Connecticut Journal of International Law
The Connecticut Journal of International Law is a biannual student-edited international law review published by the University of Connecticut School of Law (Hartford, CT, United States) since 1985. It publishes articles, essays, notes, and commentary that cover a wide range of topics in international and comparative law.
Scope
The Connecticut Journal of International Law covers a wide range of topics in international law, comparative law, and the extraterritorial effect of United States law and policy. The journal also sponsors an annual symposium, with topics ranging from the Cambodian War Crimes Tribunals to the effect of Wal-Mart in an international economy.
Notable articles
The top five most-cited articles in CJIL history are:[according to whom?]
- Anthony D'Amato, It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Jus Cogens, 6 Conn. J. Int'l L. 1 (1990).
- Matthew Lippman, Nuremburg: Forty Five Years Later, 7 Conn. J. Int'l L. 1 (1991).
- Bryan F. MacPherson, Building an International Criminal Court for the 21st Century, 13 Conn. J. Int'l L. 1 (1998).
- Patty Gerstenblith, The Public Interest in the Restitution of Cultural Objects, 16 Conn. J. Int'l L. 197 (2001).
- Lance Compa, Going Multilateral: The Evolution of U.S. Hemispheric Labor Rights Policy Under GSP and NAFTA, 10 Conn. J. Int'l L. 337 (1995).
Recent symposia
Recent symposia orgaized by the journal are:
- 2012: Financing Sovereignty: The Implications of Sovereign Debt in the United States and Abroad (Hartford, CT, United States)
- 2011: CJIL New Legal Voices - a presentation of student scholarship (London, United Kingdom)
- 2011: Egypt Post-Revolution (Hartford, CT, United States)
- 2010: International Law in a Time of Scarcity: 25th Anniversary of the Connecticut Journal of International Law (Hartford, CT, United States)
- 2009: The Commodification of Human Beings: Exploring the Reality, and future of Modern-day Slavery (Hartford, CT, United States)
- 2008: A review of Immigration Issues in Light of Recent Comprehensive Immigration Reform Failure (Hartford, CT, United States)
Editors-in-chief
The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the journal:
- Michael Bradley - vol. 28
- Christopher A. Potts - vol. 27
- Geoffrey Ong - vol. 26
- Katayoun Sadeghi - vol. 25
- Alexandra M. Greene - vol. 24
- Marcelo Phillips - vol. 23
- James C. Goodfellow Jr. - vol. 22
- David Lawton - vol. 21
- Patricia M. O'Rourke - vol. 20
- Cara D. Cutler - vol. 19
Contact Information
Editor-in-Chief Connecticut Journal of International Law University of Connecticut School of Law 65 Elizabeth Street Hartford, CT 06105-2290