Law Journals

Asian Journal of Comparative Law
The Asian Journal of Comparative Law is a definitive new peer-reviewed journal for Asian perspectives on the law and legal perspectives on Asia. An initiative of the Asian Law Institute, an association of thirteen leading law schools in Asia, the journal's editors and authors come from top institutions across the Asian-Pacific region and South Asia. The journal publishes articles from scholars with intimate knowledge of local practices that offer unique insight into how legal solutions are tailored to local culture and circumstance. Recent topics include Korean corporate governance, the political culture of blogging in Malaysia, and Asian discourses on legal education. One of the few English-language law journals based in Asia, and the only pan-Asian one, Asian Journal of Comparative Law is an invaluable resource for scholars of comparative and international law as well as scholars of Asian area studies.
$225 for a one-year subscription
Global Jurist
Global Jurist offers a forum for scholarly cyber-debate on issues of comparative law, law and economics, international law, law and development, and legal anthropology. Mindful of globalization and respectful of cultural differences, linguistic and cultural barriers are overcome and legal issues are finally discussed outside of the narrow limits imposed by positivism, parochialism, ethnocentrism, imperialism and chauvinism in the law. Articles are published in three quality-rated tiers - Frontiers, Advances, and Topics - that are distinguished by breadth of appeal and overall quality. The journal is edited by an impressive list, including Ugo Mattei, Alfred and Hanna Fromm Chair in International and Comparative Law at Hastings College of the Law. Authors include notable professors from The London School of Economics, Oxford University, and The University of California, Berkeley.
$215 for a one-year subscription
International Commentary on Evidence
International Commentary on Evidence is a peer-reviewed journal on evidence law and theory. Its purpose is to promote scholarly communication about the law of evidence without regard to political or academic boundaries. Each article addresses evidentiary issues of interest in more than one jurisdiction, and, frequently, in disciplines such as economics, psychology, philosophy and history. ICE's electronic format provides a forum for exchange of views in a manner that is relatively new for an academic journal. The journal is edited by legal scholars in the U.S. and U.K.; authors come from such institutions as the University of Haifa and the Northwestern University School of Law.
$175 for a one-year subscription
Issues in Legal Scholarship
The mission of Issues in Legal Scholarship is to present cutting-edge legal and policy research on pressing topics quickly and in a format that encourages discussion and interaction. Online peer-reviewed symposia systematically address emerging issues of great significance and offer ongoing scholarship of interest to policy and legal researchers alike. Each symposium is a living forum with ongoing publications and commentaries. Symposium topics include Single-Sex Marriage, Immigration Policy, and Catastrophic Risks. On-line publication makes it possible for other researchers to find the best and latest quickly, as well as to join in further discussion. The journal is edited by faculty from the UC Berkeley Law School, and recent contributors include scholars from Harvard, Yale, Berkeley, Chicago, and Stanford.
$150 for a one-year subscription
Journal of Tort Law
The only peer-reviewed academic journal in the U.S. devoted to tort law, the Journal of Tort Law publishes cutting-edge scholarship in tort theory and jurisprudence from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives: comparative, doctrinal, economic, empirical, historical, philosophical, and policy-oriented. Spearheaded by editor-in-chief Jules Coleman (Yale) and some of the world’s most prominent tort scholars from the Columbia, Fordham, NYU, Vanderbilt, and University of Haifa law faculties, the journal is the premier source for original articles about tort law and jurisprudence.
$225 for a one-year subscription
The Law and Development Review
The Law and Development Review is the first international journal devoted to the impact of the law and legal institutions on economic and social development. Law and development is a major area of concern for developing countries, and for the economic future and security of developed countries. The journal brings perspectives from both the developing and the developed world to examine the ways that legal orders, domestic and international, help or hinder economic development, and how global agreements and negotiations in particular affect developing countries. With editors and an editorial board that represent leading scholars and professionals of unprecedented diversity, The Law and Development Review will be of interest to a wide range of academics, researchers and, policy makers, NGOs, and international bodies interested in the legal aspects of economic development.
$325 for a one-year subscription
Law & Ethics of Human Rights
Law & Ethics of Human Rights is a journal of human rights law and its intersection with political theory and policy. Each issue focuses on one contemporary human rights dilemma that raises major legal and moral questions for ethicists, legal scholars, and policy-makers alike. Topics include multiculturalism and anti-discrimination, the use of demographic considerations to shape public policy, and international labor rights and regulations. Edited by some of the world's most distinguished human rights scholars, from leading international law schools such as Harvard, Princeton, and Tel Aviv University, the journal will be of interest to an audience of ethicists, policy researchers, and government practitioners, as well as law scholars.
$300 for a one-year subscription
Muslim World Journal of Human Rights
Muslim World Journal of Human Rights is the only peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the pressing question of human rights in the Muslim world. The journal approaches this complex issue through multiple interdisciplinary lenses: Islam and Islamic law, socio-economic and political factors, institutions, and gender and minority rights. The editors, Mashood Baderin (School of Oriental and African Studies), Mahmood Monshipouri (Quinnipiac University), Shadi Mokhtari (York University), and Lynn Welchman (School of Oriental and African Studies) have created a unique academic forum to address real-world political issues and to encourage new methods in the field. Recent articles concern such topics as Women's Sexual Health and Rights in Senegal, Islam and Gender Justice, Human Rights Post-9/11, the Extension of Shari'ah in Northern Nigeria, and Human Rights in Islamic Malaysia.
$225 for a one-year subscription
Review of Law & Economics
Review of Law & Economics publishes theoretical and empirical peer-reviewed research in law and economics-related subjects. To explore the various understandings that economic approaches shed on legal institutions, the Review applies to legal issues the insights developed in economic disciplines such as microeconomics and game theory, finance, econometrics, and decision theory, as well as in related disciplines such as political economy and public choice, behavioral economics and social psychology, and evolutionary biology. The journal is sponsored by the European Association of Law and Economics (EALE), the oldest association in the field, and features a distinguished editorial team from Marburg, Ghent, Bologna, Minnesota, Berkeley, and NYU. The journal has attracted papers from top names such as Judge Richard Posner (Chicago), Omri Ben-Shahar (Michigan), Victor Goldberg (Columbia), Benito Arrunada (Barcelona), Keith Hylton (Boston University), Oren Bar-Gill (NYU), and Henrik Lando (Copenhagen).
$225 for a one-year subscription
Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology
Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology is a peer-reviewed and policy-focused journal that examines the ethical and legal issues that arise from emerging technologies. While much attention has gone to specific fields such as bioethics, this is the first journal to address the broad scope of all technologies and their impact on the environment, society, and humanity. Topics include biotech, nanotech, neurotech, IT, weapons, energy and fuel, space-based technology, and new media and communications. Articles explore the synergy between law and ethics, and provide a robust policy response to technology's opportunities and challenges. The journal is edited by Anthony Mark Cutter (University of Central Lancashire) and Bert Gordijn (Radboud University); co-editors include some of the best-known figures in their fields, such as NASA's David Grinspoon, NIH bioethicist David Resnik, and technology law advisor Jeffrey H. Matsuura.
$275 for a one-year subscription
Theoretical Inquiries in Law
Among the top three most-cited legal theory and jurisprudence journals in the world, and first among all non-US English language journals (according to the Washington & Lee Ranking System), Theoretical Inquiries in Law specializes in the application to legal problems of insights developed in other disciplines, such as political theory, economics, sociology, history, philosophy and psychology. Issues include such current issue topics as the excessive use of force, personal bankruptcy, the nature of citizenship, the role of moral and legal luck, and explorations on legal pluralism, privatization of law, and multiculturalism. Theoretical Inquiries in Law provides a unique, multi-disciplinary forum in which to investigate the relationships between law, society and individuals. The journal publishes peer-reviewed responses in its online-only companion, TIL Forum, a format which allows for immediate discussion. Theoretical Inquiries in Law is edited by The Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law, Tel Aviv University.
$225 for a one-year subscription