International Law Asian Journal Of

THE JOURNAL OF THE ASIAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2 JULY 2012 ISSN 2044-2513

Asian Journal of International Law

The Asian Journal of International Law is the journal of the Asian Society of International Law. It publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles and book reviews on public and private international law. The regional focus of the journal is broadly conceived. Some articles may focus specifically on Asian issues; others will bring one of the many Asian perspectives to bear on issues of global concern. Still others will be of more general interest to scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers located in or working on Asia. The journal is published in English as a matter of practical convenience rather than political endorsement. English language reviews of books in other languages are particularly welcomed. The journal is produced for the Asian Society of International Law by the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law and succeeds the Singapore Year Book of International Law. For further information, forthcoming pieces, and guidelines on how to submit articles or book reviews, please visit www.AsianJIL.org.

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ADVISORY BOARD

Chair OWADA Hisashi

Georges ABI-SAAB Abdul KOROMA Awn Shawkat AL-KHASAWNEH Christopher PINTO Edith BROWN WEISS SHI Jiuyong Richard FALK Bruno SIMMA Florentino FELICIANO Christopher WEERAMANTRY KO Swan Sik

EDITORIAL BOARD

Chair B.S. CHIMNI

Antony ANGHIE NGUYEN Hong Thao Hilary CHARLESWORTH ONUMA Yasuaki CHUNG Il-Yung Raul PANGALANGAN Hikmahanto JUWANA Harry ROQUE Ratna KAPUR Shirley SCOTT Borhan Uddin KHAN SHIN Hae Bong Tommy KOH TAN Cheng Han LU Song Jaturon THIRAWAT Djamchid MOMTAZ XUE Hanqin

Ex officio V.S. MANI President of the Asian Society of International Law

Editors

Simon CHESTERMAN Surya P. SUBEDI Simon S.C. TAY

Deputy Editor Senior Associate Editor Michael EWING-CHOW TAN Hsien-Li

Assistant Editors Steven M. DEJONG Joanittah MUNYANGO ANG Wen Pin Lance Camille NG

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

President V.S. MANI

Vice-Presidents

B.S. CHIMNI LU Song Tommy KOH Surya P. SUBEDI

Secretary-General TAN Cheng Han

Deputy Secretary-General Simon CHESTERMAN

Treasurer EJIRI Takashi

AGO Shin-ichi PARK Ki-Gab Antony ANGHIE Rohan PERERA Jayavadh BUNNAG Harry L. ROQUE CHUNG Il-Yung Surakiart SATHIRATHAI Mary GEORGE Mavluda SATTOROVA Arif Oegroseno HAVAS Shirley SCOTT Borhan Uddin KHAN R.K.P. SHANKARDASS Rahmatullah KHAN Jaturon THIRAWAT Sarah McCOSKER TRAN Thi Lan Anh NOOR FARIDA Ariffin Walter WOON ONUMA Yasuaki XUE Hanqin PAIK Jin-Hyun ZHU Wenqi Raul C. PANGALANGAN

ADVISORY COUNCIL

Florentino P. FELICIANO Christopher G. WEERAMANTRY SHI Jiuyong OWADA Hisashi

RESEARCH & PLANNING COMMITTEE

Chair Antony ANGHIE

B.S. CHIMNI MOGAMI Toshiki Mary GEORGE Raul C. PANGALANGAN GONG Yingchun Shirley SCOTT

ARTICLES

205–233 Law and Policy for International Submarine Cables: An Asia-Pacific Perspective TAKEI Yoshinobu 235–266 Determining Hierarchy Between Conflicting Treaties: Are There Vertical Rules in the Horizontal System? Ahmad Ali GHOURI 267–290 Defining Investment Under the ICSID Convention and BITs: Of Ordinary Meaning, Telos, and Beyond Mavluda SATTOROVA 291–321 Regional Harmonization of Competition Law and Policy: An ASEAN Approach LUU Huong Ly 323–338 A Deconstruction of the Notion of Acquisitive Prescription and Its Implications for the Diaoyu Islands Dispute ZHANG Zuxing 339–374 Global Public-Private Partnerships in International Law Davinia AZIZ 375–393 China and the ‘‘Responsibility to Protect’’: The Implications of the Libyan Intervention Andrew GARWOOD-GOWERS

BOOK REVIEWS

Dispute Settlement 395–396 Bilateral Investment Treaties: History, Policy and Interpretation (Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2010) Kenneth J VANDEVELDE (Reviewed by TRINH Hai Yen) 396–397 Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration (5th ed.) (Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 2009) Nigel BLACKABY, Constantine PARTASIDES, Alan REDFERN, and Martin HUNTER (Reviewed by Marcus STARKE) Environmental Law 397–398 Fairness in International Climate Change Law and Policy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009) Friedrich SOLTAU (Reviewed by Benjamin A. SCHACHTER) Human Rights 399–400 Islam and Human Rights (Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2010) Abdullahi A. AN-NA’IM, edited by Mashood BADERIN (Reviewed by Arif A. JAMAL) International Economic Law 400–401 The Future of the Multilateral Trading System: East Asian Perspectives (London: CMP Publishing, 2009) Akira KOTERA, Ichiro ARAKI, and Tsuyoshi KAWASE (Reviewed by ISHIKAWA Yoshimichi)

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