''Hastings International and Comparative Law Review'' (HICLR) is one of the oldest international law journals in the United States, and was established in 1976. It is published by law students through the O'Brien Center for Scholarly Publication, the publishing foundation for

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. HICLR publishes articles on the topics of

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, and foreign

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. It also publishes student-written work (termed "notes") on recent developments in international law. Notable international-legal figures that have published articles in HICLR include: current

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; founder of the Association of Humanitarian Lawyers, Karen Parker; and premier legal scholars

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and

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. Two distinguished former Faculty Advisors of HICLR are comparative legal scholar,

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and former

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, Major General George S. Prugh. The current HICLR Faculty Advisors are Professors Naomi Roht-Arriaza,

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, Joel Paul,

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and Richard Boswell. The journal currently publishes two issues per year, Winter and Summer. HICLR articles are commonly cited under the abbreviation "Hastings Int'l & Comp. L. Rev." Furthermore, HICLR hosts an annual symposium where a series of experts discuss a pressing issue in international law. Recent topics have included Japanese legal reform and Palestinian access to international courts.UC Hastings Symposium on Japanese Legal Reform
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External links

* {{Official, http://www.uchastings.edu/hiclr/
HICLR Livestream

HICLR Volume 34, Issue 1, Article Index

A recent HICLR article
International law journals Biannual journals English-language journals Publications established in 1976