Over the past two months, we have added more than 12,000 new articles to the Law Journal Library with updates to 1,058 existing journals and 10 new active serials. These titles cover subjects including intellectual property law, business and the law, human rights law, and more! Keep reading to learn about these new additions to our collection of multidisciplinary journals.

1. Canadian International Lawyer

Vols. 1-13#1 (1994-2022)

Published by Canadian Bar Association

Subjects: International Law, International Trade and the Law, Foreign Affairs, Business and the Law

Canadian International Lawyer is a renowned journal enjoying worldwide circulation in the field of international law. It serves as a practical resource on a range of topics of interest to practitioners of international law.

2. INVEST Journal of Sharia & Economic Law

Vols. 1-4#1 (2021-2024)

Published by Institut Agama Islam Negeri Ponorogo

Subjects: Banking and Finance Law, Islamic Law, Financial Law, Business and the Law

INVEST, within the framework of the Islamization of knowledge, offers scientific articles, research reports, reviews, and commentaries in Muamalah studies, aligning economic transactions and interactions with Islamic law, specifically in the fields of Muamalah studies, Islamic law, Islamic philanthropy, Maqhasid Sharia, Halal industry and services, Islamic Economics, Islamic Capital Markets, and Fintech. Its audience includes academics and practitioners in these areas. The Journal is peer-reviewed, with a double-blind review process involving at least two expert reviewers.

3. Journal of Global Health Law

Vols. 1#1 (2024)

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing

Subjects: Health, Health Law and Policy, Gender and the Law, Human Rights Law

The Journal of Global Health Law offers a new forum for exploring the contours of the field. Global health law is fragmented without a coherent body of standards. It includes instruments adopted under the framework of the WHO and other relevant international organizations, and a range of hard and soft law standards recognized in other branches of international law—such as human rights law, international humanitarian law, international environmental law, and international economic law.

As the first journal dedicated solely to global health law, we invite contributions with a global focus. Articles are welcomed from scholars from all over the world examining global health law, as well as its interaction with other fields, such as domestic legal systems and other forms of governance, whether they be domestic, regional, or global.

4. Journal of Intellectual Property Studies

Vols. 1-8#1 (2017-2024)

Published by National Law University, Jodhpur

Subjects: Intellectual Property Law; Copyright; International Trade and the Law; Science, Technology, and the Law

The Journal of Intellectual Property Studies was established in 2017. It is a bi-annual, student-edited, double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal. Its mission is to address the gap in academic discourse on intellectual property and related laws in India by providing a platform for in-depth exploration of contemporary developments in this field. The intended audience includes policymakers, practitioners, and scholars involved in intellectual property along with students who are pursuing a degree in law and are either interested in or specializing in this domain. By soliciting articles from a diverse pool of contributors, comprising scholars, practitioners, and students, the journal aims to foster the exchange of ideas and enhance the discourse on intellectual property rights.

5. Legal and Criminological Psychology

Full Text: Vols. 1-25 (1996-2020)
Indexed: Vols. 1-29#1 (1996-2024)

Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Subjects: Law Enforcement, Evidence, Police, Penology

Legal and Criminological Psychology publishes original papers which advance professional and scientific knowledge in the conjunction of legal psychology and criminological psychology. This field, constructed as ‘forensic psychology’, is defined broadly as the application of psychology to the understanding of offenders’ behaviour, the investigative and judiciary processes that bring them to justice, their treatment and the outcomes of their criminal actions. The topics covered include the causes of different types of crimes, psychopathy, criminal investigation, investigative interview and questioning, information eliciting, applied memory, deception detection, criminal profiling and crime linkage, professional training, legal and investigative decision making, expert testimonies, offender management, treatment and assessment, crime victimization, legal and public responses to crime. The journal aims to stimulate conversations and debates, to serve as a platform for communication amongst various disciplines, academic researchers, professionals and practitioners, and to provide a compelling picture of current state-of-art research in the field.

6. Legal Issues in the Digital Age

Vols. 1-5#1 (2020-2024)

Published by National Research University Higher School of Economics

Subjects: Science, Technology, and the Law; Intellectual Property Law; Copyright; Human Rights Law

Legal Issues in the Digital Age is an open-access, academic quarterly e-publication which provides a comprehensive analysis of law in the digital world. The journal is international in scope, and the primary objective of the journal is to address the legal issues of the continually evolving nature of digital technological advances and the necessarily immediate responses to such developments. The Digital Age represents an era of Information Technology and Information Communication Technology which is creating a reliable infrastructure to society, taking the nations towards a higher level through efficient production and digital data. But the digital world exposes loopholes in the current law and expects legal solutions. Legal Issues in the Digital Age is dedicated to providing a platform for the development of novel and analytical thinking among students, academicians, and legal practitioners. The journal encourages deliberations on the subjects of interdisciplinary nature, and it includes the intersection of law, technology, industry, and policies involved in the field around the world. Legal Issues in the Digital Age is a highly professional, double-blind refereed journal and authoritative source of information in the field of IT, ICT, Cyber related policy and law.

7. Media Law Notes

Vols. 4-49 (1977-2021)
Title Varies: Vol. 4 (1977) as Tortfeasor

Published by Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)

The Law & Policy Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is dedicated to exploring the wide range of legal and policy issues that surround mass communication and free expression by supporting members’ research and teaching efforts. The division also plays a prominent role in AEJMC’s efforts to promote professional freedom and responsibility by serving as a bridge between academic work and public understanding on topics of free expression. Media Law Notes, the division’s quarterly trade journal, features articles and columns on current law and policy topics, bibliographies of recent scholarship, calls for communications law research, and information about division activities. The journal is not refereed. Articles and columns appearing in Media Law Notes are written by Law & Policy division members, most of whom are academics, graduate students, and attorneys. Content is reviewed and verified by the division clerk/newsletter editor for substantive contribution and stylistic clarity.

8. Migracijske i Etnicke Teme / Migration and Ethnic Themes

Vols. 1-39#2 (1985-2023)
Title Varies: Vols. 1-16 (1985-2000) as Migracijske Teme / Migration Themes

Published by Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies

Subjects: Countries, Areas, and Regions; Public Administration; Criminal Law and Procedure; Government (General)

Migration and ethnicity are current and well-established areas of contemporary social research. New phenomena and processes in the world—globalization, increasing spatial mobility of people, delocalization and relocalization of culture—are the reason for the growing scientific interest in issues of migration, ethnicity and identity. The journal Migracijske i Etnicke Teme / Migration and Ethnic Themes opens the possibility of exchanging ideas, public debates and interdisciplinary dialogue to researchers dealing with this topic. The journal primarily publishes scientific articles on migration, migration-related issues and demographic changes, together with articles on different aspects of ethnicity and identity in any international, national, or cross-national context. Contributions reflect the theoretical advances and empirical analyses and studies within a broad range of disciplinary approaches and scientific disciplines (ethnology and anthropology, history, philology, humanistic sciences, demography, psychology, sociology, political science, law, economics, social sciences). The journal publishes primarily scientific articles, but also other contributions of scientific and professional interest: essays, professional papers, book reviews, notes on scientific meetings, etc. All articles have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and double-blind refereeing by a minimum of two anonymous reviewers (double-blind review). The journal is peer-edited and published by the research institute.

9. Transformacje Prawa Prywatnego

2000-2023

Published by Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Law

Subjects: Countries, Areas, and Regions; Public Administration; Criminal Law and Procedure; Government (General)

Transformation of Private Law (“TPL“, Polish: “Transformacje Prawa Prywatnego“) is a legal quarterly journal published regularly at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University and edited by Prof. Dr. Fryderyk Zoll. The journal is addressed to researchers and practitioners specializing in modern civil law. Its goals include, but are not limited to, analysis of contemporary private law transformations, study of the impact of new technologies and social change on private law, and exposition of the doctrine of Central and Eastern European private law and presentation of its original character in international public discourse. The journal is peer-edited. All reviewers hold at least a PhD in law. The double-blind review rule is applied, meaning that both the reviewer and author identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa.

10. Vietnamese Journal of Legal Sciences

2019-2024

Published by Sciendo (Daughter Company of De Gruyter Publishing House / DeGruyter)

Subjects: Dispute Resolution, Investment, International Law, Intellectual Property Law

The Vietnamese Journal of Legal Sciences (abbreviation VJLS) is a semi-annual journal that aims to provide a platform for the dissemination of high-quality, peer-reviewed research across diverse realms of law and policies with contemporary relevance. It was founded under the initiative of Ho Chi Minh City University of Law, a leading legal educational and training institution in Vietnam. VJLS aims to foster intellectual discourse and contribute to the advancement of legal scholarship.

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