Oxford University Press
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The The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence offers an authoritative annual review of major developments in global law and international jurisprudence. Focusing on the evolving global order, it analyses legal change through four key identifiers—law, justice, politics, and ethics—providing an analytically rigorous and practically relevant forum for international legal scholarship.

The most recent published issue of The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence is Volume 2023, published by Oxford University Press. Forthcoming Volumes 2024 and 2025 (De Gruyter Brill) Following the transfer of the Yearbook to De Gruyter Brill, Volumes 2024 and 2025 are currently in preparation and scheduled for publication in 2026. Volume 2025 will mark the 25th Anniversary of the Yearbook.

Submissions are invited for the 2026 Volume, focusing on contemporary challenges in global law and international jurisprudence, including global governance, security, digital transformation, and geopolitical change.

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The Yearbook draws on a global constitutionalism approach to examine the evolving global legal order through international jurisprudence, focusing on law, justice, politics, and ethics.

The Editorial addresses key challenges facing the international community and frames each volume’s contributions within the Yearbook’s overarching conceptual and jurisprudential perspective.

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The Yearbook is structured into thematic Sections that integrate doctrinal analysis and international jurisprudence, offering a comprehensive and coherent view of global law, politics, ethics, and justice.

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GCYILJ is an authoritative reference for international and global legal scholarship, offering critical analysis of jurisprudential developments and emerging trends in legal theory, digital governance, and judicial practice.

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