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The Yale Journal of International Law publishes articles, essays, notes, and commentary on a wide range of subjects in the fields of international, transnational, and comparative law on a biannual basis. Its online companion journal, YJIL Online, publishes shorter analytical essays throughout the year. In both its print and online editions, the Journal is committed to publishing cutting-edge, provocative, and thoughtful scholarship at the forefront of the field.

LATEST ONLINE ARTICLES

Strengthening Judicial Independence in the New Constitutional Democracies of Central and Eastern Europe
Written by Hon. John M. Walker, Jr. and Daniel J.T. Schuker

Last summer, chief justices and leading jurists of Central and Eastern Europe convened in Prague for a three-day Conference of Chief Justices—the first regional gathering of its kind. The participants, representing the judiciaries of fifteen countries in the area, discussed the particular challenges they face in building effective judiciaries consistent with the rule of law.

in Volume 37 (Spring 2012) Read more...
Rethinking Climate Change: Towards an International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion
Written by Aaron Korman and Giselle Barcia

Climate change is popularly reported as a story about shifting geopolitics, new and emerging economies, and scientific intrigue. Although those characterizations are accurate, climate change is most importantly about people. The consequences of climate change—melting glaciers, ocean acidification, more frequent and intense storms, and droughts —threaten people’s daily lives, cause health crises, threaten food security, destroy…

in Volume 37 (Spring 2012) Read more...
The Iran-United States Dispute, the Strait of Hormuz, and International Law
Written by Martin Wählisch

Throughout the past months, Iran and the United States have been rattling their sabers over nuclear inspections and new sanctions. A potential flashpoint is the waterway Strait of Hormuz, which Iran is threatening to close. The Middle East region supplies 70 percent of the world’s energy needs, with about 35 percent of the world’s seaborne oil…

in Volume 37 (Spring 2012) Read more...
Countermeasures in the Cyber Context: One More Thing To Worry About
Written by Katharine C. Hinkle

As cyber-warfare rapidly evolves from a theoretical possibility into an imminent threat, scholars have rightly focused on how international law should apply to this new security concern. Of particular debate is how to define which cyber-acts would constitute an "armed attack" implicating a state’s right to forcible self-defense under Article 51 of the U.N. Charter. The…

in Volume 37 (Fall 2011) Read more...