Connecticut Journal of International Law


The Connecticut Journal of International Law is a biannual student-edited international law review published by the University of Connecticut School of Law since 1985. It publishes articles, essays, notes, and commentaries that cover a wide range of topics in international and comparative law. The journal also sponsors an annual symposium, with topics ranging from the Cambodian War Crimes Tribunals to the effect of Wal-Mart in an international economy. The 2019 symposium was titled "Behind the Games: The Effect of the Olympics on Host Cities."

Notable articles

The top five most-cited articles published in the journal are:
  1. Anthony D'Amato, It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Jus Cogens, 6 Conn. J. Int'l L. 1.
  2. Matthew Lippman, Nuremberg: Forty Five Years Later, 7 Conn. J. Int'l L. 1.
  3. Bryan F. MacPherson, Building an International Criminal Court for the 21st Century, 13 Conn. J. Int'l L. 1.
  4. Patty Gerstenblith, The Public Interest in the Restitution of Cultural Objects, 16 Conn. J. Int'l L. 197.
  5. Lance Compa, Going Multilateral: The Evolution of U.S. Hemispheric Labor Rights Policy Under GSP and NAFTA, 10 Conn. J. Int'l L. 337.

    Editors-in-chief

The following persons have been editor-in-chief of the journal: