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1． 7物θ，ノ勿αn83εノ15306iα∫ion qプ1n∫ε7nα∫’on‘zl Lαw held its1993 1 38 WASEDA BULLETIN OF COMPARATIVE LA W Vol. 14 Spring Session (the 96th Annual Meeting) at Aoyama Gakuin Univer- sity () on May 16, 1993. The programs were as follows. [1] Report of Study Charrman: Mitsuru Kurokawa (Professor, Osaka University) . Reporter: Masahiko Asada (Associate Professor, Okaya- ma University), 'State Succession and Post-Soviet Nuclear Problems.' [2] Report of Study Chairman: Wakamizu Tsutsui (Professor, ) . Reporter: Koichi Morikawa (Associate Professor, Sensyu University) , 'Enforcement Measures of the United Nations and the Rule of Law: Legal Limits of the Discretionary Powers of the Security Council.' [3] Reports of Study Common Theme: Integration of the European Commu- nities. Chairmen: Kiichiro Nakahara (Professor, Tokai Universi- ty) and Takasi Okamura (). Reporter : Koj i Fukuda (Professor, Komazawa University) , 'The Plan of the European Union in the Treaty of Maas- tricht . ' Reporter: Katsuhiro Shoji (Lecturer, Nisho-Gakusha University) , 'The Protection of Fundamental Rights by the Court of Justice of the European Communities: Its Case-law and Jurisdiction . ' Reporter: Masaru Nishi (Professor, Himeji ) , 'The Lugano Convention and the European Commu- nities . '

2. The Japanese Association oflnternational Law held its 1993 Au- tumn Session (the 96th Annual Meeting) at Seinan Gakuin Univer- DEVELOPMENTS IN 1993 - A CADEMIC SOCIETIES 1 39 sity (Fukuoka) on October 9 and 10, 1 993. The programs were as f ollows .

[Th e First Day] Common Theme I : Methods and Problems of the Law of State Responsibility. [1] Reports of Study Chairmen: Kanae Taijudo (Professor, Himeji Dokkyo University) and Yasuaki Onuma (Professor, Tokyo University). Reporter: Soji Yamamoto (Professor, Sophia University), 'An Introduction.' 1 The Change of the Methodology of the Law of State Respon- sibility. (1) Reporter: Nisuke Ando (Professor, Kyoto University), 'Re-examination of the Methodology of ILC Drafting.' (2) Reporter: Kimio Yakushiji (Professor, Ritsumeikan University) , 'Critical Analysis of International Liability for the Inter- nationally Lawful Act.' [2] Reports of Study Chairmen: Yoshio Hirose (Professor, Meiji Gakuin Univer- sity) and Hisakazu Fujita (Professor, Tokyo University) . 2. Traditional Concepts in the Law of State Responsibility and Their Transformation. (1) Reporter: Kaoru Obata (Associate Professor, Kanazawa University) , 'Re-examination of the Concept of "Due Diligence"- Along the Process of Its Establishment-.' (2) Reporter: Kyoji Kawasaki (Associate Professor, Hiroshi- ma Shudo University), 'The Significance of the Classification of the Injured Le- gal Interest-Conceptions of Obligation erga omnes and Injured State-.' 1 40 WASEDA BULLETIN OF COMPARA TIVE LA W Vol. 14

[The Second Day]

[1] Reports of Study Chairmen: Jutaro Higashi (Professor, Tsudajuku Univer- sity) and Yoshiro Matsui (Professor, Nagoya University) . 3 Points of Contact of the Protection of Environment with the Law of State Responsibility. (1) Reporter: Shinya Murase (Professor, Sophia University), 'State Responsibility for Control of Multinational Enter- prises . ' (2) Reporter: Atsuko Kanehara (Associate Professor, St. Paul's University), 'Implementation of the State Responsibility for the Pro- tection of Global Environment.'

Common Theme II: The 10orh Auniversary of the Hague Con- ferences on Private International Law. [2] Reports of study Chairman: Yoshio Tameike (Professor, Ryukoku University). Reporter: Sueo lkehara (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University) , 'An Introduction. ' (1) Reporter: Akira Takakuwa (Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University) , 'The Hague Conferences on Private International Law and the Conventions.' [3] Report of study Chairman: Junichi Akiba (Professor, Hitotsubashi University) . (2) Reporter : Itsuro Terada (Director of the 4th Division, Civil Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice), 'Judicial Cooperation in the Hague Conventions.'

Prof. TOKUSHIRO OHATA MEGUMI SUZUKl