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Four relationships between war and commerce -- The effect of conquest on private property and contract rights -- The effect of occupation on private property and contract rights -- The creative tension between commercial freedom and belligerent rights -- War, investment and international law -- Slippages in the public/private in resource wars -- Commercializing war : private military and security companies, mercenaries and international law

part Part I International Law in General: from Asian Perspectives -- chapter 1 Jurisdictional Immunities In Contemporary International Law from Asian Perspectives -- chapter 2 The Social Science of International Law: Its Evolution in Japan -- part Part II International Economic Law -- chapter 3 Financial Liberalization and Regulation in East Asia: Lessons from Financial Crises and the Chinese Experience of Controlled Liberalization -- chapter 4 Reforms In FDI Policy and the Investment Climate in Vietnam -- part Part III International Human Rights Law -- chapter 5 Human Rights and Sexual Abuse: The Impact of International Human Rights Law on Japan -- chapter 6 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: One Covenant, Two Chinese Texts? -- part Part IV International Environmental Law -- chapter 7 Transnational Cooperation for Managing the Control of Environmental Disputes in East Asia -- part Part V International Ocean Law -- chapter 8 The Chinese Traditional Maritime Boundary Line in the South China Sea and Its Legal Consequences for the Resolution of the Dispute over the Spratly Islands -- chapter 9 Indonesia and the South China Sea Initiative -- chapter 10 Vietnam and the Code of Conduct for the South China Sea -- part Part VI International Criminal Law -- chapter 11 Implementation of International Criminal Law: Reconsideration from the Perspective of Japanese Law -- chapter 12 China and the International Criminal Court: Current Situation -- part Part VII International Security Law -- chapter 13 Arms Control Law in Crisis? A Study of the North Korean Nuclear Issue -- chapter 14 Establishment of a de Jure Peace on the Korean Peninsula: Inter-Korean Peace Treaty-Making under International Law -- part Part VIII International Dispute Settlement -- chapter 15 The Experience of Asia with International Adjudication -- chapter 16 The Uses of Pacific Settlement Techniques in Malaysia-Singapore Relations.

The fate of law is change. Change is the law of nature. Law goes on changing in accordance with the demands of society. International Law(Jus Gentium) does not form any exception to the above truth. The 20th Century has witnessed an ever-accelerating rhythm of change; the scientific and technological developments have unleashed political, economic, social and cultural forces which are transforming the society at an increasing rate.1 International Law has undergone complete changes after the two World Wars and it has revolutionised itscorpus during the current century. The whole of recorded history of International Law has been a process of revolution or at least of change, for, in no one era has mankind stood completely still.2 International Law has been changing with the facts of international life. Modern International Law has experienced new developments and trends. The new International Law, undoubtedly, has indicated the norms and rules that have evolved since the Second World War and more particularly since the creation of the United Nations. The new International Law has already manifested itself in the Charter of the United Nations. The United Nations Charter marked a significant step forward in the development of International Law. It marked the beginning of a new era in interstate relations. It was a sincere effort to restructure interstate relations with a view to achieving a new world order. It is because of the impact of the United Nations and of its specialized agencies, a number of significant developments have taken place in the field of International Law.