Skip to main content
  • Book
  • © 2021

Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2019

Yearbooks in International Law: History, Function and Future

  • The first time that editors of yearbooks on international law, published in all parts of the world, came together to jointly reflect on what distinguishes a yearbook from other publications
  • The volume offers a unique illustration of the variety of approaches and ideas on what it means to “be” and edit a yearbook on international law
  • This book provides a rich collection of best practices and lessons learned to inspire the next generation of yearbook editors, helping them secure a bright future for their publication and guarantee the yearbook’s lasting relevance

Part of the book series: Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (NYIL, volume 50)

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 119.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check for access.

Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. The Phenomenon of Yearbooks in International Law: An Introduction

    • Otto Spijkers, Wouter G. Werner, Ramses A. Wessel
    Pages 1-6
  3. General Reflections on Yearbooks of International Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. On Yearbooks

      • Jan Klabbers
      Pages 45-57
  4. Contributions by Yearbooks of International Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
    2. Australian Year Book of International Law

      • Donald R. Rothwell
      Pages 75-84
    3. Annuaire Français de Droit International

      • Mathias Forteau
      Pages 137-148
    4. German Yearbook of International Law: Origins, Development, Prospects

      • Andreas von Arnauld, Daley J. Birkett
      Pages 149-168
    5. Indonesia and the Absence of a Yearbook on International Law

      • Arie Afriansyah, Hadi Rahmat Purnama
      Pages 183-193

About this book

This volume of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (NYIL) is the fiftieth in the Series, which means that the NYIL has now been with us for half a century. The editors decided not to let this moment go by unnoticed, but to devote this year’s edition to an analysis of the phenomenon of yearbooks in international law.


Once the decision was made that this would be the subject of this year’s NYIL, the editors asked themselves a number of questions. For instance: Not many academic disciplines have yearbooks, so what is the reason we do? What is the added value of having a yearbook alongside the abundance of international law journals, regular monographs and edited volumes that are published on a yearly basis? Does the existence of yearbooks tell us something about who we are, or who we think we are, or what we have to contribute to the world? These questions will be addressed both in a general and in a specific sense, whereby a number of yearbooks published all over the world will be looked at in further detail.


The Netherlands Yearbook of International Law was first published in 1970. It offers a forum for the publication of scholarly articles in a varying thematic area of public international law.



Editors and Affiliations

  • China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies (CIBOS), Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

    Otto Spijkers

  • Faculty of Law, Transnational Legal Studies, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Wouter G. Werner

  • Department of European and Economic Law, Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Ramses A. Wessel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2019

  • Book Subtitle: Yearbooks in International Law: History, Function and Future

  • Editors: Otto Spijkers, Wouter G. Werner, Ramses A. Wessel

  • Series Title: Netherlands Yearbook of International Law

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-403-7

  • Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: T.M.C. Asser Press and the authors 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-6265-402-0Published: 03 December 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-6265-405-1Published: 04 December 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6265-403-7Published: 02 December 2020

  • Series ISSN: 0167-6768

  • Series E-ISSN: 1574-0951

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 403

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Public International Law , Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 119.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access