Melbourne Journal of International Law

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Melbourne Journal of International Law

Discipline	International law
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 ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
Bluebook	Melb. J. Int'l L.
ISO 4	Melb. J. Int. Law
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	1444-8602
LCCN	2001222127
OCLC no.	45753327
Links
Journal homepage Online access (current issue) Online archive

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.

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]}

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 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.

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]}

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

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]

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 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 following persons have been editors-in-chief:

• Official website