Journal Of International Law and International Relations (JILIR) Winter 
2006/2007 Special issue: 

RE-CONCEPTUALIZING SECURITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND 
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The concept of security has recently undergone important transformations. 
First, as a result of the surge in terrorist attacks across the globe, 
security has become a top priority in contemporary national and international 
political agendas. Second, the concept of security has been applied to new, 
non-traditional, domains such as migration, humanitarian intervention and the 
environment. Third, because of its multifaceted and complex nature, security 
has become more and more a ‘transnational’ issue cutting across the domestic 
and international realms. 

As a result, security is increasingly understood as both a political and legal 
issue.  It has been defined as a fundamental right, which under certain 
circumstances can trump other long established legal guarantees such as the 
right to privacy and procedural guarantees such as the right to a fair trial. 
These developments are not unproblematic or uncontroversial. What are the 
legal and political implications of the securitization of these new domains? 
Can the ‘legal’ and ‘political’ be clearly distinguished? What are the 
jurisdictional implications of the blurring of national and international 
security? Who sets, or should set, the standards to define security? These are 
some of the questions that will be addressed in a special issue of JILIR to 
appear in Winter 2006/2007

Topics to be considered include, but are not limited to:
- The meaning of security in political and legal theory 
- Security, border control and immigration policy 
- The role of national and international courts on security issues 
- The legality of surveillance 
- The legality of the ‘war on terror’ 
- Security as justification for humanitarian intervention 
- Gender and security in International Law
- Security and the regulation of economic flows 
- Security and international environmental law

ABOUT JILIR 
The Journal of International Law and International Relations (JILIR) is 
administered by students from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law and 
the Munk Centre for International Studies.  The JILIR aims to promote 
critical, informed, and interdisciplinary debate at the intersection of 
international law and international relations.

SUBMISSIONS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Submissions must be sent to JILIR by September 30, 2006 to be considered for 
publication.  Please comply with the submission guidelines set out on our 
website.
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