Call for Papers – IDF Law Review

The IDF Law Review, published by the Israel Defense Forces Military School of Law, aims to serve both as an academic and professional research tool, and as a mechanism for facilitating debate and innovative ideas in the fields of Military Law, the Laws of War, Operational Law, as well as Criminal, Constitutional and other International Law issues relating to military activities.

A copy of the 2007-2008 Call for Papers is below. Although the editors already have most of the articles for the 2007-2008 edition, they are still accepting articles that are at an advanced/publishable stage. Their publishing target is winter 2008.

They are also collecting articles for the 2009-2010 edition of the IDF Law Review, for which they are accepting contribution on a rolling basis (i.e. no deadline yet).

IDF Law Review

Dear Authors:

On the recent publication of the second English language edition of the IDF Law Review, a journal published by the IDF School of Military Law – the IDF Military Advocate General’s Corps, we are proud to announce that we are now accepting submissions for the third volume scheduled for publication in 2007-2008.

The IDF Law Review aims to serve both as an academic and professional research tool, and as a mechanism for facilitating debate and innovative ideas in the fields of Military Law, the Laws of War, Operational Law, as well as Criminal, Constitutional and other International Law issues relating to military activities. Previous issues have dealt with a wide variety of issues, ranging from: military tribunals; the challenges posed to the Geneva Conventions by modern terrorism; the law of self-defense; the ICC; targeted killings; unlawful combatants; the law of occupation; military prosecutions in Judea and Samaria; the Superior Order defense; and more.

Submissions should be related to Military Law, The Laws of War, Operational Law, Criminal, Constitutional or other International Law issues relating to military activities, or any other issues relevant to the field of military legal scholarship, and may be from anyone including military attorneys and officers, legal professionals, academics, students, and others. There are no length requirements and submissions may be of any type, including articles, essays, recent developments commentaries, and book reviews. Submissions must be properly cited and conform to the 18th edition of the Bluebook for English pieces. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format to law_school [at] idf.gov.il.

The IDF Law Review is committed to ensuring the highest academic and professional standards. Its content benefits from complete academic freedom and is not subject to any restrictions. The IDF Law Review does not bind or represent the official position of the IDF or the IDF Military Advocate General’s Corps in any form. In addition to employing language editors and implementing a peer review process, the IDF Law Review’s Academic Advisory Board will ultimately select the most relevant and highest quality manuscripts for publication.

Past issues of the IDF Law Review can be found [on HeinOnline].

We look forward to reading your submissions!
Sincerely,

Capt. Daniel Geron, M.A. (Oxon), LL.M (NYU)
Capt. Peter Reisman, J.D., LL.M (Columbia) L.L.M (Peking University)
Editors-In-Chief, IDF Law Review

IDF Law Review
IDF Military Advocate General
Brigadier General Avihai Mandelblit
Commander of the IDF School of Military Law
Lt. Col. Inbar Kedar-Baruch

Editorial Board

Editors-in-Chief
Capt. Daniel Geron
Capt. Peter Reisman

IDF Law Review
c/o IDF School of Military Law
Military post 03608
Israel Defense Forces, Israel
E-mail: law_school [at] idf.gov.il

Academic Advisory Board

Honorary President
Professor Shabtai Rosenne

Chairman
Judge Dr. Oded Mudrik

Board of Advisors: Prof. Daphne Barak-Erez, Tel Aviv University; Prof. Ariel Bendor, Haifa University; Prof. Amos Shapira, Tel Aviv University; Dr. Yuval Shany, Hebrew University; Major General (res.) Judge Dr. Menachem Finkelstein, Haifa District Court; Court Registrar, Dr. Yigal Mersel, Israel Supreme Court