Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Established in 1967, the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law is one of the world’s most prominent and widely cited legal journals devoted to current and emerging issues of comparative and international law.
Pre-Legislative Indigenous Consultation
This Article seeks to distinguish pre-legislative and preregulatory consultation (together referred to as pre-legislative consultation) from project-based consultation. Pre-legislative consultation covers draft legislation, executive orders, and regulations that create general norms and is triggered when a measure directly affects Indigenous Peoples.
Confronting Food Waste to Uphold the Right to Food
This Article argues that, given all the options available to reduce food waste, governments that fail to take action to remediate food waste should be seen as violating the right to food.
Towards Executive Adjudication of Foreign Workplace Injuries
This Article examines four avenues for holding multinational corporations (MNCs) accountable for workplace injuries that occur in their value chains and proposes a fifth solution.
Can A UN Protectorate Provide Resolution to Haitian Instability?
This Note details the history of Haitian social struggles and the transnational interventions that have so far failed to materially improve conditions.
Submissions
The Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law will resume reviewing submissions in late January 2027.
VJTL welcomes submissions in all fields of international law from both academic and practitioner authors, as well as other related disciplines. The journal is especially interested in scholarship that is underrepresented in the international legal discourse, by authors with a J.D. or international J.D. equivalent, and of at least 10,000 words in length (excluding footnotes).
Inquiries and Information
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Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
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