Melbourne Journal of International Law

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History

Establishment

MJIL was established in 2000 by its founding Editors: Suzan Davies, Peter Henley, Kalika Jayasekera, Amanda Rologas, and Tracy Whiriskey; and the Law Faculty of the University of Melbourne. The Journal was established in recognition of the shortage of academic and practice-oriented material dealing with the Asia-Pacific region's relationship with both private and public international law.[ citation needed ]

Objectives

MJIL is a generalist international law academic journal. Its content encompasses both private and public international law. The Journal was established as a forum for academics to publish modern perspectives on international law. MJIL aims to facilitate informed and considered discussion of contemporary international issues. It is invested in publishing a wide range of styles, perspectives and opinions through articles, book reviews, case notes, commentaries, review essays, and think pieces.[ citation needed ]

MJIL Publications

MJIL publishes two issues per year in July and December. However, volume one was published as a single issue. Each issue is available in hard copy format and online on various legal journal databases.

Advance Access Policy

In 2016, MJIL introduced an advanced access policy. Articles that have passed the entire editing process well before final publication in their corresponding issue are uploaded on the MJIL website as an advance copy. This ensures that the author's work is disseminated as early as possible. Advanced versions are subject to change prior to the final print and online publication of the article.[ citation needed ]

Past Symposiums, Special Features, and Special Focus Issues

The Journal produces symposium issues devoted to particular aspects of international law. Past symposium and special focus issues include:

MJIL Symposia, Special Features and Special Focus Issues
YearVolumeIssueTypeTitle
20067(1)Symposium The Cultures of Human Rights
20078(2)Symposium International Humanitarian Law
200910(1)Feature Reflections on a Decade of International Law
200910(2)Symposium Climate Justice and International Environmental Law: Rethinking the North-South Divide
201213(1)Focus Issue International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law: The Future, the Present, the Past
201314(2)Issue Focus Statehood & Sovereignty
201617(2)Special Issue The Trans-Pacific Partnership
201920(1)Special Focus Intersection of Law and Technology
202021(2)Special Feature The League of Nations Decentred
202121(3)Special Issue National Encounters with the International Court of Justice

MJIL also publishes 'features' if one or several articles provide an in-depth focus on a topical issue of international law, or otherwise to highlight pieces of a unique contribution to international law academia.

The journal assists the Melbourne University Law Review in its publication of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation ('AGLC'). [2] The Australian Guide to Legal Citation is the most widely used legal citation style-guide in the Australian legal community. The AGLC is in its 4th edition and was published in November 2018. [3]

MJIL Prize [4]

The Melbourne Journal of International Law Prize for 'Outstanding Scholarship in International Law' ('MJIL Prize') is awarded annually to an author whose article or commentary was published in MJIL in the previous calendar year. The prize is judged by a panel of three eminent international law scholars appointed by the Editors of MJIL. At least one member of the Panel must be a member of MJIL's Advisory Board.[ citation needed ]

MJIL Prize Winners
YearAuthorTitleVolumeIssueStarting PageType
2019Gabrielle Holly Transnational Tort and Access to Remedy under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Kamasee v Commonwealth 19(1)52Article
Cait Storr Imperium in Imperio: Sub-Imperialism and the Formation of Australia as a Subject of International Law 19(1)335Article

Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture

MJIL has co-hosted the Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture with the Melbourne Law School since 2016. The Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture was inaugurated in 1999, at the Commemoration of the Centenary of the 1899 Hague Peace Conference held at the University of Melbourne. [5] The lecture, which focuses on the international legal order, honors the Fourth Dean of the Melbourne Law School, Kenneth Hamilton Bailey, who played a significant part in Australia's contribution to the formation of the United Nations.

Past lectures have been recorded and uploaded on the MJIL website. [6]

Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture – Speakers
YearSpeakerTopic
2016 Professor Guy Goodwin-Gill International Refugee Law: Yesterday, Today, but Tomorrow?
2017 Emeritus Professor Gillian Triggs The Rule of Law in a Post-Truth Era
2018 Professor Joseph H. H. Weiler Reconsidering the Trial of Jesus: A Reading for Our Times
2019 Professor Lavanya Rajamani Innovation and Experimentation in the International Climate Change Regime
2020 Professor Gerry Simpson 'The atomics': How Might International Law Respond to the Prospect of Nuclear Annihilation?

Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editors-in-chief:

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References

  1. "Editorial Board". Melbourne Journal of International Law. 3 May 2022.
  2. "Australian Guide to Legal Citation". 29 June 2022.
  3. "AGLC 4th ed PDF" (PDF).
  4. "MJIL Prize". Melbourne Journal of International Law. 23 July 2022.
  5. "hrstatement 1999 – UNODA" . Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  6. "Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture". Melbourne Journal of International Law. 23 July 2022.