ESIL Prize

The European Society of International Law is pleased to announce the launch of the second edition of the ‘ESIL Prize’.

The prize, to be presented at each biennial Conference of the Society, will be awarded to a book in the field of international law, which has been published during the two calendar years prior to the conference (2008-2009).

A wide range of academic publishers has been selected by the Society. Each publisher may nominate one or two books for the prize. The deadline for nominations is 31 December 2009. The ESIL Board will accept nominations for books written in any language that the Board can review.

Books eligible for consideration will be monographs on any topic of international law written by one or more authors. Edited books are not eligible for nomination. Proposals coming directly from authors will not be considered.

Publishers should send 4 copies of the nominated book(s) together with a nomination letter to: Professor Andrea Bianchi, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, 16 Voie Creuse, 1211 Geneva – Switzerland.

The Board will appoint a committee of reviewers who will select the award-winning book in consistence with the goals of the Society, aiming particularly to encourage high-level scholarship and analysis and to promote a greater awareness and understanding of international law. The committee may decide to award the prize to a book not submitted by publishers.

The second ‘ESIL Prize’ will be awarded on the occasion of the fourth ESIL biennial Conference to be held in Cambridge in September 2010.