Lexfolio/LJLPS/Aims and Scope of LJLPS

Aims and Scope of LJLPS

The Lexfolio Journal of Law, Policy and Social Sciences (LJLPS) publishes original research on law, public policy and the social sciences that study how law and institutions work in practice. It is an open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal published online by Lexfolio.

Aims

• To publish rigorous, clearly written research that adds something new to debates on law, governance and society.
• To give students, early-career researchers and practitioners a fair, fast and transparent route to peer-reviewed publication.
• To connect legal scholarship with political science, economics, sociology, public administration and other social sciences.
• To make research free to read for everyone, under an open licence.

Scope

We welcome submissions on Indian, comparative and international questions in these areas, among others:

Law

• Constitutional and administrative law; criminal law and criminal justice (including the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam); family and personal laws
• Corporate, commercial, competition, insolvency, securities and tax law
• Intellectual property; technology, cyber, data protection and artificial intelligence law
• Environmental and climate law; labour and employment law; human rights
• International law, international trade and investment law, and private international law
• Jurisprudence, legal history, legal education and the legal profession

Public policy and governance

• Regulation, policy design and implementation; public finance and welfare delivery
• Health, education, urban and rural development, and digital public infrastructure
• Federalism, local government, elections and institutional reform

Allied social sciences

• Political science and international relations
• Economics, including law and economics
• Sociology, socio-legal studies and criminology
• Public administration, gender studies, development studies and media studies

Approaches we welcome

Doctrinal analysis, empirical and field research, socio-legal and interdisciplinary work, comparative studies, policy analysis and well-argued theoretical work. Papers outside these disciplines may be considered if they have a clear law, policy or governance angle.

What we do not publish

• Work already published anywhere, including on blogs, SSRN-style repositories with a final version, or in conference proceedings, unless substantially new
• Descriptive summaries of a statute or judgment without analysis
• Papers in the natural sciences, engineering or medicine without a law or policy question

Article types

Research Articles, Short Articles, Case Comments and Legislative Comments, Policy Briefs and Essays, and Book Reviews. Word limits are in the author guidelines.

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