Editors-in-Chief
Renzo Cavalieri, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    
Giorgio Fabio Colombo, Nagoya University Graduate School of Law, Japan; Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    
Giuliano Lemme, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italia    

Advisory Board
Jong-Chol An, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    
Riccardo Cardilli, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia    
Anling Fei, China University of Political Science and Law, China    
Masao Kotani, Ochanomizu University, Japan    
Simona Novaretti, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italia    
Michela Riminucci, Kobe University, Japan    
Marina Timoteo, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italia    

Editorial Board
Sara D’Attoma, Università degli Studi di Verona, Italia; Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    
Virginia Lemme, Università degli Studi di Siena, Italia    
Valentina Lunesu, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italia    
Noemi Mazzaracchio, Nanjing University, China    
Leonardo Luca Pastore, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italia; Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italia    
Giulia Aurora Radice, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia    
Giulio Santoni, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia    
Sonia Sforza, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia    
Davide Luigi Totaro, Hitotsubashi University, Japan; Università degli Studi di Milano, Italia    

Managing Editor
Alberto Urbani, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    

Peer Reviewers Board
Federico Roberto Antonelli, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Pechino, China    
Jun Ashida, National Diet Library, Japan    
Anna Eirini Baka, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    
Martina Baradel, University of Oxford, UK    
Carla Bassu, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Italia    
Salvatore Casabona, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italia    
Ignazio Castellucci, Università degli Studi di Teramo, Italia    
Sara De Vido, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    
Laura Formichella, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia    
Ivan Franceschini, The University of Melbourne, Australia    
Marco Giorgi, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italia    
Michele Graziadei, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italia    
Hiroko Iko, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan    
Béatrice Jaluzot, Sciences Po Lyon, France    
Carol Lawson, The University of Tokyo, Japan    
Xiangsen Li, Nanjing Audit University, China    
Pietro Lo Iacono, Libera Università Maria Santissima Assunta, Roma, Italia    
Fabrizio Marrella, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    
Takeshi Matsuda, Osaka University, Japan    
Mauro Mazza, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italia    
Huang Meilin, Principal legal officer at Unidroit, Italia    
Andrea Monti, Università degli Studi «G. d’Annunzio» Chieti-Pescara, Italia    
Maria Federica Moscati, University of Sussex, UK    
Si Jin Oh, Kangwon National University, South Korea    
Andrea Ortolani, University of Tsukuba, Japan    
Giovanni Pisacane, GWA Studio Legale    
Monika Prusinowska, Universitat de Barcelona, Espanya    
Tao Qian, China University of Political Science and Law, China    
Gianmatteo Sabatino, Istituto Italo-Cinese - Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, China; Università degli Studi di Trento, Italia    
Gianluca Scarchillo, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italia    
Lee Seokmin, Soongsil University, South Korea    
Andrea Serafino, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italia    
Franco Serena, Nihon University, Japan    
Jeemin Song, Kyonggi University, Suwon, South Korea    
Yoko Tamura, University of Tsukuba, Japan    
Enrico Toti, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italia    
Dimitri Vanoverbeke, The University of Tokyo, Japan    
Barbara Verri, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Italia    
Will Wang, Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italia    
Leon Wolff, Hitotsubashi University, Japan    
Lihong Zhang, East China University of Political Science and Law, China    

The Journal adopts an author-year in-text reference system which requires: (1) in-text citation in the main text in round brackets (Last name publication year, pages), i.e., parenthetical referencing system in body of text; (2) a bibliography in the final part of the contribution, according to the following format: Last name, First name [bulleted] (year). Title. Subtitle. Place: Publisher.

• Ex.: Rossi, M. (1987). The drafting of standards on the use of hydrogen. Venezia: Edizioni Aperte.

The above mentioned in-text reference system applies to scholarly works or articles, while normative or legal cases references should be cited in a footnote.

Citation of non-academic sources (e.g. newspaper articles, blogs, reports, surveys, press releases) is permitted exclusively in footnotes and not in the bibliography.

To ensure scientific accuracy and precise identification of the texts and materials cited, bibliographic references should follow the following guidelines:

• Indication of author’s name in roman alphabet (e.g., pinyin, rōmaji) and in ‘original characters’, e.g., Chinese characters, hangeul or Japanese writing system (i.e., kanji, hiragana, katakana) in square brackets.
• Indication of the title of book or article should be translated into Italian or English, depending on whether the contribution is in Italian or English, while, in square brackets, the transliteration in roman alphabet as well as the tile in ‘original characters’ (e.g., again, Chinese characters, hangeul or Japanese writing system), should be provided.
• Transliteration of journal name in roman alphabet (translation is not required) and in square brackets in ‘original characters’.
• Indication of place of publication as internationally known (Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, etc.).
• Indication of publishing house in roman alphabet.
• Indication of judgments in compliance with the style adopted in the individual jurisdiction (cf. see specific examples for China and Japan), and providing with the relevant translation into Italian or English of the judicial authority and/or the parties.
• Indication of normative act in Italian or English translation, date of promulgation in round brackets, followed, in square brackets, by a transliteration in roman alphabet and with ‘original characters’ next to it. Add any specific information facilitating the consultation of the normative act.

For the sake of clarity, reference will be made to the legal systems of the People's Republic of China and Japan. Consider these guidelines adoptable, mutatis mutandis, for the other jurisdictions of the East Asian context.

Examples of the legal system of the People’s Republic of China

Below examples of citations from scholarly works and provisions of the legal system of the People’s Republic of China and legal systems and entities that use the Chinese language as their official language (so, with due differences [use of traditional Chinese, possibility of non-pinyin phonetic transcription], consider these indications valid for sources from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Singapore):

Citation from manual/book/volume

Lü Pin [吕频] (2011). Report on Domestic Violence Prevention Activities in China [Zhongguo fanjiatingbaoli xingdong baogao, 中国反家庭暴力行动报告]. Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe.

Journal citation

Xu Liqin [许丽琴] (2009). “Analysis on the Divorce Compensation System” [Lihun sunhai peichang zhidu tanxi, 离婚损害赔偿制度探析]. Faxue zazhi [法学杂志], 30(4), 109-11.

Judgement

Huang XX vs. Zhao XX, civil judgment of first instance, Civil Chamber of the People's Court of the Central District of Jinan City, Shandong Province, no. 2816/2011 [Huang XX on Zhao XX lihun jiufen an (2011) Shi min chuzi di 2816 hao, Shan-dong sheng Jinan shi shizhong qu renmin fayuan, 黄某某诉赵某某离婚纠 纷案, (2011) 市民初字第 2816 号, 山东省济南市市中区人民法院].

Normative act

PRC Marriage Law (1950) [Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo hunyinfa, 中华人民共和国婚姻法].

Examples of the legal system of Japan

Below examples of citations from scholarly works and provisions of the legal system of JAPAN

Textbook citation

Hatoyama Hideo [鳩山秀夫] (1955). The Principle of Good Faith in the Law of Obligations [Saiken-hō ni okeru shingiseijitsunogensoku, 債権法における信義誠実の原則], Tokyo: Yūhikaku.

Journal citation

Yoshimi Seikō [好美清光] (1962). “The Function of ‘Treu und Glauben’” [Shingisoku no kinō ni tsuite, 信 義則の機能について]. Hitotsubashironsō [一橋論叢], 47(2), 181-98.

Judgement

NB: It is not required to name the parties of the case

• Supreme Court of Japan, April 15, 1969, 民集 Minshū 23, 755.
• Tokyo District Court, December 13, 1961, 判例時報 Hanrei Jihō 286 (1962) 25.

Normative act

Act on Special Provisions to the Civil Code Concerning Electronic Consumer Contract (2001) [Denshi shōhi-sha keiyaku ni kansuru Minpō no tokurei ni kansuru hōritsu, 電子消費者契約に関する民法の特例に関する法律], Law No. 95/2001, Art. X.

Further guidelines for contributions in English – Capitalization:

1. Headings and titles. Capitalize words in a heading or title, including the initial word and any word that immediately follows a colon. Do not capitalize articles, conjunctions, or prepositions when they are four or fewer letters, unless they begin the heading/title, or immediately follow a colon.
2. Internet main page titles and URLs. Capitalize URLs and words in an Internet main page title in accordance with the actual capitalization of the source.
3. Additional words that should be capitalized in legal writing include:
1. Nouns that identify specific persons, officials, groups, government offices, or government bodies. These words and phrases should always be capitalized. E.g.:
• the Social Security Administrator: The plaintiff was declared disabled by the Social Security Administrator and was awarded benefits.
• the President: A sitting President’s executive power allows him or her to pardon convicted criminals.
2. Exceptions. Certain words are exceptions to the above rule and should be capitalized according to the following rules:
• Act: capitalize when referring to a specific legislative act. E.g.: A union has a statutory duty of fair representation under the National Labor Relations Act.
• Code: capitalize when referring to a specific code. E.g.: Considering the change between the 1929 and 2020 Codes, […].
• Constitution: capitalize when naming any constitution in full, but do not capitalize the adjective form ‘constitutional’.
• Court: capitalize when naming any court in full.
• Judge, Justice: capitalize when giving the name of a specific judge or justice or when referring to a Justice of the Supreme Court of the related jurisdiction.
• State: capitalize if it is a part of the full title of a state, if the word it modifies is capitalized, or when referring to a state as a governmental actor or as a party to a litigation.

For cases not explicitly covered by the editorial guidelines of the journal, please refer to the criteria provided by The Bluebook. A Uniform System of Citation.

“The Legal Systems of East Asia in the Geopolitics of Law: Security, Sovereignty, and Technology”

Theme

The relationship between geopolitics and law in East Asia is today of central importance to the study of the region and its impact on global dynamics. The geopolitical use of law in East Asia unfolds along three distinct yet interrelated dimensions, each corresponding to a specific notion of security: (i) national security; (ii) economic security; and (iii) technological and digital security.

National security encompasses considerations related to the pursuit of geopolitical, strategic or military interests. It also includes measures aimed at protecting the constitutional order of the legal systems concerned – whether democratic or not – from external and internal threats.

Economic security is equally central, as the geopolitical use of law finds its primary field of application in the economic domain. With the blurring of the divide between public and private law, we witness a proliferation of legal instruments designed to paralyse rival economies, consolidate supply chains and subordinate the private sector to the pursuit of various national interests.

National security and economic security partially converge in the context of the datafication of the economy and the quest for sovereignty over cyberspace. Moreover, the collection of personal or otherwise strategic data – resulting from the digitalisation of goods and services – blurs the line between dual-use and civilian goods, further contributing to the overlap between these different levels of analysis.

Scope of the Call

This call for papers invites contributions examining the pursuit of security-related objectives in East Asia, on topics such as:

a) National security:

• Emergence, development and evolution of the notion in its relationship with law; expansion of the role of public law into the private sphere and instances of deregulation;
• Relationship with constitutionally protected rights;
• Security, essential functions of the state and the expansion of executive power;
• Geopolitical risk in contract and insurance law;
• Information, disinformation, hybrid warfare;
• Resilience, security and safety of strategic infrastructures and critical sectors;
• The role of investments on the chessboard of international politics and foreign investment screening mechanisms;
• Commercial arbitration, dispute resolution and the governance of transnational economic relations;
• The principle of extraterritoriality, sanctions, export controls and their impact on global value chains.

b) Economic security:

• Legislation and formalisation of economic planning and programming mechanisms, and instruments of public intervention in the economy;
• Corporate governance, control and corporate liability;
• State shareholdings and public intervention to support economic resilience;
• The interplay between competition law and industrial policies;
• Due diligence and corporate responsibility;
• The obsolescence of traditional international organisations and the emergence of new regional bodies;
• Reorganisation of global value chains: reshoring, friend-shoring and geographical diversification.

c) Technological and digital security:

• Strategic technologies and artificial intelligence: innovation, autonomy and governance;
• Data governance and digital sovereignty;
• Data access, data sharing and data localisation;
• Industrial data and trade secrets;
• Cybersecurity and digital resilience;
• Semiconductors and export controls;
• Space law, the space economy and satellite networks;
• Intellectual property, trade secrets and restrictions on technology acquisitions.

Analyses may focus on domestic, international or comparative law – including the potential circulation of legal models within East Asia and from East Asia outward – provided they are relevant to the study of the geopolitics of law in the East Asian context.

The journal also welcomes original contributions outside the scope of this call for papers, relating to current issues or topics central to the debate in the legal systems of East Asia. Particularly welcome are reviews of monographic works, case notes, and legislative notes. Short contributions on specific cases or regulatory developments and doctrinal debates of particular interest are also appreciated.

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts must be original contributions and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Contributions must meet academic standards and may include empirical research, theoretical analysis, case studies, or policy evaluations.

Papers must be written in Italian or English and formatted according to the publisher’s guidelines (https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/static-page/norme-redazionali/) and the journal guidelines (https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/rivista-di-diritto-dellasia-orientale/#guidelines).

Please submit an abstract (250-300 words) describing the proposed contribution, together with author details and affiliations.

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 14 June 2026

Notification of acceptance: 29 June 2026

Full paper submission deadline: 31 July 2026

Publication Details

Accepted contributions will be subject to double-blind peer review.

Contacts

For further information, please write to: redazione.ridao@unive.it.

Go to the upload area

https://peerflow.edizionicafoscari.it/abstracts/form/journal/31/410   

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Ethical Code of Rivista di Diritto dell’Asia Orientale 

Rivista di Diritto dell’Asia Orientale (RIDAO) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal whose policy is inspired by the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) Ethical Code. See the Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Publisher’s responsibilities  

The Publisher must provide the Journal with adequate resources and the guidance of experts, in order to carry out its role in the most professional way, aiming at the highest quality standard.

The Publisher must have a written agreement that defines the relationship with the owner of the Journal and/or the Editors-in-Chief. The agreement must comply with the Code of Behavior for Publishers of Scientific Journals, as established by COPE.

The relationship among the Editors-in-Chief, the Advisory Board and the Publisher is based on the principle of publishing independence. 

Editors’ responsibilities 

The Editors-in-Chief and the Advisory Board of RIDAO alone are responsible for the decision to publish the articles submitted.

Submitted articles, after having been checked for plagiarism by means of the anti-plagiarism software Compilatio that is used by the University and is made available to us, will be sent to at least two reviewers. Final acceptance presumes the implementation of possible amendments, as required by the reviewers and under the supervision of the RIDAO Editors-in-Chief.

The RIDAO Editors-in-Chief and Advisory Board must evaluate each submitted paper in compliance with the Journalʼs policy, i.e. exclusively on the basis of its scientific content, without discrimination of race, sex, gender, creed, ethnic origin, citizenship, or the scientific, academic and political position of the Authors. 

Allegations of misconduct

If the RIDAO Editors-in-Chief and Advisory Board notice (or receive notifications of) mistakes or inaccuracies, conflict of interest or plagiarism in a published article, they will immediately warn the Author and the Publisher and will undertake the necessary actions to resolve the issue. They will do their best to correct the published content whenever they are informed that it contains scientific errors or that the authors have committed unethical or illegal acts in connection with their published work. If necessary, they will withdraw the article or publish a recantation.

All complaints are handled in accordance with the guidelines published by the COPE.

Concerns and complaints must be addressed to the following e-mail ecf_support@unive.it. The letter should contain the following information:

• complainant’s personal information;
• title, author(s), publication date, DOI;
• complaint(s);
• declaration that the complainant has no conflict of interest, or declaration of an actual or potential conflict of interest.

Authors’ responsibilities

Stylesheet

Authors must follow the Guidelines for Authors to be downloaded from the RIDAO website.

Authors must explicitly state that their work is original in all its parts and that the submitted paper has not been previously published, nor submitted to other journals, until the entire evaluation process is completed. Since no paper gets published without significant revision, earlier dissemination in conference proceedings or working papers does not preclude consideration for publication, but Authors are expected to fully disclose publication/dissemination of the material in other closely related publications, so that the overlap can be evaluated by the RIDAO Editors-in-Chief. 

Authorship

Authors are strongly encouraged to use their ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. This will ensure the authors’ visibility and correct citation of their work.

Authorship must be correctly attributed; all those who have given a substantial contribution to the design, organisation and accomplishment of the research the article is based on, must be indicated as Co-Authors. Please ensure that: the order of the author names is correct; the names of all authors are present and correctly spelled, and that affiliations are up-to-date.

The respective roles of each co-author should be described in a footnote. The statement that all authors have approved the final version should be included in the disclosure.

Conflicts of interest and financing

Authors, under their own responsibility, must avoid any conflict of interest affecting the results obtained or the interpretations suggested. The RIDAO Editors-in-Chief will give serious and careful consideration to suggestions of cases in which, due to possible conflict of interest, an Author’s work should not be reviewed by a specific scholar. Authors should indicate any financing agency or the project the article stems from. 

Quotations

Authors must see to it that all works consulted be properly quoted. If works or words of others are used, they have to be properly paraphrased or duly quoted. Quotations between “double quotes” (or «angled quotation marks» if the text is written in a language other than English) must reproduce the exact wording of the source; under their own responsibility, Authors should carefully refrain from disguising a restyling of the source’s wording, as though it was the original formulation. 

Any form of excessive, inappropriate or unnecessary self-citation, as well as any other form of citation manipulation, are strongly discouraged.

Ethical Committee

Whenever required, the research protocols must be authorised in advance by the Ethical Committee of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. 

Emendations

When Authors find a mistake or an inaccuracy in their own article, they must immediately warn the RIDAO Editors-in-Chief, providing all the information needed to make the due adjustments. 

Reviewers’ responsibilities

Goal

By means of the peer-review procedure, reviewers assist the RIDAO Editors-in-Chief and Advisory Board in taking decisions on the articles submitted. They are expected to offer the Authors suggestions as to possible adjustments aimed at improving their contribution submission. 

Timing and conflicts of interest

If a reviewer does not feel up to the task of doing a given review, or if she/he is unable to read the work within the agreed schedule, she/he should notify the RIDAO Editors-in-Chief. Reviewers must not accept articles for which there is a conflict of interest due to previous contributions or to a competition with a disclosed author (or with an author they believe to have identified). 

Confidentiality

The content of the reviewed work must be considered confidential and must not be used without explicit authorisation by the Author, who is to be contacted via the Editors-in-Chief. Any confidential information obtained during the peer review process should not be used for other purposes.

Collaborative attitude

Reviewers should see themselves not as adversaries but as advocates for the field. Any comment must be done in a collaborative way and from an objective point of view. Reviewers should clearly motivate their comments and keep in mind the Golden Rule of Reviewing: “Review for others as you would have others review for you”. 

Plagiarism

Reviewers should report any similarity or overlapping of the work under analysis with other works known to them.