2022 Korean Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 10)

2022 Korean Yearbook of International Law (Vol. 10)

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세계국제법협회한국본부

Editor-in-Chief

LEEGyooho,Chung-AngUniversity

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EDITORIALNOTE
LEEJee-Hyung

ARTICLES
LEEChang-Wee
LegalStatusofMarineScientificResearchintheLawoftheSea:ConflictsoverCodificationandPolicy-OrientedJurisprudenceasaSolution

KIMYoung-Seok
TheMeaningof“Service”asOneoftheRequirementsforRecognitionandEnforcementofForeignJudgments-FocusingontheSupremeCourtofKorea2017-Da-257746Judgment-

YOUJungHwa
PrivateInternationalLawIssuesinJointVentureAgreementsandShareholders'AgreementsGovernedbyKoreanLaw

HANMino,YOOEunKyung(Jennifer)
RevisitingOptionalArbitrationClausesBeforetheKoreanCourts

SPECIALREPORTS
CHUNGMinJung
TheConstitutionalCourt'sDecisionandRecentLegislationRelatedtoReliefforElapsingthePeriodofRenunciationofNationalitybyMultipleNationalityHolders

LEEJang-Hie
TheInter-KoreaBasicAgreementof1991-ItslegalnatureanditsroleinthepromotionofpeaceontheKoreanPeninsula

LEEGyooho
IndustrialSecurityLawsintheRepublicofLaw:ComparisonwiththeirJapaneseCounterparts

HONGSungkee
NormalizationofKorea-JapanRelationsintheYoonSuk-YeolAdministration:TheComfortWomenAgreementandJudicialDecisionsonCompensationforForcedLabor

DOHSee-Hwan
InternationalLegalReviewoftheInvasionofDokdoandtheKorea-JapanTreatyin1905resumedbytheSanFranciscoPeaceTreatyin1951

RECENTDEVELOPMENTS
LEESeok-Yong
MilitaryActivitiesinOtherStates’ExclusiveEconomicZones

CHUNGMinJung
ResolutionsRelatingtoInternationalLawAdoptedbythe21stNationalAssemblyin2022

WONJae-Chun
ICSIDArbitrationTribunalAwardonLoneStarHoldingsv.RepublicofKoreaandItsISDSImplications

CONTEMPORARYPRACTICEANDJUDICIALDECISIONS
HONGEungi
JudicialDecisionsinPublicInternationalLaw(2022)

LEEJee-Hyung·PARKHyeon-Seok
QUARANTINEACT

LEEJee-Hyung·PARKHyeon-Seok
FRAMEWORKACTONCARBONNEUTRALITYANDGREENGROWTHFORCOPINGWITHCLIMATECRISIS

LEEJee-Hyung·PARKHyeon-Seok
SPACEDEVELOPMENTPROMOTIONACT

JANGJiyong
JudicialDecisionsinPrivateInternationalLaw(2022)

Treaties/AgreementsConcludedbytheRepublicofKorea

INDEX

AUTHORGUIDELINESANDSTYLESHEET

출판사 서평

TheKoreanYearbookofInternationalLawhasreacheditstenthvolume,andaswillsometimeshappenoverthecourseofadecade,wehavesufferedalosswithinourcommunity.ProfessorChoiSeung-HwanofKyungheeUniversityLawSchool,thefirstPresidentoftheKoreanbranchoftheInternationalLawAssociation,passedawaysuddenlywhilethisvolumewasbeingprepared.AdrivingforcebehindthepublicationoftheYearbooks,heisandwillbemuchmissed.Formore,pleaserefertotheEditorialBoard’smovingtributetoProfessorChoiinthebeginningofthisvolume.

AswecarryonwithProfessorChoi’svisiontocontinueandimprovetheyearbookasareferenceabroadforKorea’sinternationallegalpractice,thecurrentvolumehascometogetherunderabroadthemeofrisktointernationalexchange.Navigation,trade,business,andimmigrationacrossborderscreatebountiesofopportunity.Atthesametime,theseinteractionsandinterfacesarealsosourcesoflegal,health,environmental,andotherrisks.

Internationallaw,bothpublicandprivate,isamajormeansofmanagingandmitigatingtherisksthatariseoutofinternationalexchangeandcross-borderissues.Thecurrentcollectionofarticlesandreportsdelveintothisroleofinternationallawinavarietyofcontextsandcircumstances.

ThearticleLegalStatusofMarineScientificResearchintheLawoftheSeabyProfessorLeeChang-WeeexaminestheLawoftheSearulesapplicabletomarinescientificresearchandtheconflictsovertheserules,mostprominentlybetweenChinaandtheUnitedStates,foradynamicviewofthesemuch-contestedrules.Marineresearchisaleadingexampleofanactivityrifewithbothopportunities(scientificandeconomic)andrisk(securityandmilitary),andstatebehaviorssurroundingtheinternationallawinthisareademonstratethehighstakesofdecidinghowinternationallawwillmanagetherisks.

TheMeaningof“Service”asOneoftheRequirementsforRecognitionandEnforcementofForeignJudgmentsbyJudgeKimYoung-Seoklooksatserviceofprocessininternationallitigation.Litigationacrossborders,alongwiththerecognitionandenforcementthereof,isavitalmeansofmanagingcross-borderrisks,whileserviceofprocessallowsindividualstobenotifiedofandrespondtothelegalriskthatsuchlitigationraisesinturn.JudgeKimgivesathoughtfulandnuancedexplorationofalandmarkdecisionbytheKoreanSupremeCourtinthisfield,intheprocessmakingthecrucialdistinctionbetweenlegalityoftheserviceofprocessitselfunderdomesticlaw(Koreanlaw,inthiscase)anditsbeingarequirementforrecognitionandenforcement.

JudgeYouJungHwa’sarticle,PrivateInternationalLawIssuesinJointVentureAgreementsandShareholders’AgreementsGovernedbyKoreanLaw,takesalookatthesometimestangledissuesthatariseintheinterfacebetweendifferentjurisdictions,andproposesseveralstrategiesfortheadvanceseparationofcontractandcorporatelegalaspectstomanagedisputesthatmayariseoutofjointventureagreements.

AttorneyHanMino’sarticle,RevisitingOptionalArbitrationClausesBeforetheKoreanCourts,critiquesamajorKoreanSupremeCourtjudgmentthatdeemedoptionalarbitrationclausesineffectiveunlessbothpartiesconsent.AttorneyHanthengoesontoarguethatcourtsshouldtakeamorepro-arbitrationstancetoresolvepracticalconfu-sionoverthevalidityoftheseclauses.Expandingtheeffectivenessofoptionalarbitrationclauseswouldcertainlychangethecalculusofdisputeandlegalriskmanagement,anditremainstobeseeniftheKoreancourtswilllistentothesecalls.

Dr.ChungMinJungopenstheSpecialReportssectionwithabreakdownoftheConstitutionalCourt’s2020decisiononrenuncia-tionofnationalitybyKoreanswhoholdmultiplenationalities.Thebalancebetweenindividualrightsandtheneedforalarge,readymilitaryforcethroughmandatorymilitaryservicehasalwaysbeenadelicateoneinKorea,yetthethoroughtreatmentbytheSpecialReportshowsthatindividualrightsandpracticalityarenotnecessarilyintension:TheConstitutionalCourt’sreasoningisclearthatdisallowingtherelinquishmentofKoreannationalityafterthenationalityselectionperiodnotonlycausesunduehardshipforthemultiplenationalityholders,butisalsoimpracticalformilitarypurposes.

ThesubjectofProfessorLeeJang-Hie’sreport,theInter-KoreanBasicAgreementof1991,maybecharacterizedasamajorpushbythetwoKoreastomanageandmitigateperhapsthesinglegreatestgeopoliticalriskontheKoreanpeninsulaandthesurroundingregion:thatofmilitarytensionand,attheextreme,anotherKoreanWar.ByexaminingboththesubstanceoftheAgreementinitsusefulnesstobuildingaframeworkforKoreanpeace,anditsformwhichProfessorLeearguesmeetstherequirementsofabindinginternationaltreaty,theconclusionisreachedthattheAgreementshouldbeimplementedbybothKoreangovernmentsandleveragedasafoundationforlastingpeace.

ProfessorLeeGyooho’sspecialreportonindustrialsecuritylawsintheRepublicofKoreaoutlinesthestateofthelawonindustrialsecurityandarguesforgreatercoordinationwithJapaneselaw,asSouthKoreaandJapanaretwoofthestatesmostaffectedbysecurityconcernsintheirhigh-techindustries.Thismaybeanemergingareaofcooperationandcoordinationtomanagesecurityrisksintheseindustries.

InaspecialreportonthenormalizationofKorea-JapanrelationsintheYoonSuk-Yeoladministration,ProfessorHongSungkeemakescomparisonsbetweentheKorea-Japanrelationspoliciesofthecurrentadministrationanpastones,andarguesforaproductivewayforwardforthetwocountriesbeyondhistoricalgridlockbasedonthefoundationallegalprinciplethatacontractmustbehonored.

Dr.DohSee-Hwan,arecurringandvaluedcontributortotheYearbooks,contributedaspecialreportontheinvasionofDokdoandtheKorea-Japantreatyin1905throughthelensoftheSanFranciscoPeaceTreatyin1951.Dr.DoharguesthatKorea’ssovereigntyoverDokdoandtheillegalityofJapan’sannexationofKoreaareconfirmedbytheSanFranciscoPeaceTreaty,makingafirmgroundingininternationallawavitalpartofEastAsianpeaceandjusticegoingforward.

IntheRecentDevelopmentsection,ProfessorLeeSeok-Yongcommentsonmilitaryactivitiesinotherstates’exclusiveeconomiczones(EEZs),whichisallthemoreinterestingreadtogetherwithProfessorLeeChang-Wee’sarticleonthelegalaspectofmarinescientificresearch.MilitaryactivitiesinEEZsarereasonablyviewedasanotherfrontinthestrugglebetweenstatesoverthelawofthesea,whichisnotanabstractacademicargumentbutoftenamatterofsecurityandevensurvival.

Dr.ChungMinJungreportedontheKoreanNationalAssembly’sinternationallawresolutionstakenin2022andaddedinsightssuchasthedecreaseinthequantityofinternationallawresolutionsundertakenbythisbody,includinghumanrightsresolutions.ThefiveinternationallawresolutionsbytheAssemblyin2022mainlyconcernedgeopoliticalissues,markingadeparturefromprioryearswhenhumanrightsresolutionsweremoredominant.

ProfessorWonJae-ChunprovidedatimelyreportontheinternationalinvestorarbitrationtribunalICSID’sdecisioninLoneStarHoldingsvs.RepublicofKorea,pointingoutwherethedecisionfellshortandpresentingdirectionstheKoreangovernmentcouldseekintherectificationproceedings.InvestorclaimsliketheLoneStarHoldingscaserepresentamajorriskforstatesintheirgovernmentpolicyandenforcementactions,andtheseexperiencesalongwithcommentaryonthemwillprovevaluablegoingforward.

InContemporaryPracticeandJudicialDecisions,JudgeHongEungipresentsjudicialdecisionsinpublicinternationallaw,includingthearrestofforeignnationalsandtheirrighttobenotifiedoftherighttohavetheconsulsoftheircountryofnationalitynotified;thelegalityofadeportationorderofarefugeethatdoesnotspecifythecountryofrepatriation;andtherecognitionofgenderchangefortransgenderpeoplewithminorchildren.

ThisfinalsectionisroundedoutbytranslationsoftheQuarantineAct,FrameworkActonCarbonNeutralityandGreenGrowth,andSpaceDevelopmentPromotionAct,togetherwithJudgeJangJiyong’ssummaryofjudicialdecisionsinpublicinternationallawincludingtheapplicabilityoftheCISG,assumptionofobligations,formationofmarriage,andrecognitionofathreefolddamageawardedbyaforeigncourt.

ThedepthandbreadthofthearticlesandreportsinthisvolumecometogethertoformapictureofKoreaninternationallegalpracticein2022ofrespondingtonewandknownrisksatalllevels,throughtheinternationallegalprocess,legislation,litigation,diplomacy,judgments,resolutions,andmore.Thisisatrulydynamicandmultilayeredprocessthatnoonebookcanhopetocapturetheentiretyof,buttheKoreanYearbookofInternationalLawdeliversatleastonesliceofthisorganic,pulsingprocessforayear.ThoughImaynotagreewithalltheselectionsandsomeofthemhavecontrastingviewpoints,perhapsthis,too,isareflectionofthecontradictionsandstrifeinherentinthecourseofinternationallaw.

ThisvolumealsomarkstheendofthetenureofthecurrenteditorialteamledbyProfessorLeeGyooho,includingmyselfastheExecutiveEditor.ProfessorLeeandtheteam,includingthetirelessMs.ChoiJi-inasthestaffeditor,deserveallaccoladesfortheirenergeticdedicationandunendingpatience.Formyself,ithasbeenaprivilegeworkingwiththescholarlyoutputofsomanytalentedscholarsandpractitioners.Iwishthesucceedingteameverysuccessincontinuingthisimportantwork.

LEEJee-Hyung
ExecutiveEditor

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