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Sydney Law Review
We publish one of Australia’s most eminent academic law journals
Since 1953, the Sydney Law Review has been devoted to publishing exceptional, timely articles that make an innovative contribution to legal scholarship and are of interest to a wide audience.
ISSN 0082–0512 (PRINT)
ISSN 1444–9528 (ONLINE)
The Sydney Law Review features original peer-reviewed articles, as well as review essays and book reviews commissioned by the Editorial Board.
The Sydney Law Review publishes four issues per year (March, June, September and December) and accepts submissions on a rolling basis (there are no submission deadlines). Archives dating back to 1953 are available on the AustLII website.
Students enrolled in the Sydney Law Review unit of study have the opportunity to publish case notes or law reform comments in the journal.
Current issue: Volume 44(4) December 2022 (pdf, 1.1MB)
Forthcoming issues
Online 'advance' access versions of content published here are subject to change prior to publication of the full issue.
Volume 45(1) March 2023
- Communicative Justice and COVID-19: Australia’s Pandemic Response and International Guidance (pdf, 1.2MB)
Alexandra Grey
- Safeguarding Australian Consumers from "Debt Vultures" (pdf, 592KB)
Vivien Chen and Michelle Welsh
Volume 45(2) June 2023
- Responding to Ecological Uncertainty in the Context of Climate Change: Thirty Years of the Precautionary Principle in Australia
Laura Schuijers - “Your Honour, It’s Not the Vibe”: The (Mis)application of Public Health Orders to Strata Schemes During the Delta Variant COVID-19 Outbreak in Sydney, Australia
Cathy Sherry - Precarious Work in the High Court
Eugene Schofield-Georgeson and Joellen Riley Munton - Strangers in Sea Country: The Early History of the Northern Territory’s Legislative Provisions Recognising Aboriginal Peoples' Relationships to the Sea
Lauren Butterly - Liability for Workplace Psychiatric Injury in Australia: New Coherence and Unresolved Tensions (PDF, 538KB)
Kylie Burns
Before the High Court
The Sydney Law Review's Before the High Court column provides a forum for some of Australia's leading academics to comment on cases awaiting hearing by the High Court of Australia.
View our Before the High Court Author Guide (pdf, 54KB) for further information before submitting a proposal for the Editorial Board’s consideration by email to the Sydney Law Review.
Recent columns
- Long-Arm Jurisdiction over Foreign Tech Companies “Carrying on Business” Online: Facebook Inc v Australian Information Commissioner (pdf, 814KB)
Michael Douglas (Volume 45 No 2 March 2023) - Vanderstock v Victoria: Are "True" Consumption Taxes Forbidden to the States by Section 90 of the Australian Constitution? (pdf, 264KB)
Anthony Gray (Volume 44 No 4 December 2022) - Kept in Suspense: Supervening Illegality in Contract Law and the High Court Appeal in Laundy Hotels (Quarry) Pty Ltd v Dyco Hotels Pty Ltd (pdf, 288KB)
Harrison Simons (Volume 44 No 4 December 2022) - Aboriginal Identity and Status under the Australian Constitution: Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs v Montgomery (pdf, 255KB)
Elisa Arcioni and Kirsty Gover (Volume 44 No 1 March 2022)
