The Melbourne University Law Review is one of Australia’s leading generalist law journals. Submissions to the Review are subject to independent, anonymous peer review prior to acceptance for publication. The Review is published three times a year and is managed by an Editorial Board comprising students of the Melbourne Law School at The University of Melbourne.
The Review publishes articles on all areas of law, as well as case notes, book reviews and review essays. The Review also publishes shorter comment-style pieces in the Critique and Comment section. Occasionally, the Review produces a symposium edition devoted to a particular aspect of law. Past symposium editions of the Review have focused on the centenary of federation, contemporary human rights in Australia, and tort law.
The next deadline for submissions is 31 December 2011 for the 2012 volume 36(1) issue. The Review's submission requirements and Publication Policy are available here.
The Review is proud to announce the release of the third edition of the Australian Guide to Legal Citation ('AGLC'). The third edition, which is produced in collaboration with the Melbourne Journal of International Law, marks a comprehensive restructure and revision. For ease of use, the AGLC has been divided into six Parts, separated by tabs, to allow readers quickly to reach relevant rules. For ease of reference, tables have also been included where lists of information were previously provided. All examples from the second edition have been replaced, and further examples to illustrate the possible permutations under each rule have been added (which is the main reason for the increased length of the third edition).
Importantly, the general rules chapter has been expanded and reordered, to improve the flow and clarity of rules generally applicable. This has also allowed the removal of repetition from later chapters. The Australian cases and legislation chapters have been carefully updated in order to ensure that the AGLC remains comprehensive and current for Australian materials. A particularly significant change has been the vastly expanded and updated international law section (now Part IV of the AGLC) and the addition of several new chapters for materials from foreign jurisdictions (in Part V). Important inclusions are: