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AJIL is a leading peer-reviewed journal, published quarterly since 1907. It features articles, essays, editorial comments, current developments, and book reviews by pre-eminent scholars and practitioners from around the world addressing developments in public and private international law and foreign relations law. The Journal also contains analyses of decisions by national and international courts and tribunals as well as a section on contemporary U.S. practice in international law. AJIL and AJIL Unbound are indispensable for all professionals working in international law, economics, trade, and foreign affairs.

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ISSN: 2398-7723 (Online)
Editors: Ingrid Brunk Vanderbilt Law School, USA, and Monica Hakimi Columbia Law School, USA
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Supervising Editors: Julian Arato, Eyal Benvenisti, Alexandra Huneeus, Katerina Linos, Matiangai Sirleaf; Managing Editors: Danae Azaria, Jorge Contesse, Veronika Fikfak, Ibrahim Khan, Ryan Liss

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Symposium on Transdisciplinary Approaches to Migrant Solidarity in Theory, Law, and Praxis. Introduction by Alexandra Délano Alonso, Violeta Moreno-Lax and Jaya Ramji-Nogales, with contributions by Nermeen Arastu, Linda Bosniak, Barbara Buckinx, Amelia Frank-Vitale, Shannon Gleeson, Obiora Chinedu Okafor, Gabriella Sanchez, Sarah Soto, Çiğdem Çıdam, Luba Cortés, Ayten Gündoğdu, Violeta Moreno-Lax, Seán Binder, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, Isabella Trombetta, Lisa Ariemma, Cecilia Bailliet, Nayelli Torres-Salas, Joyce De Coninck, Alexandra Délano Alonso and Haddy Gassama.

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