Journal of the History of International Law
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I. Basic Journal Info

Country

Netherlands

Journal ISSN: 1388199X, 15718050

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

History: 2007-2021

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The Journal of the History of International LawRevue dhistoire du droit international JHIL is an interdisciplinary journal on the history of international law with a broad outreach. It is placed among the top international law journals which are regularly consulted by all international lawyers with a general interest in the history of their field. It provides a forum for the emerging and expanding scholarship that takes a historical approach to exploring a wide range of issues in international law. It accommodates the growth in interest in the histories of international law from scholars working in related fields such as global history imperial history intellectual history and international relations. It creates a venue for groundbreaking work in this field by combining tradition with innovation and to provide the opportunity to develop sustained critical engagement with work on the history of international law. The Journal of the History of International LawRevue dhistoire du droit international encourages critical reflection on the classical grand narrative of international law as the purveyor of peace and civilization to the whole world. It specifically invites articles on extraEuropean experiences and forms of legal relations between autonomous communities which were discontinued as a result of domination and colonization by European Powers. It is open to all possibilities of telling the history of international law while respecting the necessary rigour in the use of records and sources. It is a forum for a plurality of visions of the history of international law but also for debate on such plurality itself on the methods topics and usages as well as the bounds and deadends of this discipline. Moreover it devotes space to examining in greater depth specific themes.