The Annals of Air and Space Law is an academic journal produced by the Institute and Centre of Air and Space Law, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Our ISSN is 0701-158X, and our publisher is William S. Hein & Co., Inc. of Getzville, New York, United States.
Aims and Scope
Since its beginnings in 1976, the Annals has taken a broad and visionary approach to air and space law scholarship. Our founder, Nicholas M. Matte, opened the Preface to Volume I with the following question:
“At a time when periodicals too often encounter difficulties of continuity and sometimes have to fade away, once the first enthusiasm and motivation lose momentum confronted by inevitable and aggravating financial conditions, one could wonder: why the Annals?”
Dr Matte’s answer to this question guides our work today:
“the Annals answers to a real need for a scientific and objective publication where one will find confrontations of ideas about existing air and space legislation, suggestions how to solve emerging law from new techniques and useful information about structural and doctrinal developments. The world-wide nature of the inter-dependent consequences for all nations resulting from rules yet to be globally accepted ... oblige[s] mankind to strive relentlessly towards a world peace in the shadow of possible general destruction.”
Reflecting this vision, the Annals publishes original scholarship, drafted in English or French, across the entire spectrum of national and international air and space law. The contributors are academics and leading practitioners from all parts of the world. Available online, via HeinOnline, and in a bound hardcover, the Annals has become a standard source of reference in the fields of air and space law and will be found in most academic libraries, government and airline offices, and specialized law offices.
Overall, the Annals is global in relevance and truly international in scope. The Annals is devoted to fostering the free exchange of ideas and information pertaining to the law applicable to air and space activities, welcoming submissions that adopt doctrinal, theoretical, interdisciplinary, comparative, and other approaches to legal questions.
Governance
The Annals’ governing body is the Editorial Board. The Editorial Board comprises:
- the Members of the Editorial Board; and
- the Editorial Staff (that is, the Co-Editors-in-Chief, the Editor, the Associate Editors, and the Assistant Editors).
The Members of the Editorial Board are appointed by the Co-Editors-in-Chief on a per volume basis, renewable indefinitely.
Subscriptions
For more information on how to subscribe to the Annals, to access current or past volumes of the Annals, and how to order single articles, please see the attached flyer or visit HeinOnline.
Contact
The Editor can be contacted at edannals.law [at] mcgill.ca. The Editor’s office is located at Room 207, 3690 rue Peel, Montréal, Québec, H3A 1W9 Canada.
Submissions
Submission will be accepted from 1st April to 1st September annually.
The Annals does not charge author fees or article processing charges of any kind.
All submissions must strictly comply with the requirements set out in 
Author's Guide and the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statementas well as any additional requirements set out in the prevailing Call for Submissions. Non-compliance with any of these requirements will result in the rejection of your manuscript.
Submissions are only accepted via email (in Microsoft Word format), sent directly edannals.law [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Submission%20to%20the%20Annals%20of%20Air%20and%20Space%20Law) (to the Editor).
Submissions for 2024 are now closed.