Diplomacy is a series of crises, and the navigational beacon for a nation is international law. This book is a collection of articles on six selected international legal issues concerning Japan. It addresses various issues, including self-defence, post-war legal issues, chemical weapons, the law of the sea, consular immunities, and hijacking. It is a legal documentary through which the reader can look into the minds of Japanese officials challenged by one crisis after another.
As a coherent whole, this book ably represents “Japan’s Practice of International Law” and remarkably portrays international law in action from a Japanese practitioner’s perspective.
- Contents
- Foreword
- Chapter I
- Security and the Right of Self-Defense
- Chapter II
- Chapter III
- The Remnants of War: Chemical Weapon
- Chapter IV
- Chapter V
- Chapter VI
- Human Rights of a Hijacker
- Epilogue