The Structual Transformation of International Law

在我们研究所，将二战后的国际法称为“当代国际法”，与“传统”（有时被称为“现代”或“经典”）国际法形成鲜明对比，已经成为一种普遍现象，而且已经出版了不少分析各个领域法律现象的作品，展示了当代国际法的鲜明特征。然而，还没有形成一种观点，使我们能够把当代国际法的特点理解为国际法的结构转变。没有任何著作从这一观点来展示当代国际法的整体结构。我们共同研究的最终目的是从上述观点把握整个当代国际法。为此，我们实施了三大工程；(1)为分析国际法的结构变迁确立基本立场。这有两个轴——战争概念的转变和自决权的确立。2)厘清传统国际法的逻辑结构，并从其发展到当代国际法的过程中进行推断。3)向上，在当代国际法法律现象所揭示的领域中，当代国际法的形成和发展过程。特别关注领导这些进程的国家集团。我们在报告中发现的两年联合研究的结果只是朝着我们的最终目标迈出的第一步，但我们认为我们已经为完成我们的任务奠定了基础。这项工作将继续进行，我们将以这两年的成果为基础。在未来，我们希望在我们研究尚未涉及的领域的其他研究人员的帮助下发表我们的工作。

It has already become common in our institute to refer to post WWII international law as 'Contemporary International Law' in contrast to 'Traditional' (sometimes called 'Modern' or 'Classic') International Law, and not a few works have been published analysing legal phenomena, in various fields, showing the distinctive features of Contemporary International Law. The viewpoint has not yet been established, however, that enables us to understand the character of Contemporary International Law as being the structual Transformation of International Law. No works have shown the whole structure of Contemporary International Law from this viewpoint.The ultimate aim of our joint reserach has been to grasp the whole of Contemporary International Law from the viewpoint outlined above. To this end, we have undertaken three major projects; 1) to establish our basic standpoint for the analysis of the structual transformation of International Law. This has two axes -- the transformation of the concept of War and the establishment of the Right to Self Determination. 2) to clarify the logical structure of Traditional International Law, and extrapolate from its development into Contemporary International Law. 3) to forrow up, in those fields where the legal phenomenon of Contemporary International Law reveals itself the processes of formation and development of Contemporary International Law, paying particular attention to the group of states that has led these processes.The outcome of our two years' joint research found in the report is only a first step toward our ultimate aim, but we feel that we have laid the foundations for completing our task. The work will be continued and we will build upon the results of these two years. In the future, we expect to publish our work with the help of other reserchers in those fields which have not been covered in our reserch.