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20. Use of Force & Security | Japan
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20.1 Shimoda Case

The Shimoda case (Tokyo District Court, Judgment, December 7, 1963, 14 Kakyu Saibansho Minji Hanreishu [Lower Courts Reports (civil cases)] (12) 2435 [1963]) is the first judicial decision on the lawfulness of the use of atom…

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Abe, Tatsuya and Mori, Tadashi, “20. Use of Force & Security | Japan”, in: Encyclopedia of Public International Law in Asia Online, General Editor: Seokwoo Lee. Consulted online on 25 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2772-8161_EPIL_COM_1035>
First published online: 2021
First print edition: 20210922



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