MJIL, Australia’s premier generalist international law journal, is a peer-reviewed academic journal run through the Melbourne Law School at the University of Melbourne. MJIL’s objective is to facilitate scholarly research and critical discussion of private and public international law issues.
The Editors of the Melbourne Journal of International Law (‘MJIL’) invite submissions on areas of interest in international law for the first issue of their 16th volume. MJIL will also consider submissions that do not necessarily fall neatly into the traditional public/private international law categories, including transnational law issues, domestic court interpretations of international law and submissions that adopt a comparative law approach to analyse international law. Issue 16(1) will be published in June 2015.
Types of Submissions:
Articles: A detailed exploration of topical international law issues. The word length should be in the vicinity of 10 000 – 15,000 words (including an abstract of up to 250 words), although we do accept both shorter and longer articles (up to 20 000 words in length).
Case Notes: An examination of developments in recent case law. The word length should be in the vicinity of 5000-8000 words.
Commentaries: Discussion of significant and recent international law developments and their practical implications. The word length should be in the vicinity of 5000-8000 words.
Book Reviews: MJIL publishes book review essays which should be approximately 5000 words in length. Book review essays provide a brief summary of the contents of the book and, most importantly, place the book in the context of current trends or debates.
SUBMISSION PROCESS:
All articles, case notes, commentaries and review essays published in MJIL are subjected to a double-blind refereeing process, involving at least two specialists in the field. Once accepted for publication, submissions will then be edited for compliance with the Australian Guide to
Legal Citation. Authors have an opportunity to review the final version of the piece prior to publication. All submissions must be fully referenced (footnotes are not included in word counts) and be relevant for an international audience of legal practitioners, academics and students.
Please send an electronic copy of your submission, preferably in Microsoft Word format, to the Editors.
Deadline: 31 January 2015
For more details, please visit our website:
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/mjil/submissions/types-of-submissions
http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/files/dmfile/161callforpapers.pdf
Melbourne Journal of International Law
Melbourne Law School
University of Melbourne
VIC 3010 Australia
Phone: +61-3-8344 7913
Facsimile: +61-3-8344 9774
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://mjil.law.unimelb.edu.au