American Journal of International Law
The American Journal of International Law ( AJIL ) is a legal journal on international law and international relations.
The AJIL appears four times a year since 1907 and is published by the American Society of International Law.
History
The idea of creating a journal of international law in the English language comes from James Brown Scott and is closely associated with the founding of the American Society of International Law. When Scott in 1903 was appointed to a professorship at Columbia University, his former employer, the University of Illinois tried to get him to move to stay. As a condition for this Scott called for the creation of just such a magazine. When this was refused, he took the job at Columbia University. Following a meeting between Scott, George W. Kirchwey and Robert Lansing on 1 June 1905, decided on her suggestion on the Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration, to form the American Society for International Law and the American Journal of International Law. Scott was responsible for the planning of the first publication of the journal. The first issue appeared in January, 1907. During the first two years, Scott held the title of managing editor, in 1909 he was then editor in chief. In 1924 he retired from this office and was appointed Honorary Editor of the magazine.