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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
In February 2023, the Tokyo District Court found that the Notice of Finalization, which had been issued through a simplified permitting procedure, was lawful. The Nagoya District Court will consider whether private actors can be held liable for their GHG emissions under Japanese tort law. Royal Dutch Shell plc. ,
Conflict of Laws
JANUARY 30, 2024
JYPIL is a peer-reviewed journal that presents trends in academic research in the field of private international law in Japan, with high-quality discussion of the most important issues in the field from both Japanese and comparative law perspectives. Recently, the 25th Volume (2023) of JYPIL has been published.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 26, 2023
Coal-Fired power plants targeted at the case, taken by Attorney Shunsuke Sugit In March 2023, two important decisions regarding the operation of newly built coal-fired power plants were handed down by courts in Japan. Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. Kobe Steel Ltd.,
Conflict of Laws
MAY 18, 2023
The Nigerian landowners’ claim against Shell was thus barred by the limitation periods under applicable Nigerian law ( Jalla and another v Shell International Trading and Shipping Company and another [2023] UKSC 16 , on appeal from [2021] EWCA Civ 63 ). Four cases in the House of Lords or Supreme Court’ at [17] ff.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MAY 30, 2024
This holds for tort law (liability), criminal law, and administrative law. This is an important point, as the Draft Treaty leaves it up to the State Parties to determine whether the human rights violations are best dealt with in administrative, criminal, or civil law (Art.
Conflict of Laws
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Paragraph 1 of Article 276 lists six jurisdiction grounds, including the place of contract formation, place of contract performance, place of the subject matter, place of distrainable property, place of tort, and place of representative offices. npc/c2/c30834/202112/t20211227_315637.html> html> accessed 13 October 2024. [2]
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