Instructions for Authors

The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence (GCYILJ) invites submissions addressing major developments in international and global law, with particular attention to constitutional principles, global governance, and international jurisprudence.

GCYILJ adopts an integrated and interdisciplinary approach, combining doctrinal analysis, jurisprudential surveys, and theoretical reflection to examine how legal principles and governance structures evolve and contribute to the development of a global legal community.

Range of Content

GCYILJ welcomes original contributions engaging, among others, with the following core areas:

international and global constitutional principles (rule of law, human rights, democracy, accountability);
global governance and institutional architectures;
international courts and tribunals and their jurisprudence;
judicial dialogue and the formation of common legal principles;
security, emergency powers, and international law;
digital governance, artificial intelligence, and new technologies;
energy, resources, sovereignty, and geopolitical reordering;
ethics, justice, and legitimacy in the evolving international legal order.

The Yearbook encourages both theoretical and practice-oriented approaches, as well as interdisciplinary perspectives.

Call for Papers – 2026 Volume

For the 2026 Volume, GCYILJ particularly welcomes submissions addressing the evolving architecture of international and global law in a period marked by profound geopolitical, technological, and institutional transformations.

Without prejudice to the Yearbook's broader scope, priority will be given to contributions engaging with the following thematic clusters:

Energy, Sovereignty and International Law in an Age of Geopolitical Reordering;
Digital Governance, Artificial Intelligence, and Global Public Law;
Global Politics, Security, Ethics, and the Law of Emergency and Crisis.

Submissions should present original, analytically rigorous, and conceptually innovative perspectives grounded in public international and global law and jurisprudence.

Types of Contributions

GCYILJ publishes the following categories of scholarly contributions:

ARTICLES
Substantial doctrinal contributions to international and global legal theory, focusing on constitutional principles, global governance, and the evolving legal order.

NOTES & COMMENTS
Shorter contributions addressing recent developments in international law, with particular attention to case law, judicial dialogue, and emerging legal principles.

JURISPRUDENTIAL SURVEYS
Analytical surveys of the jurisprudence of international courts and tribunals, examining significant judicial trends and their broader implications.

INSIGHTS
Critical reflections on the work and thought of leading international legal scholars or innovative conceptual approaches to contemporary global challenges.
(Normally by invitation.)

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts should be submitted by email to:
globalcommunityyearbook@gmail.com
Submissions are preferably in English. A limited number of contributions may be accepted in French, German, or Spanish. Abstracts must be in English.
Length guidelines
- Articles: 10,000–15,000 words (including footnotes)
- Notes & Comments: 4,000–8,000 words (including footnotes)
Manuscripts should be submitted in Word format, Times New Roman, 12 pt for the main text, 10 pt for footnotes.
All submissions must include an abstract of no more than 150 words.
Authors are responsible for ensuring compliance with the GCYILJ style sheet (Style Sheet).

Peer Review Process

All submissions undergo single-blind peer review, whereby reviewers are aware of the authors’ identities, while authors do not know the identity of the reviewers.

Decisions are based exclusively on scholarly merit, originality, and relevance. Authors are normally notified of the outcome within approximately seven weeks of submission.

Originality

Submitted manuscripts must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere and must represent original scholarly work.