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 42 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.
Contents
Lectures
The 2023 Annual Kirby Lecture in International Law: The International
Criminal Court and Global Criminal Justice: Are We Making Progress?
Tim McCormack
Articles
Locked Down and Locked Out: Australias COVID-19 Restrictions on Internal
Movement
Regina Jefferies and Jane McAdam
Deficient by Design? Why Australias Ramsar Convention Implementation
Deficits are Symptomatic of Outdated Treaty Reception Mechanisms
Carina Bury
Fundamental Legal Conceptions and the International Law of (Civil)
Jurisdiction
Sophie Ryan
Book Reviews: Edited by Amy Maguire
Review Essay: Islands in International Law
Islands, Law and Context: The Treatment of Islands in International Law
Malcolm D Evans and Reece Lewis
Islands and International Law
Donald R Rothwell
(Reviewed by Karen N Scott)
The Cambridge Companion to the International Court of Justice
Carlos Espósito and Kate Parlett (eds) (Reviewed by Juliette McIntyre)
Theories of International Responsibility Law
Samantha Besson (ed, with the assistance of Mathilde Montaubin) (Reviewed by
Helmut Philipp Aust)
Regular Features
Cases before Australian Courts concerning Questions of Public and Private
International Law 2023
Harry Fenton, Wanshu Cong, Samuel White, Riyan Aggarwal, Rachel Ferguson,
Tessa Minns, Maya Trims and Weiwei Zhang
Cases and Matters before International Courts and Tribunals concerning
Questions of Public and Private International Law Involving Australia 2023
Harry Fenton, Wanshu Cong, Riyan Aggarwal and Tessa Minns
Policy Developments in Private International Law 2023
Private International and Commercial Law Section, Commonwealth
Attorney-Generals Department
Australian Legislation concerning Matters of International Law 2023
Amparo Santiago, Chiara Angeloni, Fatima Malik, Victoria Ashton, Sadaf
Azimi, Niamh Brazil, Brittany Broadhurst, Jamieson Carter, Edward Cheston,
Mark Colautti, Jacob Cookson, Joanna Cookson, Harry Edwards, Caitlyn
Georgeson, Matthew Grice, Anastasia Iacovou, Crystal Ji, Kavina Kalaichelvam,
Hayley Keen, Sophie Lloyd, Rose Lopez, Jessica Lowry, John McCrorie, CJ
McKenzie, Angus Neale, Katherine OConnell, Neeve OHara, Jayden Payne, Cara
Scarpato, Khushal Shah, Diya Sharma, Jonathon Shiel-Dick, Claire Smart, Toby
Suckling, Jack Townsend, William Vuckovic and Lara Wilkinson
Australian Practice in International Law 2023
Kate Mitchell, Janneke Fulton and Dilanga De Silva
Australian Treaty Action 2023
Table of Cases
Table of Statutes
Table of International Instruments
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.
Wanshu Congs research interests include theory and history of international law, critical legal studies and the intersection of law and technology. Her current project draws from Marxist and Third World Approaches to International Law to examine the histories and contestations of freedom of information in 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 29 books and over 200 book chapters and articles including, with Tim Stephens, the influential and respected academic text, The International Law of the Sea (Hart, 3rd ed, 2023).
