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25th Volume of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (2023)

Conflict of Laws

In particular, it examines the recognition of ancillary judgments in divorce cases, concluding that they fall under article 118 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The decision is the first to recognize a corporate duty to mitigate climate change under tort law.

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‘Legal identity’, statelessness, and private international law

Conflict of Laws

under Goal 16 requires that states shall, by 2030, ‘provide legal identity for all, including birth registration’. Non-recognition of a foreign-registered civil status event means that it lacks legal effect, leaving (for example) marriages invalid in one country or the other, or still in place despite a registered divorce.

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