Michigan Journal of International Law

04/04/2022

New issue alert! 🥳 🔈

Excited for the following pieces of international legal scholarship:
-Criminal Law in A World of States
-The Consent-Based Problems Surrounding the Persistent Objector Doctrine
-Listening to Dissonance at the Intersections of International Human Rights Law
-Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Global Labor Governance: Organizing, Legal Mobilization and Decolonization

Check them out on our website now!

First published as the Michigan Yearbook of International Legal Studies, the Michigan Journal of International Law is now one of the premiere international legal journals in the world. We publish three times a year with the help of our Editorial Board, Contributing Editors, and Associate Editors. We...

02/24/2022

We are thrilled to announce a powerhouse new issue! Scholarship addressing:

-Fostering Production of Pharmaceutical Products in Developing Countries
-The African Continental Free Trade Area: Local Content Requirements as a Means to Addressing Africa's Productive Capacity Constraints
-CEDAW and Transformative Judicial Obligations: The Vulnerable Migrant Domestic Worker and Root Causes of Abuse
-Appointing Arbitrators: Tenure, Public Confidence, and a Middle Road for ISDS Reform
-Rejecting Customary Regression: Unilateral Humanitarian Intervention & the Evolution of Customary International Law

Read Vol. 43.1 out now!

The African Continental Free Trade Area: Local Content Requirements as a Means to Addressing Africa's Productive Capacity Constraints

01/13/2022

We published 16(!) blog posts about pressing international law issues last semester 🥳 We have more coming this semester so catch up on our website and get ready!

Established in 2015, the MJIL Blog presents writing from MJIL’s Associate Editors, who come to the journal with varied and …

11/29/2021

📣📢🔈 7 new blog posts on hot topics in international law!

Topics include Sport as the Key to Statehood for Catalonia, Indigenous Rights and the Arctic Council, Canada–United States Safe Third Country Agreement and the Refugee Convention, Using International Law to Combat Human Trafficking in Soccer, The Expansion of Spotify and International Copyright Law: Impact on Artists, The Perils of S*x Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Imminent Freedom of Association in Vietnam possible use for Labor Rights. Read up on our website now!

Established in 2015, the MJIL Blog presents writing from MJIL’s Associate Editors, who come to the journal with varied and …

11/01/2021

We are excited to announce the first blog posts of this Volume are up on our website!

They include analysis of international arbitration, the Hague Convention on Child Abduction, the North Korean nuclear program, and data localization in international trade. Take a look to see what our Associate Editors are thinking and researching about!

Established in 2015, the MJIL Blog presents writing from MJIL’s Associate Editors, who come to the journal with varied and …

09/30/2021

Join us in welcoming our new Associate Editors! Earlier this month we trained our AEs and now we're off to the races with a fresh masthead, blog post schedule, and cite-checking assignments! Volume 43 here we come! 🤓 🥳

08/11/2021

Our articles submission page is open! We publish articles roughly 15-25,000 words about international law.

We proudly encourage scholars and practitioners from underrepresented groups and countries in American legal journals to submit. Submissions from POC, women, and LGBTQ people are particularly encouraged.

Happy submitting!

The Michigan Journal of International Law accepts a wide variety of scholarship on issues of international law. Because for each …

07/14/2021

We're pleased to announce Volume 42.3 is now live!

We're so excited to bring you top notch scholarship about international environmental law, propaganda warfare at the International Criminal Court, International Court of Justice procedures, and feminist methods in international law.

Check it out now!

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05/31/2021

The Michigan Journal of International Law (MJIL) stands in solidarity with Palestinians and the student organizations at the University of Michigan Law School who have called out Israel’s state-sanctioned violence.

Click to view the full statement.

05/05/2021

What's happening to the most favored nation clauses in EU investment treaties? Columbia Law School LLM Ivan Levy explores in a new blog post up now!

Ivan Levy Columbia Law School LL.M. Introduction In investment treaties, most favored nation (MFN) clauses commit contracting parties to treating …

05/03/2021

Volume 42.2 is now live! Click on for some excellent scholarship about S*xual Slavery as a War Crime, Changes in International Investment Law and Arbitration, The Fallacy of Contract in S*xual Slavery, and more.

First published as the Michigan Yearbook of International Legal Studies, the Michigan Journal of International Law is now one of the premiere international legal journals in the world. We publish three times a year with the help of our Editorial Board, Contributing Editors, and Associate Editors. We...

04/28/2021

We are excited to announce our Volume 43 Editorial Board and our fresh masthead! And while we're looking ahead- be on the lookout for issue 2 of Volume 42 coming soon!