に関連する授業内容

Section on " International Criminal Court " will be based on the perspetive from the bench ( of the ICC).

テキスト・参考文献等

テキスト・参考文献等
Texts　
Handout and/or reading materials will be provided for each topic.

References:
I. &General
　For those who need a basic knowledge of international law in English:
・ Lowe,Vaughan, International Law: A very short Instruction (Oxford Univ.Pr,< Very short introductions ser.>,2016) might be a handy and convenient Introduction.
Reading standard textbook on International Law written in your mother tongue will also provide a good background knowledge.
・　The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law(Oxford Univ.Pr.): will provide a good starting point for basic understanding and further research .On line web version is available through Chuo Library on line resources.　

II・Andrew Clapham, Human Rights: A Very Short Introduction, 2nd edn, Oxford University Press, 2016.
・ Ilias Bantekas & Lutz Oette, International Human Rights Law and Practice, 3rd edn, Cambridge University Press, 2020.
・ Roger Goodman, Case Studies on Human Rights in Japan, Routledge, 2016.
・ Daniel Moeckli, Sangeeta Shah & Sandesh Sivakumaran (eds), International Human Rights Law, 3rd edn, Oxford University Press, 2018.
・IWASAWA Yūji, Domestic Application of International Law Focusing on Direct Applicability, Brill, 2022 (forthcoming).or　; Iwasawa, Y.," Domestic Application of International Law", Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law Vol.378,(2016) pp.9-262.;

III・Jessie Hohmann and Marc Weller　eds, The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2018
・Andreas Zimmermann ed., The 1951 Convention Relating the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol

IV・Philippe Sands & Jacqueline Peel et al.,Principles of International Environmental Law, 4th ed., Cambridge University Press, 2018.
・ Alan Boyle & Catherine Redgwell, Birnie, Boyle & Redgwell's International Law and the Environment, 4th ed., OUP, 2021.
・ Lavanya Rajamani & Jacqueline Peel, The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law, 2nd ed., OUP, 2021.

V・Churchill, Lowe, & Sander, The Law of the Sea. 4th ed. Manchester U. Pr., UK, 2022.
・ Rothwell & Stephens, The International Law of the Sea, Bloomsbury, 2016.
・ Yoshifumi Tanaka, The International Law of the Sea, 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
・ Seokwoo Lee (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Ocean Law and Policy in Asia-Pacific, Brill, 2022.

VIi・Marcelo G. Kohen and Mamadou Hébié (ed.), Research Handbook on Territorial Disputes in International Law, Edward Elgar, 2018.
・John Ruggie, Just Business :Multinational Corporations and HumanRights, W W Norton & Co Inc., 2013.

For Further Studies　
・ŌNUMA Yasuaki, International Law in a Transcivilizational World, Cambridge University Press, 2017.
・Onuma Y., A Transcivilizational Perspective on International Law: Questioning Prevalent Cognitive Frameworks in the Emerging Multi-polar and Multi-civilizational World of the Twenty-first Century (Pocketbooks of the Hague Academy of International Law,2010)
・ Yanagihara,M. "Significance of the History of the Law of Nations in Europe and East Asia",　Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International Law, Volume.371(2015);

その他特記事項

Official course language is English. This is an amalgamated class of undergraduate and graduate participants.(留学生のほかに日本人学生の受講も歓迎する。受講生の力量に応じて、授業内容やレベルを調整する。大学院生へも共同開講)。

Teaching team are:
Hirokazu, MIYANO, (Professor , Chuo University Faculty of Law) Coordinater
Chie KOJIMA (Professor , Chuo University Faculty of Law)
Maki NISHIUMI　 (Professor , Chuo University Faculty of Law)
Kuniko OZAKI ( Professor ,Chuo University, Faculty of Law; Former Judge of the International Criminal 　　　Court, Former diplomat)
Ryo SASAKI( Associate Professor, University of the Sacred Heart ）
Yumiko KANETO (Lecturer, Chuo University, Faculty of law)
Masatoshi TAKEUCHI (Associate Professor, Toyo Gakuen University, Faculty of Global Communication)
（担当者は、宮野洋一、尾崎久仁子、小島千枝、西海真樹（法学部教授）、小坂田裕子（法科大学院教授）のほか、兼頭ゆみ子（法学部兼任講師）、竹内雅俊(東洋学園大学グローバル・コミュニケーション学部准教授,佐々木亮(聖心女子大准教授)の８名）

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