Writing for the JLS
Resources for Prospective Authors
The Journal is strongly committed to providing a supportive, inclusive space for a range of socio-legal debates and conversations through traditional academic articles, our renowned book review section, as well as our recently-established ‘Conversations’ online supplement. For all formats, we encourage prospective authors to draw upon the wealth of socio-legal resources available through the Centre of Law and Society for guidance with preparing contributions.
The Journal will consider articles submitted electronically, up to a maximum of 12,000 words inclusive of footnotes. All submissions should be prepared in line with the house style.
Editorial correspondence should currently be directed to thomaspa@cardiff.ac.uk. As of 22nd July 2024, all new Journal of Law and Society manuscripts are submitted through the Research Exchange platform.
The Journal is committed to publishing interdisciplinary research from a range of legal cultures as well as theoretical and methodological perspectives. It is particularly interested in promoting meaningful, theoretically engaged contributions that address contemporary socio-legal issues and concerns, welcoming submissions from any area or background.
The Journal works closely with the Centre of Law and Society at Cardiff University to provide a wealth of resources for socio-legal scholars, including prospective JLS authors. The Centre is a transnational research hub that sponsors and promotes a number of research streams consisting of lectures, conferences, seminars and postgraduate workshops across many areas of socio-legal studies, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies of law. We encourage prospective JLS authors to engage with the resources available through the Centre, and to consider engaging with these activities as a means of developing research into cutting-edge publications.
The Journal of Law and Society holds strong commitments to the open accessibility of research and the promotion of opportunities through open access publications.
See a dedicated space for our Open Access articles on this page.