The Australian Year Book of International Law is Australia’s longest standing and most prestigious dedicated international law publication, having commenced in 1965. The Year Book focuses on general international law across a broad range of sub-fields including human rights, environmental law and legal theory.
The Year Book aims to uniquely combine scholarly commentary with contributions from Australian government officials. Each volume contains a mix of scholarly peer reviewed articles, invited lectures, book reviews, notes of decisions by Australian and international courts, recent legislation, and collected Australian international law state practice.
The Year Book is a valuable resource for those working in the field of international law, including government officials, international organisation officials, non-government and community organisations, legal practitioners, academics and other researchers, as well as students studying international law, international relations, human rights and international affairs.
The Year Book receives institutional support from the ANU Law School.
Beginning with Volume 36, the Year Book has been published in partnership with Brill. Previous copies of the Year Book are available on HeinOnline up to Volume 32.
Please see the Brill AYBIL website for full-text access and subscriptions.
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Academic Editors
The Year Book’s editorial processes and strategic direction are set and managed by a team based within the ANU Law School. The team comprises:
Esmé Shirlow
General Editor, Associate Professor, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University
Wanshu Cong
Editor, Lecturer, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University
Don Rothwell
Editor, Professor, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University
Amy Maguire
Book Reviews Editor, Associate Professor, University of Newcastle
Editor Emeritus
Honorary Editorial Position Recognising Longstanding Contribution
D W Grieg
Emeritus Professor, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University
Editorial Board
The AYBIL’s Editorial Board is responsible for providing advice and support to the editors.
Vivienne Bath
Professor, Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney
Andrew Byrnes
Professor, UNSW Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales
Anthony Cassimatis
Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
Amy Maguire
Associate Professor, University of Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle
Jesse Clarke
Attorney-General’s Department
Michael Bliss
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Editorial Advisory Board
The AYBIL benefits from the advice and support of an Editorial Advisory Board
Philip Alston
Professor, New York University
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
Professor, University of Geneva
Helen Brady
Senior Appeals Counsel, International Criminal Court
Bill Campbell
Honorary Professor, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University
Hilary Charlesworth
Professor, University of Melbourne
Simon Chesterman
Professor and Dean of Law, National University of Singapore
Christine Chinkin
Professor, London School of Economics
Theodore Christakis
Professor, Grenoble Alpes University
Katrina Cooper
Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Embassy, Washington
Karen Scott
Professor, University of Canterbury
Gerry Simpson
Professor, London School of Economics
Publications Team
The Publications Team provides administrative and strategic support to the AYBIL Editors, including by responding to enquiries from prospective authors:
Yu Gu
Harry Fenton
Student Editors
Student Editors work closely with Academic Editors of the Year Book to edit and produce the journal. This involves proofreading articles, checking footnotes, and verifying all citations to ensure compliance with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.
Each Student Editor is acknowledged in print, and receives a copy of the volume they are involved in (subject to supply). The role is voluntary.
Wafi Abd Manan
Joe Boke
Emily Browell
Jesika Cane
Jamie Cheeseman
Ting Yuk Cheung
Jake Fitzgerald
Ben Huntsman
Molly Kane
Bita Mahani
Kai Mitchell
Cameron Slarks
Maddy Sloan
Shashwat Tripathi
Nina Wijnands
E Wen Wong
Suhua Zhang
Applications
Student Editors can perform their role remotely if necessary. Students generally remain in the role for at least two publishing cycles.
The Year Book issues a call for Student Editors, typically once each year. Your application should consist of a:
- Completed application form including statement of interest (250 words)
- Statement of results
- Completed editing task
Please send your completed application to aybil@anu.edu.au
If you have any questions about the role of Student Editors or the application process, please email the Publications Team at aybil@anu.edu.au.
The Year Book welcomes scholarly contributions by academics and practitioners on a broad range of topics in international law, including human rights, environmental law, and Australian state practice. Manuscripts must be submitted online. The Year Book is a peer-reviewed journal. Manuscripts being considered for publication undergo a double blind peer review that may take several weeks to complete.
All submissions must comply with the following requirements:
- Articles should be a minimum of 8,000 words.
- Articles must be accompanied by a 250-word abstract and 5-10 suggested keywords.
- Submissions must comply with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation ('AGLC').
- Submissions must be formatted in accordance with our Formatting Template
- Any information within a submission which might identify the author should be removed and submitted separately.
- All research articles submitted to the Year Book must be original, not scheduled for publication elsewhere, and not currently under review elsewhere. The Editors will use the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics in cases of allegations of research errors, authorship complaints, multiple or concurrent (simultaneous) submission, plagiarism complaints, research misappropriation, reviewer bias, and undisclosed conflicts of interest.
- If submissions are accepted, contributors must sign a Contributor Agreement with Year Book publisher Brill.
Please note that the authors are not liable for any fees or charges that are required for the manuscript processing and/or publishing materials in the journal.
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