Revolutionary Approach to International Law The Role of International Lawyer in Asia

This book brings together critical legal analyses of ongoing global issues in the digital age by international lawyers in Asia. Digital revolution is the key to understanding the contemporary human society. In this book, the authors critically redefine the mainstream thinking and ideas of contemporary international legal issues that the global community is facing. Given the rapidly shifting global legal landscape and framework, they shed light on the theoretical and practical questions in international law and reexamine their global context. Such independent and forward-looking approach suggests the ideas to shaping the global common good in the future human society.

In both theory and practice, this book is a useful guide to Asian law, politics, economy, and business providing a fair and balanced point of view.

Introduction.- Harmonizing  Public  and  Private International Law: Implications of the Apple  vs.  Samsung  IP  Litigation  / Observations  in  the  Field  of Intellectual Property.- The  Applicability  of  Artificial Intelligence in International Law.- Law and Development.- Regulator-led  Resolution  in  Mass Finance Mis-selling.- A  Critical  Evaluation  of  the  War  on Terror.- Asia and New International Economic Order.- International  Space  Station  /  Space Resource  Exploration  and  Utilization Act.- China’s  Exclusionary  Rule  of  Illegally Obtained  Evidence:  A  Comparative Study with the International Criminal Court.- Maritime Title in South China Sea.- A  Generic  Construction  of  the  Right System for Population Ageing.- Human  Rights  Accountability  of Transnational Corporations.- The  Hague  Conference  on  Private International Law.- New International Law Theory.- Sea-Level Rise and the Law of the Sea.- Human  Rights-Based  Approach  to Science, Technology and Development.- Conclusion.

Eric Yong Joong Lee is President of YIJUN Institute of International Law and Full Professor of International Law at Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea. He is also chief editor of two globally recognized academic magazines such as Journal of East Asia and International Law & China and WTO Review. Dr. Lee obtained his A.B. (political science) and M.P.A. (public policy) from the University of Washington and Seoul National University, respectively. He continued to study international law at Leiden University for LL.M. and completed his Ph.D. (Dr. iur) in that field under the supervision of Professor Peter Malanczuk at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Professor Lee, Analyst of international law based on international relations, is Expert in international organization, international dispute settlement, and inter-Korean relations. His current academic interests focus on the Korean Peninsula peace process, nuclear energy law, global supply chain of COVID-19 vaccine, etc.