Melbourne Journal of International Law explained

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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!Year!Volume!Issue!Type!Title

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

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.

MJIL Prize Winners!Year!Author!Title!Volume!Issue!Starting Page!Type

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

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!Year!Speaker!Topic

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:

Notes and References

1. Web site: 3 May 2022 . Editorial Board . Melbourne Journal of International Law.
2. Web site: Australian Guide to Legal Citation. 29 June 2022.
3. Web site: AGLC 4th ed PDF.
4. Web site: MJIL Prize. 23 July 2022. Melbourne Journal of International Law.
5. Web site: hrstatement 1999 – UNODA . 2022-09-26 . en-US.
6. Web site: Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture. 23 July 2022. Melbourne Journal of International Law.