Summary
The Melbourne Journal of International Law ('MJIL') is a peer-reviewed law review published biennially and is affiliated with the Melbourne Law School. It encompasses a broad range of topics within both public and private international law. Established in the year 2000, MJIL is one of two student-run law journals at the University of Melbourne, the other being the Melbourne University Law Review.
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| Discipline | International law |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Eleanor Twomey, Jonathan Ta and Jasmine Gan |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2000–present |
| Publisher | Melbourne Journal of International Law Association (Australia) |
| Frequency | Biannual |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| Bluebook | Melb. J. Int'l L. |
| ISO 4 | Melb. J. Int. Law |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1444-8602 |
| LCCN | 2001222127 |
| OCLC no. | 45753327 |
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The editorial process of MJIL is managed by an editorial board comprising approximately 70 law students from the Melbourne Law School.[1] This board operates under the guidance of three Editors, Faculty Advisors, and an Advisory Board.
MJIL, in collaboration with the Melbourne University Law Review, is also responsible for producing the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.
History edit
Establishment edit
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.
Objectives edit
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.
MJIL Publications edit
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 edit
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.
Past Symposiums, Special Features, and Special Focus Issues edit
The Journal produces symposium issues devoted to particular aspects of international law. Past symposium and special focus issues include:
| Year | Volume | Issue | Type | Title |
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| 2006 | 7 | (1) | Symposium | The Cultures of Human Rights |
| 2007 | 8 | (2) | Symposium | International Humanitarian Law |
| 2009 | 10 | (1) | Feature | Reflections on a Decade of International Law |
| 2009 | 10 | (2) | Symposium | Climate Justice and International Environmental Law: Rethinking the North-South Divide |
| 2012 | 13 | (1) | Focus Issue | International Humanitarian Law and International Criminal Law: The Future, the Present, the Past |
| 2013 | 14 | (2) | Issue Focus | Statehood & Sovereignty |
| 2016 | 17 | (2) | Special Issue | The Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| 2019 | 20 | (1) | Special Focus | Intersection of Law and Technology |
| 2020 | 21 | (2) | Special Feature | The League of Nations Decentred |
| 2021 | 21 | (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.
Australian Guide to Legal Citation edit
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] edit
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. Its goal is to promote and reward significant scholarly contributions to international law. Adjudged winners of the MJIL Prize are considered to have demonstrated the most thought-provoking engagement with relevant areas, events and issues in international law for that volume. The prize was introduced by the 2019 Editors and was first awarded to joint winners for their articles published in volume 19.
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.
| Year | Author | Title | Volume | Issue | Starting Page | Type |
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| 2019 | Gabrielle Holly | Transnational Tort and Access to Remedy under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Kamasee v Commonwealth | 19 | (1) | 52 | Article |
| Cait Storr | Imperium in Imperio: Sub-Imperialism and the Formation of Australia as a Subject of International Law | 19 | (1) | 335 | Article |
Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture edit
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] The lectures are occasionally published in the following MJIL issue if the speaker approves.
| Year | Speaker | Topic |
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| 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 edit
The following persons have been editors-in-chief:
- 2023 – Jasmine Gan, Jonathan Ta, and Eleanor Twomey
- 2022 – Matthew Carlei, Tegan Evans, and Nick Hui
- 2021 – Jeremy Armour, Daniel Ho, and Eileen Yang
- 2020 – Betty Choi, Jake Fava, and Sophie Ward
- 2019 – Jake Herd, Sarah Waring, and Elizabeth Wright
- 2018 – Anna Boháčová, Eliah Castiello, and Michael McArdle
- 2017 – Mimi Oorlof, Lachlan Sievert, and Adaena Sinclair-Blakemore
- 2016 – Justin Browne, Kara Connolly, and Anna Saunders
- 2015 – Holly Cao, Monique MacRitchie, and James Nunez
- 2014 – Houston Ash, Ashley Kendall, and Sarah Sapuppo
- 2013 – Chelsea Driessen, Timothy Gorton, and Candice Parr
- 2012 – Martin Clark, Nuwan Dias, and Eamonn Kelly
- 2011 – Sam Naparstek, Tiong Tjin Saw, and Suzanne Zhou
- 2010 – Tim Farhall, Christopher Hibbard, and Mary Quinn
- 2009 – Laura Bellamy, Sara Dehm, and Jeremy Leung
- 2008 – Rebecca Hughes, May-Ling Low, and Zach Meyers
- 2007 – Brownwyn Reddan, Natasha Sung, and Robert Walker
- 2006 – Frances Dunn, Fergus Green, and Chian Kee
- 2005 – Laura Deschamps, Megan Donaldson, and Chris Thomas
- 2004 – Anthony Goh, Michael Jukes, and Mehnaz Yoosuf
- 2003 – Beth Midgley, Daniel Perkins, and Heidi Stabb
- 2002 – Fahim Ahad, Elliot Friedman, and Alexia Mayer
- 2001 – Claudio Bozzi, Andrew Hudson, Christopher Haan, and Jeldee Robertson
- 2000 – Suzan Davies, Kalika Jayasekera, Amanda Rologas, Peter Henley, and Tracy Whiriskey
References edit
- ^ "Editorial Board". Melbourne Journal of International Law. 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Australian Guide to Legal Citation". 29 June 2022.
- ^ "AGLC 4th ed PDF" (PDF).
- ^ "MJIL Prize". Melbourne Journal of International Law. 23 July 2022.
- ^ "hrstatement 1999 – UNODA". Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture". Melbourne Journal of International Law. 23 July 2022.
External links edit
- Official website