{"title":"C.H. Alexandrowicz's India and the Kautilyan Moment","authors":"Carl LANDAUER","doi":"10.1017/s2044251324000079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s2044251324000079","url":null,"abstract":"This article addresses the international legal historian C.H. Alexandrowicz's engagement with Kautilya's <jats:italic>Arthashastra</jats:italic> as part of his revision of the place of India and Southeast Asia in the development of international law. The article locates Alexandrowicz's writing on the <jats:italic>Arthashastra</jats:italic> against the backdrop of the debates about the <jats:italic>Arthashastra</jats:italic> that ensued upon its discovery in 1905, including controversies about its date, authorship, and place in the tradition of Indian political thought. The article reviews the Indian nationalist reading of Kautilya, the various attempts to compare Kautilya to Hobbes and Machiavelli, and the values that were particularly important for Alexandrowicz in telling the narrative of the place of Kautilya's <jats:italic>Arthashastra</jats:italic>, its rationalism, secularism, and the divisibility of sovereignty.","PeriodicalId":43342,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of International Law","volume":"148 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141167818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reconceptualizing Norm Conflict in International Law","authors":"Ka Lok YIP","doi":"10.1017/s2044251324000031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s2044251324000031","url":null,"abstract":"This article reconceptualizes norm conflict in international law by uncovering the experiential dimension of its definition and the intentional dimension of its resolution that has been missing from traditional accounts. The article locates the basis of recognizing norm conflict in the experienced sense of incompatibility between norms in view of their contexts rather than in the predesignated constellation of norms with contrary or contradictory functions according to their texts. Concomitantly, it argues that the justification for using certain legal techniques to resolve norm conflicts lies in the intended relationship deducible only between those norms that share the same regulatory purpose rather than between norms merely applying to the same factual situation. This reconceptualization generates a new typology of norm conflicts in light of the norms’ end goals and the means they provide to achieve them: “Ends Conflict”, “Means Conflict”, and “Unexperienced Conflict”, and suggests apposite ways to tackle them.","PeriodicalId":43342,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of International Law","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140573183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Copyright Protection for AI-Generated Works: Exploring Originality and Ownership in a Digital Landscape","authors":"Hafiz GAFFAR, Saleh ALBARASHDI","doi":"10.1017/s2044251323000735","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s2044251323000735","url":null,"abstract":"This research explores AI-generated originality's impact on copyright regulations. It meticulously examines legal frameworks such as the Berne Convention, EU Copyright Law, and national legislation. Rigorously analyzing cases, including Infopaq International A/S v Danske Dagblades Forening and Levola Hengelo BV v Smilde Foods BV, illuminates evolving originality and human involvement in AI creativity. The study also contemplates global perspectives, drawing from esteemed organizations such as the World Intellectual Property Organization and the European Court of Justice and exploring diverse approaches adopted by individual nations. The paper emphasizes the imperative need for legislative updates to address the challenges and opportunities of AI-generated works. It highlights the pivotal role of international collaboration and public awareness in shaping copyright policies for the AI-driven creativity era. It also offers insights and recommendations for policymakers and researchers navigating this complex terrain.","PeriodicalId":43342,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of International Law","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139584434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pragmatic Monism: The Practice of the Indonesian Constitutional Court in Engaging with International Law","authors":"I Dewa Gede PALGUNA, Agung WARDANA","doi":"10.1017/s2044251323000723","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s2044251323000723","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The relationship between international and domestic law in Indonesia is the subject of prolonged debate caused by the silence of the Indonesian Constitution on the choice between monism and dualism, which affects constitutional adjudication. This article discusses how the Constitutional Court engages with international law in its decisions and how the debate between monism and dualism is affected by it. It argues that the practice of the Court falls neither within the traditional scope of monism nor dualism but tends to be eclectic, which can be termed pragmatic monism. Here, the Court considers an international treaty part of domestic law upon ratification. However, its contents are only applicable if they are consistent with the Constitution, the highest law in the country. Nevertheless, such pragmatism is not without consequences where the consistency of the constitutional system as a whole is compromised for the instrumentality of its individual decisions on societal well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":43342,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of International Law","volume":"104 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139515336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conceptual (Re)Constructions of International Law edited by Kostiantyn GORBETS, Andreas HADJIGEORGIOU, and Pauline WESTERMAN. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022. x + 260 pp. Hardcover: AUD $185.55; eBook: AUD $49.08. doi: 10.4337/9781800373006","authors":"Parthiban Babu","doi":"10.1017/s2044251323000590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s2044251323000590","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43342,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of International Law","volume":"9 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139386747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"People, Paper and Power: The Birth of the Passport in International Law","authors":"Anam SOOMRO","doi":"10.1017/s2044251323000693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s2044251323000693","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper presents a genealogy of the passport in international law. For the most part, the origins of our contemporary mobility order are narrated from the vantage point of the grand principles of sovereignty, hospitality, and liberty. The nuts and bolts through which people access mobility – passports and visas – are generally understood to be the natural, inevitable, and fair by-products of these principles. This paper contributes to existing debates on the coloniality of international migration law by examining the universalization of the passport under the League of Nations. I argue that the universalization of the passport meant abandoning the old idea that the rights of free movement belonged to everyone and, instead, instituted a system that ranks human mobility based on national origins. Theoretically, it is proposed that attention to these “lowly” practices of mobility governance allows us to track the afterlives of race in the international order.</p>","PeriodicalId":43342,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of International Law","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138716723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"China's Ambition in Space: Programs, Policy, and Law by Xiaodan WU. The Hague, Netherlands: Eleven International Publishing, 2022. 542 pp. Hardcover: €137.50; eBook: €137.50. ISBN-10: 9462362777; ISBN-13: 978-9462362772","authors":"Luping Zhang","doi":"10.1017/s2044251323000589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s2044251323000589","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43342,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of International Law","volume":"11 9-10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138980766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indonesian Private International Law by Afifah KUSUMADARA. Oxford: Hart Publishing, as part of Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. xl + 288 pp. Hardcover: AUD $218.00; eBook: AUD $172.79. doi: 10.5040/9781509924363","authors":"X. Le","doi":"10.1017/s2044251323000656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s2044251323000656","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43342,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of International Law","volume":"14 20","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139197256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Handbook on Geographical Indications in India by K. D. RAJU. Mumbai: Thomson Reuters South Asia Private Limited, 2021. xiii + 726 pp. Hardcover: INR ₹2,025.00; USD $30.00. ISBN-10: 939134058X; ISBN-13: 978-9391340582","authors":"Roshan JEBIN M P","doi":"10.1017/s2044251323000644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s2044251323000644","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43342,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of International Law","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139242098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Incomplete International Investment Agreements: Problem, Causes, and Solutions by Tae Jung PARK. Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022. ix + 168 pp. Hardcover: £75.00. doi: 10.4337/9781802202434","authors":"S. Law","doi":"10.1017/s2044251323000565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s2044251323000565","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43342,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of International Law","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139238382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}