Editorial

• Pages: 268-269

EDITORIAL

Four years have passed since our Journal saw the light of day. This time, I am especially

happy to publish Volume 4, Number 2 because, in August, the JEAIL has been listed at

the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI). In the field of international law, we are finally

evaluated as one of the most prestigious global academic journals. This great

achievement grants not only scholastic privileges, but also heavy responsibility to the

Journal. All the editorial members take to heart the Journals mission to promote global

discourse on East Asia in the 21st century. Initially, the Journal will try its best to totally

overcome the imperialism remaining in our mind and frequently haunting this region

with violence. The JEAIL will then design a grand roadmap for One Asia.It will be

the path to realizing a lofty idea of an East Asian framework for fundamental peace

through international legal principles with tolerance and harmonization. We believe

that real knowledge integrates human experiences.

Volume 4, Number 2 publishes top-tier articles with creative, provocative and

contemporary ideas. The Issue Focus contains four papers under the topic, Outer Space

Development and International Law. Professor Yan Ling from China discusses the

highly political question of outer space weaponization, while Mr. Yu Takeuchi from

Japan tackles a technical problem of space traffic management. Two female authors

from Thailand, Lalin K. and Duangden N. try to identify the liability regime of

international space law, comparing it to that of international environmental law. Finally,

Professor Yun Zhao from Hong Kong proposes to establish a space law center in Asia.

As a leading article, Mr. Zezen Mutaqin writes a paper deeply analyzing a source of

customary law, Adat, of traditional Indonesian society in relation to European

colonialism. This writing focuses on the academic attainments of Professor Van

Vollenhoven in Leiden. His paper utilizes a methodological approach comprising

international with comparative law, that would be vital to understanding the initial

stages of the East Asian encounter with the westerners with gun as well as the European

law of nations in the early colonial period. In the Notes & Comments section, Professor

Michael Sheng-ti Gau analyzes the maritime delimitation question in the East China

Sea. Although there have been other articles on this topic, the Taiwanese perspective is

unusual. His legal analyses are well intermingled with the precise maps he presents in

the paper. This pragmatic effort makes the writing valuable both academically and

practically. Professor Seryon Lee then discusses the reformation of the UN Security

Council. The Security Council reform is such a critical problem in contemporary global

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