About CJIL Online
CJIL Online is the official digital-only imprint of the Chicago Journal of International Law. Established in 2021, CJIL Online furthers the Journal’s mission by highlighting particularly timely, dynamic, and cutting-edge developments in international and comparative law. CJIL Online also strives to be as accessible as possible—both for readers and academics seeking to publish. We review submissions on a year-round, rolling basis and consider a wide range of manuscripts, from shorter Essays to traditional Articles. CJIL Online upholds the Journal’s long-standing values of intellectual curiosity, rigor, and professionalism.
This Article seeks to determine which scholarly approach regarding de jure and de facto recognition is most consistent with the U.S.’s actual attitude toward the Baltic annexation.
This Article looks at how the Uniting for Peace Resolution could have mitigated the suffering in Syria, and how it can be used effectively in future conflicts.
This Essay presents a hypothetical case in which North Korean operatives, aided by operatives from Russia and China, have stolen $500 million in COVID-19 relief funds from the U.S. Treasury through hacking, all while residing in their respective countries. The purpose of this hypothetical is to explore the legal bases that the United States may use to prosecute cybercrimes and obtain judgments against foreign cybercriminals.
Our editorial team interviewed two UChicago Law Professors, Tom Ginsburg and Claudia Flores, about discuss the rights of nature—a developing area of law domestically and internationally.
This Article argues that the long process of creating the rules for Disclosure of Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers, while frustrating for SEC officials and staff, can be conceptualized as a “stag hunt” involving other countries that host extraction companies on their stock exchanges.
The Tribunal for the Law of the Sea currently manages a trust fund, originally designed to defray litigation costs, which could be extended in reach to compensate civilian victims of multi-national anti-piracy operations. This Comment argues for extending the reach of the trust fund to serve the purposes of the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, further the goals of restorative justice, and begin to provide adequate compensation for victims.
This Comment looks to international election law and various international treaties to determine on what legal grounds the U.S. decided to interfere in the 2020 Guyanese presidential election. Ultimately, this Comment concludes that the U.S. engaged in the very election interference it accused Russia of committing during the 2016 U.S. presidential election.