The Asian Yearbook of International Law is produced by the Foundation for the Development of International Law in Asia (DILA). This volume offers Asian perspectives on topics including : treaty-making power in China; the crime of aggression, illegal fishing and the destruction of environment in armed conflicts.

B.S. Chimni is Professor in the School of International Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

Miyoshi Masahiro is Professor Emeritus of International Law at Aichi University, Japan.

Javaid Rehman is Professor of Law at Brunel University, UK.

Introduction Part 1: Articles 1. International law, the Use of Force and the Crime of Aggression: From the Charter of the United Nations to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Sergey Sayapin 2. The Treaty-Making Power in China: Constitutionalisation, Progress and Problems Chen Yifeng 3. Post-LOSC Legal Instruments and Measures to Address Illegal IUU Fishing Dik Dik Sodik 4. An Examination of the Plea of Self-Defence vis-à-vis Non-State Actors (Sata Award 2009), Amin Ghanbari Amirhandeh 5. Destruction of Environment During an Armed Conflict and Violation of International Law: A Legal Analysis Rishav Banerjee Part 2: Editorial Notes 6. The North Sea Continental Shelf Cases Revisited: Implications for the Boundaries in the Northeast Asian Seas Miyoshi Masahiro Part 3: Legal Materials 7. Treaty Section 8. State Practice Part 4: Book Reviews 9. Yael Ronen, The Iran Nuclear Issue (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2010, pp. 550) by Javaid Rehman 10. Professor Surya Subedi, International Investment Law: Reconciling Policy and Principle, (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2008 pp. 244) by Paramalingam Sandrasegaram 11. Dr Rabia Bhuiyan, Gender and Tradition in Marriage & Divorce: An Analysis of Personal Laws of Muslims and Hindu Women in Bangladesh (Dhaka: UNESCO, 2010, pp. 302) by Javaid Rehman 12. Jacqueline Peel, Science and Risk Regulation in International Law, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp. 398) by Muhammad Nizam Awang