Functions and Limitations of Dispute Resolution by Courts in Territorial and Maritime Issues

• Project/Area Number: 17KK0054
• Research Category: Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: International law
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: Huh Sookyeon 立教大学, 法学部, 教授 (90533703)
• Project Period (FY): 2018 – 2023
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
• Budget Amount: ¥12,870,000 (Direct Cost: ¥9,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,970,000)
• Keywords: 領域法 / 海洋法 / 国際紛争解決 / 国際裁判 / 紛争処理 / 国際法 / 国際法学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to explore the functions and limitations of jurisprudence in territorial and maritime disputes. The analysis of case laws must be context-dependent and be able only to suggest the trends of jurisprudence. In the field of law of the territory, which has its origins in colonialism, the issue of inhabitants in the broadest sense often emerges as a limitation in the resolution of disputes. In the field of law of the sea, the issues involving public or general interests that are not zero-sum games such as boundary delimitation are rarely dealt with in state-to-state dispute resolution processes. These tendencies of the limitations should always be borne in mind when the reference to the case law of the law of territory and the law of the sea is made.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

領土海洋問題において国際裁判による解決を求める意見は多い一方で、裁判所による解決には限界があると漠然と論じる者も多い。領土海洋問題は、ナショナリズムや、経済的インパクトの大きさも相まって、先鋭化する例が散見されることに鑑みれば、裁判所による解決の機能と限界を数多くの具体的な事例の検討によって可視化したことの社会的意義は大きい。学術的においても、強制管轄権や強制執行という制度のない国際社会において、国際裁判によって判決が下される法過程を克明に分析したことの意義は否定できない。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] ケンブリッジ大学ローターパクト国際法センター(英国) (2018)
  • Year and Date: 2018-08-22
• [Journal Article] 失地回復という問題（上） ――ハニシュ諸島紛争とバカシ半島紛争を題材として (2023)
  • Author(s): 許淑娟
  • Journal Title: 法律時報 Volume: 95巻11号 Pages: 104-109
• [Journal Article] 失地回復という問題（下） ――ハニシュ諸島紛争とバカシ半島紛争を題材として…… (2023)
  • Author(s): 許淑娟
  • Journal Title: 法律時報 Volume: 95巻12号 Pages: 77-82
• [Journal Article] Marine Scientific Research in Japan’s Practice (2021)
  • Author(s): Sookyeon Huh
  • Journal Title: Korean Journal of Interna tional and Comparative Law Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Pages: 281-293
  • DOI: 10.1163/22134484-12340158
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Japan's Practice in MSR (2021)
  • Author(s): Sookyeon HUH
  • Journal Title: Korean Journal of Comparative and International Law Volume: 9
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Legal Scheme for Protection of Submarine Cables and Pipelines (2022)
  • Author(s): Sookyeon Huh
  • Organizer: Seminar, Seoul Intenational Law Association
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Marine Scientific Research in Overlapping Areas: Exploring Japan's legislation and Practice (2020)
  • Author(s): Sookyeon Huh
  • Organizer: The Fifth International Conference on the Law of the Sea
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Les conditions d’appropriation d’un territoire insulaire (2019)
  • Author(s): Sookyeon Huh
  • Organizer: Journee d’etudes de la SFDI :Les iles et le droit international
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Implications of Upcoming Legal Instrument on Marine Biodiversity Beyond Areas of National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) for Marine Scientific Research(MSR) (2019)
  • Author(s): Sookyeon Huh
  • Organizer: 6th International Symposium on the Law of the Sea: UNCLOS at 25 years Challenges and opportunities in seeking an ever more autonomous and comprehensive maritime order
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Sovereignty without Effectiveness?--How International Courts and Tribunals Evaluate Non-western Pre-colonial Normative Systems in Territorial Disputes (2019)
  • Author(s): Sookyeon Huh
  • Organizer: International Law Discussion: Nottingham University
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] Sovereignty without Effectiveness? Cout's ephasis on Legal Titles (2019)
  • Author(s): Sookyeon Huh
  • Organizer: Lauterpacht Centre for International Law Roundtable
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] 令和5年度重要判例解説 ジュリスト臨時増刊 №1597 (2024)
  • Author(s): 許淑娟
  • Total Pages: 300
  • Publisher: 有斐閣
  • ISBN: 9784641115989
• [Book] 海上保安法制の現状と展開 (2023)
  • Author(s): 奥脇 直也、坂元 茂樹
  • Total Pages: 430
  • Publisher: 有斐閣
  • ISBN: 9784641228450
• [Book] 海上保安法制の現状と展開ー多様化する海上保安任務 (2023)
  • Author(s): 奥脇直也（編）、坂元茂樹（編）、石井由梨佳、加々美康彦、菅野直之、黒崎将広、齋藤誠（編）、坂巻静佳、下山憲二、田中利幸、鶴田順、中野勝哉（編）、西村弓（編）、西本健太郎（編）、廣瀬肇、藤澤巌、古谷健太郎、許淑娟、真山全、森川幸一、森田章夫、和仁健太郎
  • Total Pages: 464
  • Publisher: 有斐閣
  • ISBN: 9784641228450
• [Book] Iles et droit international Journee d'etudes de Paris (2020)
  • Author(s): Societe Francaise pour le Droit International, Jean-Louis iten, Niki Aloupi, Lucius Caflisch, Sookyeon Huh, Mathias Forteau, Ida Caracciolo, Pierre Bodeau-Livinec, Valerie Parisot, Frederique Coulee, Valere Nido, Hyun Jung Kim, Laphaele Rivier, Lucie Delabie, Sarah Cassella, Yaouba Cisse, Santiago Villalpando
  • Total Pages: 286
  • Publisher: Pedone
  • ISBN: 9782233009579
• [Book] 国際法のダイナミズム（「200海里以遠における大陸棚制度の本質」許淑娟） (2019)
  • Author(s): 岩沢雄司（編）、森川幸一（編）、森肇志（編）、西村弓（編）、山本良、西元宏治、伊藤一頼、岩月直樹、寺谷広司、安藤貴世、植木俊哉、水島朋則、兼原敦子、藤澤巌、玉田大、森田章夫、許淑娟、河野真理子、高柴優貴子、堀口健夫、北村朋史、阿部克則、中川淳司、小畑郁、濱本正太郎、中谷和弘、和仁健太郎、酒井啓亘、黒崎将広、林美香
  • Total Pages: 810
  • Publisher: 有斐閣
  • ISBN: 9784641046818
• [Book] 国際法のダイナミズム（許淑娟「200海里以遠における大陸棚制度の本質」） (2019)
  • Author(s): 岩沢 雄司、森川 幸一、森 肇志、西村 弓（編）
  • Total Pages: 810
  • Publisher: 有斐閣
  • ISBN: 9784641046818
• [Funded Workshop] Journee d’etudes de la SFDI :Les iles et le droit international (2019)