10th Anniversary of Laws

The year 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of Laws, a peer-reviewed open access journal on legal systems, theory, and institutions. We value the contributions made by authors and reviewers. To celebrate this 10th anniversary, we are arranging a series of special content and events. We hope you can join us in celebrating this milestone for our journal and enjoy the collection below.

An Anniversary Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Development and Achievements

View the 10-year timeline infographic here. Trace the development of Laws from its origins with remarkable events.

The inaugural issue was released. Laws was published as a quarterly journal.

 

 

 



Founding Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Lawrence O. Gostin



Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Patricia Easteal

Laws was indexed in Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII).



Laws was indexed in vLex Justis

Laws established the following sections:

- Human Rights Issues;

- Criminal Justice Issues;

- Law and Gender Issues

- Environmental Law Issues;

- Health Law Issues.

Laws has been indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).

Laws has been indexed in Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario e della Ricerca (ANVUR).

Celebration Activities

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Anniversary Special Issues



Special Issue "10th Anniversary of Laws—Law Reform: A Focus on Real World Change"

Anniversary Special Issues

Privacy and Security during the Times of the Corona-Pandemic
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2021 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6743
How Judges Think about Human Rights: Legitimacy and Political Judgment submission deadline 30 Aug 2021 | 2 articles | Viewed by 9549
Keywords: human rights; political judgment; judicial reasoning; political theory and political science
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Rights Issues)
Ambitions and Critiques of Restorative Justice Post COVID-19
edited by
submission deadline 15 Sep 2024 | 3 articles | Viewed by 18834 | Submission Open
Keywords: COVID-19; ambitions of restorative justice; critiques of restorative justice; criminal justice policy; legislative reforms
Mental Health Care and the Rule of Law – Lessons Learnt from the Corona Crisis
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submission deadline 15 Jul 2022 | 1 articles | Viewed by 5197
Keywords: human rights; mental health care; COVID-19 pandemic; UN-CRPD
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Law Issues)
Rule of Law and Human Mobility in the Age of the Global Compacts submission deadline 1 Sep 2023 | 9 articles | Viewed by 34293 | Printed Edition available
Keywords: Asylum; Access to basic services; Border management; Externalization; Global Compact for Migration; Global Compact for Refugees; Human Rights; Migration Governance; Migrants in vulnerable situations; Migrant status; Non-Discrimination; Right to an effective remedy; Rule of Law; Soft Law
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Rights Issues)
The Anticorruption Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (APUNCAC)
edited by
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 53479 | Submission Open
Keywords: public international law; rule of law; international governance; international justice; corruption; anticorruption; human rights; financial crime; offshore banking
Vulnerability and the Legal Protection of Migrants: A Critical Look at the Canadian Context submission deadline 14 Jan 2022 | 7 articles | Viewed by 35730
Keywords: migration; vulnerability; treatment of vulnerable migrants; asylum application process; Canadian migration regime; human trafficking; discretionary power; decision-making processes
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Rights Issues)
Law, Financial Stability and Economy
edited by Lin Zhang
submission deadline 31 Mar 2023 | 1 articles | Viewed by 4380
Keywords: Law  ; Financial Market; Stability; Economy  ; Development
Environmental Law
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2023 | 6 articles | Viewed by 24752
Keywords: Environmental law; Environmental policy; Environmental constitutionalism; Government and public policy towards the environment
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Law Issues)
Critical Perspectives on Legislative and Policy Approaches to Counter-Extremism and Counter-Terror submission deadline 31 Dec 2021 | 1 articles | Viewed by 6571
Keywords: counter-terrorism; counter-extremism; extremism; terrorism; Islamism; extreme right wing
Law and Children’s Decision-Making submission deadline 12 Dec 2022 | 8 articles | Viewed by 29274
Keywords: children’ s law; autonomy; consent; decision-making; children’ s decision-making; human rights; criminal law; health law; family law; child protection; developmental evidence; bioethics

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