Chinese (Taiwan) Yearbook of International Law and Affairs, Volume 28 (2010).

CHINESE (TAIWAN) YEARBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND AFFAIRS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ARTICLES -- Beyond Special and Differential Treatment: Key Trends of Importance to East Asian Regionalism -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. Special and Differential Treatment -- A. History of SDT -- B. SDT and East Asia -- III. Regional Trade Proposals in East Asia -- A. ASEAN Plus Three (ASEAN+3) -- B. ASEAN Plus Six (ASEAN+6) -- C. Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) -- D. Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- IV. Key Trends in Global Trade Activity -- A. Dispute Settlement -- 1. WTO -- 2. ASEAN -- 3. Dispute Settlement in Other East Asian FTAs -- 4. Strengthening Dispute Settlement Mechanisms -- B. Recent Developments in Intellectual Property -- 1. TRIPS and Developing Country Issues -- 2. Trends in Trade Agreements -- 3. Reasons Why EAFTA Needs to Focus on IP Strategy -- V. Conclusion -- The Duch Trial at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia - Involving the Cambodians in the Process -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia -- III. Involvement of the Cambodians in the Proceedings of the Duch Trial -- A. National Staff -- B. Civil Party Participation -- 1. Legal Framework -- 2. Civil Parties' Right to Participate -- 3. Civil Parties' Role -- 4. Civil Parties' Statements during the Duch Trial -- 5. Preliminary Conclusions on Civil Party Participation in the Duch Trial -- IV. Community Outreach -- V. ECCC Legacy -- A. Reconciliation -- B. Implementing Legacy: Virtual Tribunal -- VI. The Way Forward -- Evaluating the Impact of the UN Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts on Domestic Contract Law - The Singapore Example -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. A Duality of Goals - A Source of Confusion.

III. Scope: the "Electronic Element" -- IV. Technology Neutrality and Functional Equivalence -- V. Validation and Removal of Obstacles -- VI. Harmonization and Parallelism -- VII. Singapore - Accession and Domestic Implementation -- A. Time of Formation -- B. Invitations to Treat -- C. Automation -- D. Electronic Mistake -- VIII. Final Observations -- Recognition of States and Governments in International Law: Theory and Practice -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. The Theory of Recognition of States and Governments -- II. The Practice of Recognition -- A. Practice of State Recognition -- B. Government recognition -- C. Municipal court jurisdiction and applicable law -- 1. Locus Standi -- 2. Applicable Law -- III. Conclusion -- Sovereignty Claims over the Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo/Takeshima) -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. Japanese Claims -- III. Korean Claims -- IV. Way Forward -- V. Conclusion -- Refining the Scope of State Obligations for Treaty-Based Human Rights Violations in Respect of Violence against Women: The Meaning of the 2009 Gonzáles Ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. The Court's Findings -- A. The Obligation to Prevent -- B. The Obligation to Investigate -- C. The Discrimination Issue -- D. The Right to Humane Treatment -- III. Reparations -- IV. Comparative Developments in the European Court of Human Rights -- V. Situation in the Asia-Pacific Region -- VI. Conclusion -- Rule of Marine Capture versus Rule of Cooperation in the East China Sea: Exploring Options for Regional Ecosystem Restoration -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. Dichotomy of Marine Law: Prioritizing Rule of Capture over Rule of Cooperation -- A. Rule of Capture within the Law of the Sea -- B. Rule of Cooperation under the Law of the Sea.

C. Rule of Cooperation under other International Agreements with Relevance to the East China Sea -- 1. East China Sea Scientific Cooperation -- 2. East China Sea "Soft" Cooperation for Responsible Fishing -- 3. Cooperation for Straddling Stocks and Highly Migratory Species -- 4. Concluding Thoughts on the Rule of Environmental Cooperation -- III. Restorative Measures -- A. Aspects of a Quadrilateral Restoration Strategy -- B. Proposal for Components of an East China Sea Restoration Strategy -- 1. Multistakeholder Government-Organized Coastal Restoration -- 2. Regional Marine Protected Areas -- IV. Conclusion -- Running Soft Convergence into the Ground: The Case for an International Antitrust Treaty -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. The World-Wide Development and Convergence of Competition Regimes -- A. United States: Processes and Goals -- B. European Union: Processes and Goals -- C. Japan: Processes and Objectives -- D. China: Processes and Goals -- E. Decentralized or Federalist Antitrust Enforcement -- F. Mergers -- III. The Soft Convergence of Competition Norms -- IV. The Limits to Soft Convergence -- V. The Need for a Next Step: An International Antitrust Treaty -- VI. The Components of an International Antitrust Treaty -- A. The Nature and Scope of the Proposed Process for Referring Cases to the Proposed Panel -- 1. Signatory Entities -- 2. Thresholds -- 3. Findings by Signatory Entities -- 4. Scope of Covered Antitrust Conduct: Default Rule -- 5. Scope of Covered Antitrust Conduct: Exceptions -- B. The Proposed Composition, Powers, and Goals of the Panel -- C. The Rights of Defendants -- D. The Appearance of Special Third Parties as Amicus Curiae -- E. Additional Provisions -- ESSAYS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- The Taiwan Government Sues Two Individuals for the Return of a Sum of US29.8 Million (The Papua New Guinea Case).

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. Judgment -- III. Appeal -- Annex: The Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) v. Ching Chi Ju Charles and Another, [2010] SGHC 147 -- The Right to Social Security under Article 9 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. Introduction -- II. Background and Structure of General Comment No. 19 -- III. Approaches and Principles of General Comment No. 19 -- IV. Substantive Aspects of General Comment No. 19 -- V. The Relationship between the Right to Social Security and Other ESC Rights under General Comment No. 19 -- VI. Final Remarks -- SPECIAL REPORTS -- CROSS-STRAITSECONOMIC COOPERATION FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (ECFA) -- Annex 1: Cross-Straits Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement -- Annex 2: Background Information on ECFA -- Annex 3: Early Harvest List for Trade in Goods and Tariff Reduction Arrangements -- Annex 4: Remarks by President Ma: New Inflection Point for Taiwan, New Era for Asia - Choosing Correctly at a Critical Juncture -- Annex 5: Remarks by Minister Lai on the Preparatory Consultations for the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement -- FOREIGN JUDGMENTSCONCERNING THE LEGAL STATUS OF TAIWAN -- Annex 1: Lin v. United States (U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 2009) -- Annex 2: The Land Dispute in Papeete, Tahiti (France's Cour de Cassation, 2010) (in French) -- Annex 3: ROC (Taiwan) v. ISO (Switzerland's Federal Court, 2010) (in French) -- CONTEMPORARY PRACTICE AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS OF THEREPUBLIC OF CHINA RELATINGTO INTERNATIONAL LAW, 2010 -- Compiled by Chun-i Chen,with the Assistance of Lee &amp -- Li Attorneys-at-Law, Pasha L. Hsieh,Chun-Liang Lai, I-Hon Hsiao, Feng-Cheng Kao, and Pei-Lun Tsai -- Explanatory Note -- I. International Law in General.

Foreign Policy Report, 7th Congress of the Legislative Yuan, 5th Session(March 11, 2010) -- President Ma's Remarks at the Video Conferencewith the Fairbank Center, Harvard University -- President Ma Ying-jeou's National Day Address -- Foreign Policy Report, 7th Congress of the Legislative Yuan,6th Session (October 14, 2010) -- II. Subjects of International Law -- III. International Organizations -- Republic of China and Intergovernmental Organizations -- Republic of China and International Non-Intergovernmental Organizations -- Taiwan's Quest for Meaningful Participation in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) -- Close the Global Aviation Security Gap by Allowing Taiwan its Place in ICAO -- IV. Individuals -- Human Rights -- Office of the President Issues Two-Point Statement on Whether ROC Will Abolish Capital Punishment -- Supreme Court Judgment March 31, 2010 -- Ministry of Justice, Ref. No.: Fa-Lyu-Jyue-Zi-0999011837 -- Observations of President Ma Ying-jeou on the June 4th Incident -- Supreme Court Judgment June 30, 2010 -- Supreme Court Judgment June 30, 2010 -- Supreme Court Judgment August 12, 2010 -- Supreme Court Judgment August 12, 2010 -- Supreme Court Judgment September 30, 2010 -- Supreme Court Judgment November 11, 2010 -- Supreme Court Judgment December 9, 2010 -- Supreme Court Judgment December 30, 2010 -- Treatment of Aliens -- Amendment of the Administrative Litigation Act -- Supreme Court Judgment January 21, 2010 -- Ministry of Justice, Ref. No.: Fa-Lyu-Jyue-Zi-0999003734 -- Ministry of Justice, Ref. Nos.:Fa-Lyu-Jyue-Zi-0999020000 &amp -- Fa-Lyu-Zi-0999047059 -- Council of Labor Affairs, Ref. No.: Lao-Dong-4-Zi-0990074531 -- Ministry of Justice, Ref. No.: Fa-Lyu-Jyue-Zi-0999028017 -- Council of Labor Affairs, Ref. No.: Lao-Jhih-Syu-Zi-0990510112 -- Council of Labor Affairs, Ref. No.: Lao-Jhih-Guan-Zi-0990510138.

Ministry of Justice, Ref. No.: Fa-Jian-Zi-0990805879.

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