Hastings International and Comparative Law Review

Hastings International and Comparative Law Review (HICLR) is one of the oldest international law journals in the United States, and was established in 1976.[1] It is published by law students through the O'Brien Center for Scholarly Publication, the publishing foundation for UC Hastings.[2] HICLR publishes articles on the topics of international, comparative, and foreign law. It also publishes student-written work (termed "notes") on recent developments in international law.

Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
DisciplineInternational law
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1976-present
Publisher
UC Hastings College of the Law (United States)
FrequencyBiannual
Standard abbreviations
BluebookHastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev
ISO 4Hastings Int. Comp. Law Rev.
Indexing
ISSN0149-9246
Links

Notable international-legal figures that have published articles in HICLR include: current Legal Adviser of the Department of State, Harold Koh;[3] former Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Jimmy Gurulé;[4] founder of the Association of Humanitarian Lawyers, Karen Parker; [5] and premier legal scholars Julius Stone[6] and George Bermann.[7]

Two distinguished former Faculty Advisors of HICLR are comparative legal scholar, Rudolf Schlesinger and former Judge Advocate General of the United States Army, Major General George S. Prugh.[8] The current HICLR Faculty Advisors are Professors Naomi Roht-Arriaza, Ugo Mattei, Joel Paul, Bill Dodge and Richard Boswell.[9]

The journal currently publishes two issues per year, Winter and Summer.[10] HICLR articles are commonly cited under the abbreviation "Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev."[11] Furthermore, HICLR hosts an annual symposium where a series of experts discuss a pressing issue in international law. Recent topics have included Japanese legal reform and Palestinian access to international courts.[12]

References
  1. "Hastings International and Comparative Law Review". Archived from the original on 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2012-09-04.
  2. "O'Brien Center for Scholarly Publication". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2012-10-17.
  3. HeinOnline David Cole, Jules Lobel and Harold Hongju Koh, Interpreting the Alien Tort Statute: Amicus Curiae Memorandum of International Law Scholars and Practitioners in Trajano v. Marcos, Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev., Volume 12, Number 1, Fall 1988.
  4. HeinOnline Jimmy Gurulé, Terrorism, Territorial Sovereignty, and the Forcible Apprehension on International Criminals Abroad, Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev., Volume 17, Number 3, Spring 1994.
  5. HeinOnline Karen Parker and Jennifer F. Chew, Compensation for Japan's World War II War-Rape Victims, Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev., Volume 17, Number 3, spring 1994.
  6. HeinOnline Professor Julius Stone, Policy-Oriented World Power Process, Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev., Volume 7, Number 2, Winter 1984.
  7. HeinOnline George A. Bermann, Subsidiary and the European Community, Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev., Volume 17, Number 1, Fall 1993.
  8. Faculty Advisory Committee, Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev., Volume 7, Number 2, Winter 1984
  9. Faculty Advisory Committee, Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev., Volume 35, Number 2, Summer 2012
  10. "Hastings International and Comparative Law Review". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  11. Gallagher Law Library
  12. UC Hastings Symposium on Japanese Legal Reform


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