sending...The German Yearbook of International Law, founded as the Jahrbuch für Internationales Recht, provides an annual report on new developments in international law and is edited by the Walther Schücking Institute for International Law at the University of Kiel and published by Duncker & Humblot.
Since its inception in 1948, the Yearbook has endeavored to make a significant academic contribution to the ongoing development of international law. Over many decades the Yearbook has moved beyond its origins as a forum for German scholars to publish their research and has become a highly-regarded international forum for innovative scholarship in international law. In 1976, the Yearbook adopted its current title and began to publish contributions written in English in order to reach the largest possible international audience. This editorial decision has enabled the Yearbook to successfully overcome traditional language barriers and inform an international readership about current research in German academic institutions and, at the same time, to present international viewpoints to its German audience. Fully aware of the paramount importance of international practice, the Yearbook publishes contributions from active practitioners of international law on a regular basis. The Yearbook also includes critical comments on German State practice relating to international and EU law, as well as international reactions to that practice.
Current Issue
The current volume of the German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 53 (2010), examines the issue of climate change from a variety of different legal perspectives. This volume contains articles from prominent scholars on State responsibility, trade and human rights, the evolving nature of the precautionary principle, biodiversity conservation, environmentally-induced migration, sea-level rise and maritime boundaries, climate change from the perspective of the Third World and the environmental impacts of changes in the European Union’s energy policies. We are also pleased to examine China’s approach to international law in our Forum section. Our General Articles section reflects critical developments in 2010 including the referendum in Southern Sudan, the review conference for the Rome Statute of the ICC, the ICJ’s Advisory Opinion on Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence and several decisions of US federal courts widening the scope of the Alien Torts Statute among other outstanding articles. Thank you to all of our authors for making this volume possible. [more]
Forthcoming Issue
Vol. 54 of the German Yearbook will examine the global financial crisis from both international and EU law perspectives in the Forum section and will explore legal questions surrounding the Arctic in the Focus section. We are currently planning articles on new developments in the delineation and delimitation of the continental shelf, the rights of indigenous peoples, fisheries, natural resources exploration and management, Arctic governance, the expansion of shipping, as well as security issues in the Arctic.
The editors welcome submissions from all members of the academic community for consideration for the General Articles section, subject to peer review. The deadline for submissions is 1 September 2012. [more]