American Journal of International Law

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American Journal of International Law

description American legal journal
Area of ​​Expertise International law , international relations
language English
founder James Brown Scott
Frequency of publication four times a year
Editors-in-chief José Enrique Alvarez , Benedict Kingsbury
Web link asil.org
ISSN (print) 0002-9300

The American Journal of International Law ( AJIL ) is a legal journal specializing in international law and international relations .

The AJIL has been published four times a year since 1907 and is published by the American Society for International Law .

history

Bound volumes of the American Journal of International Law in the ZRB Münster.

The idea of ​​creating a professional journal for international law in English came from James Brown Scott and is closely related to the establishment of the American Society for International Law. When Scott was offered a professorship at Columbia University in 1903 , his employer at the time, the University of Illinois , tried to persuade him to stay. As a condition for this, Scott called for the creation of such a magazine. When rejected, he accepted the position at Columbia University. After a meeting between Scott, George W. Kirchwey and Robert Lansing on June 1, 1905, it was decided at their proposal at the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration to found the American Society for International Law and the American Journal of International Law. During the company's second meeting of the company's executive committee, Scott was appointed editor-in-chief of the new magazine and tasked with planning the magazine's first release. According to Scott's suggestion, it should be published quarterly and, in addition to articles on questions of international law, also contain editorial contributions on current legal issues. It should also contain the text of national and international court decisions with reference to international law and reviews of specialist international law books. International treaty texts should also be printed in supplementary volumes at regular intervals. The first issue of the magazine, based on this plan, appeared in January 1907. To this day, the basic structure worked out by Scott has essentially been retained. During the first two years of the magazine's appearance, Scott held the title of executive editor, from 1909 he was editor-in-chief. In 1924 he retired from this position and was made honorary editor of the magazine.

List of editors-in-chief

Current editors-in-chief

Surname Year of birth Taking office university
José Enrique Alvarez 1955 2013 New York University
Benedict Kingsbury 1961 2013 New York University

Former editors-in-chief

Surname Life dates Term of office Years university
James Brown Scott 1866-1943 1907-1924 17th Columbia University
George Grafton Wilson 1863-1951 1924-1943 19th Harvard University
George A. Finch 1884-1957 1943-1953 10
William Warner Bishop Jr. 1906-1987 1953-1955 2 University of Michigan
Herbert W. Briggs 1900-1990 1955-1962 7th Cornell University
William Warner Bishop Jr. 1906-1987 1962-1970 8th University of Michigan
Richard Reeve Baxter 1921-1980 1970-1988 8th Harvard University
Oscar Schachter 1915-2003 1978-1984 6th Columbia University
Louis Henkin 1917-2010 1978-1984 6th University of Pennsylvania
Thomas M. Franck 1931-2009 1984-1993 9 New York University
Theodor Meron * 1930 1993-1998 5 New York University
Detlev F. Vagts 1929-2013 1993-1998 5 Harvard University
Jonathan Charney 1943-2002 1998-2002 4th Vanderbilt University
W. Michael Reisman * 1939 1998-2003 5 Yale University
Lori Fisler Damrosch * 1953 2003-2013 10 Columbia University
Bernard H. Oxman * 1943 2003-2013 10 University of Miami

literature

  • George A. Finch: James Brown Scott, 1866-1943 . In: American Journal of International Law . Vol. 38, No. 2 , April 1944, ISSN  0002-9300 , p. 183-217 , doi : 10.2307 / 2192693 .

Web links

  • AJIL website at the American Society for International Law (English)