CALL FOR PAPERS
Italian Yearbook of International Law, Volume XXVI (2016)
International Law in Regional and Domestic Legal Systems
Volume XXVI (2016) of the Italian Yearbook of International Law (IYIL) will include a Focus on “International Law in Regional and Domestic Legal Systems”, which will be edited in cooperation with the Interest Group on “International Law in Domestic Legal Orders” of the Italian Society of International Law.
The Editors welcome submissions of abstracts showing a critical and/or innovative perspective on any of the following aspects:
- Methodological approaches to the relationship between international, regional and national legal systems;
- Historical and doctrinal perspectives on the relationship between international, regional and national legal systems
- Supremacy and direct effect of international law: new problems, new processes;
- The position of the individual as right-holder and duty-bearer in the international legal order: insights from national jurisprudence;
- The protection of global fundamental values by national and regional courts;
- The interplay between international and national jurisprudence in the creation, interpretation and implementation of international law;
- The incorporation of international law in regional legal systems (e.g. EU, Andean Community, ASEAN, African organizations) and in non-mainstream, under-studied national legal systems (such as Brazil, China, Japan, and Russia)
- The relationship between EU law and international law: critical views on recent developments;
- Domestic courts and the sources of international law: uses and abuses;
- The implementation of the law of international responsibility in domestic and regional legal systems.
Abstracts of no more than 500 words, written in English and including the author’s name and e-mail address should be submitted to the IYIL Editors, e-mail address: italianyearbook@gmail.com. A halfpage (max one-page) curriculum vitae must be included in the file containing the abstract. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 14 November 2016. Successful applicants will be notified via e-mail by 30 November 2016 and must submit the final draft paper (10.000-12.000 words, including footnotes) by 28 February 2017. Papers will be peer-reviewed before final acceptance for publication
