The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence (GCYILJ) is an annual
scholarly publication devoted to the study of the evolving global legal order and the global
community, while also serving as a leading platform for the analysis of legal developments
emerging from international courts, tribunals, and other adjudicatory bodies.
GCYILJ adopts an integrated and interdisciplinary approach, bringing together doctrinal analysis,
jurisprudential data, and theoretical reflection to examine how legal principles and governance
structures evolve at the global level, and to explore how to build a global community through
international law and jurisprudence.
Through articles and jurisprudential surveys authored by leading scholars and practitioners from
different regions, GCYILJ offers a structured platform for understanding the interaction between
judicial practice and the development of global legal norms.
Designed as a long-term scholarly project, the Yearbook contributes to the study of global legal
ordering by combining analytical rigour with practical relevance, serving both academic research
and professional practice.
The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence was first launched in 2001 and has
been published by different academic presses over time.
From 2001 to 2013, the Yearbook was published by Oceana Publications. During this period, the Yearbook
appeared in two volumes per edition from the 2002 to the 2014 edition, and in a single volume per edition
from the 2015 edition onwards.
Subsequently, the Yearbook was published by Oxford University Press, which oversaw the publication of
later volumes.
Since 2024, the Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence has been published by
De Gruyter Brill, continuing its mission to provide an authoritative annual forum for global legal scholarship.
“The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence has, since its founding, become
the most important source of reference on global legal issues, which necessarily covers an enormous range
of issues and more particularly developments before international tribunals.”
- M. Cherif Bassiouni, DePaul University, College of Law
“A very useful publication, one that retains its focus on relevant global developments in international law
while being extensive in the issues it covers, and this makes it different from other similar publications.”
- Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Department of Law, University of London
