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27 Aust. YBIL 1 (2008)
Introduction: Australia and International Law during the Howard Years

handle is hein.journals/ayil27 and id is 5 raw text is: Introduction: Australia and International Law during the Howard Years Donald R Rothwell and Kim Rubenstein* Australia's active engagement with international law has developed slowly. From the time of Federation in 1901 until the commencement of the Second World War, the reality is Australia had minimal involvement in international affairs independent of the Empire relationship. However, bolstered by the leading role played by Australians such as H V Evatt in the formation of the United Nations,1 and the trade and economic benefits available to Australia in the post-war global trade regime, since 1945 successive Australian governments gradually became more enmeshed into the international system and more interested in international law. A distinctive Australian position on international law was sufficiently well- defined in 1965 that D P O'Connell's edited collection International Law in Australia was able to identify Australian state practice in areas ranging from the UN, to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and International Labour Organisation (ILO), air law, law of the sea, Antarctica, immunities, immigration and extradition.2 Just one year later the first volume of the Australian Year Book of International Law appeared in 1966; paving the way for an annual insight into distinctive Australian perspectives in international law as reflected not only in academic articles, but also statements of government practice. These developments in recording Australian perspectives on international law have since been supplemented by distinctive studies,3 textbooks,4 and additional journals.5 Professor of International Law, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University; Professor and Director, Centre for International and Public Law, ANU College of Law, The Australian National University. I T L H McCormack, 'H.V. Evatt at San Francisco: A Lasting Contribution to International Law' (1992) 13 A ust YBIL 89. 2 D P O'Connell (ed), International Law in Australia (1965); a second edition appeared in 1984: K W Ryan (ed), International Law in Australia (1984). 3 B R Opeskin and D R Rothwell (eds), International Law and Australian Federalism (1997); H Charlesworth, M Chaim, D Hovell and G Williams, No Country is an Island: Australia and International Law (2006). 4 See eg, H Reicher (ed), Australian International Law: Cases and Materials (1995); S Blay, R Piotrowicz and M Tsamenyi (eds), Public International Law: An Australian Perspective (1997), and (2nd ed, 2005); J-P L Fonteyne, A McNaughton, and J Stellios, Harris - Cases and Materials on International Law: an Australian supplement (2003); and D K Anton, P Mathew and W Morgan, International Law: Cases and Materials (2005) which is an Australian-focused casebook on international law. 5 Australian International Law Journal (1994-); Melbourne Journal of International Law (2000-).

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