| Discipline | law |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1981–present |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (previously published by John Wiley & Sons) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Leg. Stud. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1748-121X |
| Links | |
Legal Studies (ISSN 1748-121X) is published for The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) by Cambridge University Press.[1] It was first published in 1981 and is now recognised as "one of the leading generalist journals in the UK".[2] Legal Studies publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles, notes, reports, and book reviews. It has been edited by a board located in University of Manchester’s School of Law since 2016.[3] A ranking of UK law journals based on statistical data from the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise uses Legal Studies as the 'benchmark'.[4]
As of 2018, Legal Studies is no longer published by Wiley but published by Cambridge University Press.[5]
The winner of the Society of Legal Scholars' best paper award in 2023 was made to Conall Mallory and Hélène Tyrrell for their article The Extrajudicial Voice, a study of the views of 13 very senior judges as to their role and conduct.[6]
- ^ "Legal Studies". Legal Studies. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1748-121X.
- ^ Fiona Cownie and Raymond Cocks (2009). A Great and Noble Occupation!: The History of the Society of Legal Scholars. Oxford: Hart Publishing. p. 249.
- ^ SLS website
- ^ Campbell K, Goodacre A, Little G (2006). "Ranking of United Kingdom Law Journals: An Analysis of the Research Assessment Exercise 2001 Submissions and Results". Journal of Law and Society. 33 (3): 335–63. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6478.2006.00362.x. S2CID 143799999.(subscription required)
- ^ Announcement
- ^ https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/3A343844D846982771084E4B4CA0850D/S0261387524000023a.pdf/the-extrajudicial-voice.pdf Retrieved 19 April 2023