2012 marks Leiden Journal of International Law (LJIL)s 25th anniversary.

Several initiatives are launched to celebrate this Silver Jubilee, including the establishment of an LJIL biennial prize for the article that best presented or examined a new trend in international legal thinking and the Foucault Special Issue.

1. Hugo Grotius Prize

In the first issue of volume 1 of the Leiden Journal of International Law (LJIL), the editors announced the Hugo Grotius Award and they made a promise: the next issue will contain more information. On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, LJIL has decided to follow up on this promise. In co-operation with the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, the Editorial Board is pleased to announce the implementation of the Hugo Grotius Award. This biennial prize will be awarded to the author(s) of the article that best presented or examined a new trend in international legal thinking. In honour of the winning author(s) and article, a one-day seminar will be organized at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies which has the subject matter of the article as its central theme. As the key note speaker of this seminar, the author(s) will be offered the opportunity to present his/her/their ideas to the academic community and the international judiciary present in The Hague. In addition, the author(s) will be offered 250 worth of books from Cambridge University Press. The first award ceremony will be held in Spring 2012. Articles from all sections in the volumes 20-24 will be considered. The second award, to be presented in 2014, will consider all articles in the two preceding volumes 25 and 26. The Editorial Board will propose a shortlist and the final selection will be made by a jury composed of the Editor-in-Chief and two prominent academics and/or practitioners in the field of international law. Current members of the editorial board are not eligible for the award.

2. Special Issue on Foucault and International Law

One of the highlights of LJIL volume 25 will be the special issue on Foucault and International Law. This special issue will explore the relevance of Foucault's thought to international law and legal theory. Foucault's work continues to provide fertile suggestions for rethinking many of our established notions of law, right(s), sovereignty and legal subjectivity. Yet to date there have been, with some notable exceptions, few sustained treatments of Foucault's relevance to international law and international legal theory. Following a call for papers, selected authors have been invited to contribute to the special issue. Unsolicited papers will also still be considered. Potential contributors are encouraged to contact either of the guest editors to discuss their proposals at b.golder@unsw.edu.au or TAalberts@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.