Chinese Journal of International Law
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The Chinese Journal of International Law is a peer-reviewed general research journal of international law
International law
Public international law concerns the structure and conduct of sovereign states; analogous entities, such as the Holy See; and intergovernmental organizations. To a lesser degree, international law also may affect multinational corporations and individuals, an impact increasingly evolving beyond...

, published by Oxford University Press
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 in association with the Chinese Society of International Law
Chinese Society of International Law
Chinese Society of International Law founded by in 1980 and has more than 800 registered members from all over the country engaged in teaching and research institutions of international law, state organs and other practical work departments. Chinese Society of International Law in China is the...

, Beijing and Wuhan University Institute of International Law.

The Journal was founded in 2002 as a self-published
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 but peer-reviewed journal. The founding editors in chief are Wang Tieya
Wang Tieya
Wang Tieya was an eminent Chinese jurist and former Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.Wang Tieya was educated at Tsinghua University and the London School of Economics....

 and Sienho Yee.

In 2005 Oxford University Press started to act as publisher.

In January 2008 it was put on the source journal list of the SSCI
Social Sciences Citation Index
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. It is also on Westlaw
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 (full text since inception) and several other indexes.

Its website is at: http://www.chinesejil.org ; its content site is at: http://chinesejil.oxfordjournals.org

The Journal has so far focused on the important big issues on general international law, with some emphasis on materials relating to China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

.

It promotes lively debate
Debate
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by organizing agoras normally in the March issue each year. Readers are invited to respond to papers published in the Journal, which are normally published.

It was featured in Jeroen Vervliet, The Peace Palace Library Centennial: The Collection as a Mirror of the Historical Development of International Law, 1904-2004 (2004), pp. 39–40.
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