Whaling in the Antarctic significance and implications of the ICJ judgment

Includes papers presented at a conference "Whaling in the Antarctic : The ICJ Judgment and its Implications" held at the Kobe University Centre for International Law, May 31-June 1, 2014 discussing the case "Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening)".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Malgosia Fitzmaurice and Dai Tamada -- Methodologies and motivations : was Japan's whaling programme for purposes of scientific research? / Caroline E. Foster -- From the requirement of reasonableness to a 'comply and explain' rule : the standard of review in the whaling judgment / Shotaro Hamamoto -- The whaling convention and thorny issues of interpretation / Malgosia Fitzmaurice -- The 'margin of appreciation' in the use of exemptions in international law : comparing the ICJ whaling judgment and the case law of the ECtHR / Theodore Christakis -- Unfavourable but unavoidable procedures : procedural aspects of the whaling case / Dai Tamada -- Roads not taken, opportunities missed : procedural and jurisdictional questions Sidestepped in the Whaling Judgment / Christian J. Tams -- Whaling judgment and the challenges of dynamic treaty regimes / Mika Hayashi -- IWC and the ICJ judgment / Joji Morishita -- The whaling case : an Australian perspective / Donald R Rothwell -- After the whaling in the Antarctic judgment : its lessons and prospects from a Japanese perspective / Hironobu Sakai -- Science in the court! : the role of science in 'Whaling in the Antarctic' / Anthony Press -- Conclusion : the judgment, its implications and prospects / Akiho Shibata -- Conference report on 'Whaling in the Antarctic : the ICJ judgment and its implications', 31st May-1st June 2014, Kobe University, Japan / Yuri Takaya.