This book brings together critical legal analyses of ongoing global issues in the digital age by international lawyers in Asia. Digital revolution is the key to understanding the contemporary human society. In this book, the authors critically redefine the mainstream thinking and ideas of contemporary international legal issues that the global community is facing. Given the rapidly shifting global legal landscape and framework, they shed light on the theoretical and practical questions in international law and reexamine their global context. Such independent and forward-looking approach suggests the ideas to shaping the global common good in the future human society.

In both theory and practice, this book is a useful guide to Asian law, politics, economy, and business providing a fair and balanced point of view.

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Eric Yong Joong Lee is President of YIJUN Institute of International Law and Full Professor of International Law at Dongguk University, Seoul, Korea. He is also chief editor of two globally recognized academic magazines such as Journal of East Asia and International Law & China and WTO Review. Dr. Lee obtained his A.B. (political science) and M.P.A. (public policy) from the University of Washington and Seoul National University, respectively. He continued to study international law at Leiden University for LL.M. and completed his Ph.D. (Dr. iur) in that field under the supervision of Professor Peter Malanczuk at Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Professor Lee, Analyst of international law based on international relations, is Expert in international organization, international dispute settlement, and inter-Korean relations. His current academic interests focus on the Korean Peninsula peace process, nuclear energy law, global supply chain of COVID-19 vaccine, etc.