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8 Korean J. Int'l & Comp. L. 1 (2020)

handle is hein.journals/kjicl8 and id is 1 raw text is: KOREAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL KJCL BRILL AND COMPARATIVE LAW 8 (2020) 1-36 N IJ H O F F brill.com/kjic Asian State Practice of Domestic Implementation of International Law (ASP-DIIL) A Preliminary Report Seokwoo Lee Inha University Law School, Korea leeseokwoo@inha.ac.kr Hee Eun Lee Handong International Law School, Korea hlee@handong.edu Kevin YL Tan Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore lawtylk@nus.edu.sg 1 Mission Statement The common narrative of contemporary Asia has often been in the context of the political economy of rapid industrialization, or from the point of view of international relations, in light of the global balance of power and Cold War fault lines. The dramatic economic growth of Asia - in particular Japan and Korea during the latter half of the 20th century, and of China and India this century - has been well documented and researched. Asia has also been the focus of much study in relation to the geopolitical climate of the Cold War. While economists and political scientists have contributed greatly to the study of the region and its modern history, a frequently overlooked area of study is the function and impact of international law on the relations of the countries in the region. Indeed, we argue that international law has had an important if somewhat muted role since it was introduced to the region by the West in the i9th century. It has since taken on a more significant role in the post-Cold War era reflecting the dynamism of the region and the prospects for establishing an order based upon international legal principles. The growing importance of international law in Asia can largely be attrib- uted to the forces of globalization that has animated the region in economic, political, and cultural terms. It was not until the end of the Cold War and the © KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2020 1 DOI:10.1163/22134484-12340129

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