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| Sydney Law Review | |
|---|---|
| Title | Sydney Law Review |
| Discipline | Law |
| Abbreviation | Syd. Law Rev. |
| Publisher | Sydney Law School |
| Country | Australia |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1953–present |
Sydney Law Review is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Sydney Law School at the University of Sydney. It publishes scholarship on Australian and comparative Common law topics, engaging with jurisprudence from jurisdictions such as United Kingdom, United States, Canada, New Zealand, India, Singapore, and South Africa. The journal regularly features contributions from scholars affiliated with institutions including University of Oxford, Harvard University, Yale University, University of Cambridge, and Australian National University.
Established in 1953 during a period of expansion in Australian legal scholarship, the journal emerged amid developments at University of Sydney and the postwar legal reforms influenced by figures from High Court of Australia, Privy Council, Winston Churchill-era jurisprudence and comparative debates tied to Magna Carta traditions. Early editors included academics linked to New College, Oxford, King's College London, Trinity College Dublin, and practitioners from chambers in Temple and Lincoln's Inn. Over subsequent decades the journal intersected with events and institutions such as the Mabo v Queensland (No 2) debates, inquiries into Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, and legislative reforms following the Hague Convention engagements and United Nations human rights instruments.
The journal covers constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law, commercial law, equity and trusts, international law, and legal theory. Articles often juxtapose Australian issues with jurisprudence from the European Court of Human Rights, the International Court of Justice, the International Criminal Court, and comparative rulings from the Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong), and the Constitutional Court of South Africa. The Review publishes commentary on seminal cases such as Donoghue v Stevenson, R v Dudley and Stephens, Brown v Board of Education, Roe v Wade, R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, and statutes like the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), and the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth).
The editorial board is typically drawn from academics and practitioners affiliated with University of Sydney, Monash University, University of Melbourne, University of Queensland, University of New South Wales, University of Western Australia, Macquarie University, and international scholars from Columbia Law School, Stanford Law School, NYU School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, and The London School of Economics and Political Science. Board members have included judges and counsel with links to the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, the House of Lords, and commissions such as the Australian Law Reform Commission and the Human Rights Commission (New Zealand). The Review employs external peer review and ad hoc referees drawn from panels including fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, recipients of the Order of Australia, and awardees of prizes like the Pratt Prize and the Balnaves Fellowship.
Traditionally published quarterly, its issues have included articles, notes, case comments, and book reviews. Special thematic symposium issues have focused on topics tied to events such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings, G20 Canberra Summit, debates from the International Law Commission, and anniversaries of documents like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Geneva Conventions. Formats have ranged from long-form doctrinal essays to empirical pieces employing data from sources used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and comparative metrics from institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
The Review is indexed in legal and multidisciplinary databases and services used by scholars at AustLII, HeinOnline, Westlaw AU, LexisNexis AU, Scopus, Web of Science, and library catalogues such as those of the National Library of Australia, the British Library, the Library of Congress, and university repositories at University of Oxford Bodleian Libraries. It appears in citation metrics alongside journals covered by the Australian Research Council Excellence in Research for Australia assessments and is cited in judgments of the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia, and occasionally in appellate decisions in England and Wales and Scotland.
Noteworthy articles have influenced debates on native title, administrative law remedies, statutory interpretation, and human rights adjudication. Contributions engaging with cases like Mabo v Queensland (No 2), Coleman v Power, Kable v DPP (NSW), and doctrinal questions raised by statutes including the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) have been widely cited. The Review's symposium pieces have informed submissions to the Australian Law Reform Commission and evidence presented before parliamentary committees on inquiries such as those into anti‑discrimination law, corporate regulation following HIH Insurance collapse, and reforms after the Cole Royal Commission.
Issues are available in print through university libraries including University of Sydney Library, State Library of New South Wales, and in electronic form via platforms used by subscribers at law firms, courts, and academic institutions such as Allen & Overy, MinterEllison, King & Wood Mallesons, Herbert Smith Freehills, and national repositories like Trove. Open access depends on publisher policy and institutional repositories hosted by entities like ScholarOne and university digital archives.
Category:Australian law journals