The History and Basic Theories of International Law
Kinji Akashi is Professor of Public International Law. His primary research interests are in the fields of the history and basic theories of international law. His recent publications include, inter alia, Fukashi no Kokusai-ho (Doctrinae Invisibiles Juris Gentium) (Keio U.P., 2019) (in Japanese); "Bijnkershoek, Dissertation on the Dominion of the Sea", in Serge Dauchy/Gerges Martyn (eds.), The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture: 150 Books that Made the Law in the Age of Printing (Springer, 2016); "Japan and Europe" and "Cornelius van Bynkershoek (1673-1743)", in B. Fassbender/A. Peters (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law (Oxford U. P., 2012). He has been a visiting researcher at T. M. C. Asser Insituut (The Hague), Centre de droit international (ULB) (Brussels), Max-Planck-Institut für europäische
Rechtsgeschichte (Frankfurt am Main), Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg), etc. He obtained a Ph.D. from Utrecht University.
International Law in Today's World
"Bijnkershok, Dissertation on the Dominion of the Sea"; in S. Dauchy/G. Martyn et al. (eds.), The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture: 150 Books that Made the Law in the Age of Printing (Springer, 2016), pp.248-250."The Complex History of International Law: (Re-)Examination of 'the Eurocentric Story of International Law' through the Japanese Experience"; in American Society of International Law Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting (2013), pp.379-382."Sakutaro Tachi: A Blend of Scholarship and Practitionership, and Its Fate in Japan", Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol.56 (2013), pp.122-143."Japan and Europe" et "Cornelius van Bynkershoek (1673-1743)"; in B. Fassbender/A. Peters (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law (Oxford, Oxford U. P., 2012), pp.724-743 et 1110-1113."Japanese 'Acceptance' of the European Law of Nations: A Brief History of International Law in Japan c. 1853-1900"; in M. Stolleis/M. Yanagihara (eds.), East Asian and European Perspectives on International Law (Baden-Baden, Nomos Verlaggesellschaft, 2004), pp.1-21."Japanese Predecessors of Judge Oda in the World Courts: Works and Method"; in N. Ando/E. McWhinney/R. Wolfrum (eds.), Liber Amicorum Judge Oda, vol.1 (The Hague/London/New York, Kluwer Law International, 2002), pp.9-22.Cornelius van Bynkershoek: His Role in the History of International Law, Kluwer Law International (The Hague/London/Boston, 1998)
The History and Basic Theories of International Law
Kinji Akashi is Professor of Public International Law. His primary research interests are in the fields of the history and basic theories of international law. His recent publications include, inter alia, Fukashi no Kokusai-ho (Doctrinae Invisibiles Juris Gentium) (Keio U.P., 2019) (in Japanese); "Bijnkershoek, Dissertation on the Dominion of the Sea", in Serge Dauchy/Gerges Martyn (eds.), The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture: 150 Books that Made the Law in the Age of Printing (Springer, 2016); "Japan and Europe" and "Cornelius van Bynkershoek (1673-1743)", in B. Fassbender/A. Peters (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law (Oxford U. P., 2012). He has been a visiting researcher at T. M. C. Asser Insituut (The Hague), Centre de droit international (ULB) (Brussels), Max-Planck-Institut für europäische
Rechtsgeschichte (Frankfurt am Main), Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht (Heidelberg), etc. He obtained a Ph.D. from Utrecht University.
International Law in Today's World
"Bijnkershok, Dissertation on the Dominion of the Sea"; in S. Dauchy/G. Martyn et al. (eds.), The Formation and Transmission of Western Legal Culture: 150 Books that Made the Law in the Age of Printing (Springer, 2016), pp.248-250."The Complex History of International Law: (Re-)Examination of 'the Eurocentric Story of International Law' through the Japanese Experience"; in American Society of International Law Proceedings of the 107th Annual Meeting (2013), pp.379-382."Sakutaro Tachi: A Blend of Scholarship and Practitionership, and Its Fate in Japan", Japanese Yearbook of International Law, vol.56 (2013), pp.122-143."Japan and Europe" et "Cornelius van Bynkershoek (1673-1743)"; in B. Fassbender/A. Peters (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law (Oxford, Oxford U. P., 2012), pp.724-743 et 1110-1113."Japanese 'Acceptance' of the European Law of Nations: A Brief History of International Law in Japan c. 1853-1900"; in M. Stolleis/M. Yanagihara (eds.), East Asian and European Perspectives on International Law (Baden-Baden, Nomos Verlaggesellschaft, 2004), pp.1-21."Japanese Predecessors of Judge Oda in the World Courts: Works and Method"; in N. Ando/E. McWhinney/R. Wolfrum (eds.), Liber Amicorum Judge Oda, vol.1 (The Hague/London/New York, Kluwer Law International, 2002), pp.9-22.Cornelius van Bynkershoek: His Role in the History of International Law, Kluwer Law International (The Hague/London/Boston, 1998)
