Welcome to the Melbourne Journal of International Law

The Melbourne Journal of International Law ('MJIL') is a student-edited, peer reviewed academic journal managed by a team of law students at the University of Melbourne.

MJIL was established in 2000 by five ambitious law students who had the vision of creating a forum facilitating scholarly research and discussion of international law issues, particularly those affecting the Asia-Pacific region. Now in its tenth year of publication, MJIL enjoys an outstanding domestic and international reputation as a leading journal publishing both private and public international law issues. To maintain this reputation, MJIL is a fully refereed journal and consistently publishes articles by pre-eminent international law scholars and practitioners writing in both Australia and overseas.

Submissions for edition 10(2)

MJIL will be featuring a symposium issue for edition 10(2) on 'Climate Justice and International Environmental Law: Rethinking the North–South Divide' and will be considering submissions that address these themes. For further details, please email law-mjil@unimelb.edu.au.

SYMPOSIUM: Climate Justice and International Environmental Law: Rethinking the North–South Divide

The symposium aims to bring together a collection of think pieces and articles will provoke discussion about current issues and future developments in international environmental law and contemporary conceptualisations of climate justice. Specifically, we asks contributors to explore the intersection between law and emerging ideas of climate justice, and how international environmental law is shaped by and in turn reshapes (or fixates, or interrogates) our understandings of the North–South divide. The symposium will consist of 'think pieces', articles, commentaries, case notes and book reviews centred loosely around such themes.

Requirements for Submissions

We request that the word length of reflective think pieces be in the vicinity of 5000–7000 words and 8000–12000 words for articles. As per our publication policy, we will be conducting a double-blind refereeing process with our submissions for this symposium feature.

All pieces will be edited for compliance with the Melbourne Manual for International Law Citation and the Australian Guide to Legal Citation. You will have the opportunity to review the final version of the commentary prior to publication.

SUBMISSIONS FOR EDITION 10(2) CLOSE 30 JUNE 2009

As MJIL will be publishing a symposium feature, we have limited capacity to publish generalist international law submissions. For further inquiries, please email law-mjil@unimelb.edu.au.

Submissions for edition 11(1) to be published in May 2010 will open from August and close 31 January 2010.