Announcements

7th AsianSIL Biennial Conference  22 to 23 August 2019 (Quezon City, Philippines) CALL FOR PAPERS Theme of the Conference: Rethinking International Law: Finding Common Solutions to Contemporary Civilizational Issues from an Asian Perspective Undeniably, the Asian region now plays a bigger role in the shaping of international law, as it continues to grow in economic, cultural…

TRANSNATIONAL PRIVATE-PUBLIC ARBITRATION AS GLOBAL REGULATORY GOVERNANCE: EXPLORING THE LEX MERCATORIA PUBLICA  Amsterdam Center of International Law (ACIL) & University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law   Call for Papers   WORKSHOP: ENGAGING WITH DOMESTIC LAW IN INTERNATIONAL ADJUDICATION: FACT- FINDING OR TRANSNATIONAL LAW-MAKING?   27 February – 1 March 2019 Keynote address: Professor Hélène Ruiz…

“Sapienza” University of Rome Department of Legal Sciences “Unitelma Sapienza” University of Rome Research Centre for European Law Rome, 11-13 October 2018 METHODOLOGIES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW O. CORTEN Professor of International Law, Université Libre de Bruxelles A. GIANELLI Professor of International Law, University of Teramo J. H. H.WEILER Professor of Law, New York University Event…

The Society’s Journal is soliciting submissions for future issues. Articles should be between 8,000 and 12,000 words (excluding footnotes) and be submitted exclusively to the AsianJIL, with publication subject to double-blind peer-review and editorial discretion. For details on style and the submission process, as well as information on how to subscribe, visit www.AsianJIL.org. For enquiries,…

The Asian Journal of Comparative Law (AsJCL) is the leading forum for research and discussion of the law and legal systems of Asia. It embraces work that is theoretical, empirical, socio-legal, doctrinal or comparative that relates to one or more Asian legal systems, as well as work that compares one or more Asian legal systems…

The Society is delighted that Judge Paik Jin-Hyun, our Society’s immediate past President, has been elected as the current President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea for the period 2017 to 2020. We convey our warm good wishes and congratulations to Judge Paik on his appointment to this distinguished position! For…

The ASEAN Documents Database is a free, user-friendly, internet resource of selected ASEAN and International Law Documents. About than 600 selected ASEAN documents and 260 International Law documents are now included in the database. Please click here to access the database.

AsianSIL members can now benefit from a heavily discounted personal subscription to the International & Comparative Law Quarterly. To obtain an annual online and print subscription for £75/$98 AsianSIL members should email journals@nullcambridge.org<mailto:journals@nullcambridge.org> and request the Asian Society of International Law discount rate.

The Asian Society of International Law Young Scholar Prize recognises the best article by a younger scholar published in Volumes 1 to 5 (29 papers) of the Asian Journal of International Law. The winning articles were selected based on significance of question addressed; quality of research; sophistication of theoretical framework; attention to methodology; quality of…

The Paik Choong-Hyun Prize will be awarded by the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) on a biennial basis and presented at its Biennial Conference. The Prize is designed to honour the memory of Professor Paik Choong-Hyun (1938-2007), who was Professor of International Law at Seoul National University, Korea (1968-2004); Dean of its Law Faculty,…

In Memoriam – Mr R K P Shankardass The Asian Society of International Law regrets to announce the passing of its Executive Council Member, Mr R K P Shankardass. A Senior Advocate with the Supreme Court of India, he has been in professional practice of law, mainly in the area of constitutional, civil, corporate and…