The Australian Year Book of International Law is Australias longest standing and most prestigious dedicated international law publication, having commenced in 1965 and now encompassing 41 volumes.
The Year Book aims to uniquely combine scholarly commentary with contributions from Australian government officials. Each volume contains a mix of scholarly 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 focuses on Australian practice in general international law and across a broad range of sub-fields including human rights, environmental law and legal theory, which are of interest to international lawyers worldwide.
Lectures
The 2022 Annual Kirby Lecture in International Law: Why Its Time to
Terminate the TRIPS Agreement
Anne Orford
Special Issue: Four Societies Conference
Introduction to the Special Issue
Karen N Scott
Sustainable Seabed MiningThe Phase 1 Environmental Draft Standards and
Guidelines
Keith MacMaster
Environmental Impact Assessment of Offshore Windfarms in Areas beyond
National Jurisdiction: Who Should Have Obligations?
Makoto Seta
The Common Heritage of Humankind Principle and Marine Genetic Resources: A
Critical Assessment of the BBNJ Process
Norihito Samata
Regulating Online Hate Speech through the Prism of Human Rights Law: The
Potential of Localising Content Moderation
Ayako Hatano
Global Standard-Setting for Artificial Intelligence: Para-regulating
International Law for AI?
José-Miguel Bello y Villarino
Articles
Locked in: Australias COVID-19 Border Closures and the Right to Leave
Regina Jefferies and Jane McAdam
The Ongoing Significance of Federalism to Australian Treaty Practice
Georgina Clough
The LOSC: A Constitution for the Oceans in the Anthropocene?
Karen N Scott
Quarantine Island: Australias Health Policy and Its Construction of
International Law
Rebecca Brown
Book Reviews: Edited by Amy Maguire
Judging at the Interface: Deference to State Decision-Making Authority in
International Adjudication
Esmé Shirlow (Reviewed by Vladyslav Lanovoy)
Judging the Law of the Sea: Judicial Contributions to the UN Convention on
the Law of the Sea
Natalie Klein and Kate Parlett (Reviewed by Robin Churchill)
Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on International Law: How States Use
the UN General Assembly to Create International Obligations
Rossana Deplano (Reviewed by Niccolņ Ridi)
The Three Ages of International Commercial Arbitration
Mikaėl Schinazi (Reviewed by Richard Berkeley)
Regular Features
Cases before Australian Courts and Tribunals concerning Questions of Public
International Law 2022
Rosemary Grey, Mary Crock, Jemima Back, Alistair Boyd, Niamh Callinan, Emma
Clark, Timothy Collins, Julian Edwards, Joseph Harman, Mun K. Lee, Catherine
Nguyen, Ibrahim Taha, Yuanhang Wang and Liuyuwen Yang
Cases before International Courts and Tribunals concerning Questions of
Public International Law Involving Australia 2022
SI Strong, Jemima Back, Alistair Boyd, Niamh Callinan, Timothy Collins,
Julian Edwards, Joseph Harman, Mun Lee, Catherine Nguyen, Ibrahim Taha,
Liuyuwen Yang and Yuanhang Wang
Policy Developments in Private International Law
Private International and Commercial Law Section, Australian
Attorney-Generals Department
Australian Legislation concerning Matters of International Law 2022
Lara Wilkinson, Chiara Angeloni, Asha Belkin, Loretta Benson, Sulithi
Dewendra, Lucinda Dunham, Kellie Elmes, Elliot Freadman, Matthew Grice, Meg
Haynes, Tristan Jamson, Crystal Ji, Kavina Kalaichelvam, Rhiannon Kerr,
Rachel Kirk, Emily La, Alex Lia, Jake Marusich, Caitlyn McKenzie, Rachel
Moss, Emma Norton, Katherine OConnell, Jayden Payne, Emily Rowbotham,
Samuel Saunders and Diya Sharma
Australian Practice in International Law 2022
Kristy Tyrie
Esmé Shirlow teaches and researches in public international law, international dispute settlement, and international investment law and arbitration. Esmé maintains a practice in the field of international law advising parties to investment treaty claims and in proceedings before the International Court of Justice. Prior to joining the ANU, she worked in the Australian Governments Office of International Law.
Donald R. Rothwell is one of Australias leading experts in International Law with specific focus on the law of the sea; law of the polar regions, use of force and implementation of international law within Australia. He is the author of 28 books and over 200 book chapters and articles including, with Tim Stephens, the influential and respected academic text, The International Law of the Sea. His most recent work is Islands and International Law (Hart: 2022).
