The Structual Transformation of International Law

在我们研究所，把二战后的国际法称为“当代国际法”，与“传统”(有时称为“现代”或“经典”)国际法形成对比，已经成为一种普遍现象，并出版了不少分析各个领域的法律现象的著作，显示了当代国际法的鲜明特征。然而，这一观点尚未确立，这使我们能够理解当代国际法的性质是国际法的结构性变革。没有一部著作从这一角度展现了当代国际法的整体结构，我们共同研究的最终目的就是从这一角度把握当代国际法的整体。为此，我们开展了三个重大项目：1)确立我们分析国际法结构转型的基本立场。这有两个轴心--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进行推论。3)在当代国际法法律现象揭示当代国际法形成和发展过程的领域，特别关注引领这一过程的国家集团。报告中发现的两年联合研究的结果只是我们朝着最终目标迈出的第一步，但我们感到已经为完成任务奠定了基础。这项工作将继续下去，我们将在这两年成果的基础上再接再厉。在未来，我们希望在其他研究人员的帮助下发表我们的工作，这些领域还没有包括在我们的研究中。

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.