International Law Journals: A Curated Directory
Public and private international law, human rights, trade, and comparative law — journals with a global readership and, often, a global authorship.
The Flagship International Law Journals
International law journals cover public international law, treaties and international organizations, human rights, international trade, and comparative and global legal studies.
Leading titles include the American Journal of International Law, the Yale Journal of International Law, the Harvard International Law Journal, and the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies.
Directory (A–Z)
Journals in this field that appear in our verified directory, each linking to its official site:
Impact Factors and Rankings
Legal journals are ranked mainly by citation counts rather than the impact-factor system used in the sciences. The Washington & Lee Law Journal Rankings let you filter journals by subject — including international law — and sort by how often each is cited in other journals and in court opinions. Peer-reviewed journals in this field may also carry a traditional journal impact factor. We describe these methods and link to the source rather than reproducing ranked tables.
Where to Read Them Free
Most of these journals are free to read. Individual titles post issues on their own sites; older volumes are collected in HeinOnline’s Law Journal Library, which many public and academic libraries provide at no charge to cardholders. Google Scholar and SSRN host a large share of the same scholarship for free.
Submitting Your Work
If you want to publish in this field, the process mirrors law-review submission generally: build a target list weighted toward international law journals, submit within the reading windows, and use expedite requests once you have an offer. Our how to get published in a law review guide walks through each step.
See every kind of legal periodical in our legal journals directory, or explore the Washington & Lee rankings.
We are not affiliated with any journal named here, and journal titles named without a link are identified for reference only. This is a research aid, not legal advice.