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Review of: PP Penasthika, Unravelling Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Indonesia as an Illustrative Case Study (The Hague: Eleven Publishers 2022)

Conflict of Laws

The monograph predominantly examines 19 Indonesian court decisions on choice of law in international commercial contracts during the period, 2000-2020. Conversely, Chapter One also acknowledges the book’s limitations, namely, that it only covers the express choice of law in international commercial contracts.

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25th Volume of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (2023)

Conflict of Laws

The paper also examines the effects of foreign adoption decrees, suggesting that recognition should cover the legal parent-child relationship and the termination of the pre-existing relationship, but not parental responsibility. It suggests that Japan might consider recognizing parentage through foreign decisions.

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Japanese Courts Admit the Operation of New Coal-Fired Power Plants in Kobe

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et al. ) This blog post explores how the citizens in Kobe, a city in west Japan, attempted to stop the construction and operation of new coal-fired power plants through administrative and civil law actions. This case was appealed to the Supreme Court and was closed with that Court’s refusal to review the case.

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