The Journal of Law & Social Policy JLSP, is designed to contribute to the understanding of law from different perspectives. It aims to provide research articles on different aspects of legal and social issues, which include papers on Religion, Philosophy, Psychology, Anthropology, Environmental Issues, Sociology, Culture, Civilization, Politics, Economics and Development. Besides research articles, book reviews are also welcomed. We welcome interdisciplinary contributions in areas of relevance to the law and, in particular, work that uses the techniques of the social sciences and the humanities to contribute to understanding in legal studies.

Scope

Among others, the journal of Law and Social Policy accepts manuscripts related to the following areas:

1. Challenges in Legal Research Methodologies: Doctrinal, Black Letter Law, Legal Positivism, Legal Pluralism, Realism, Idealism, Communitarianism, Liberal Critique, Grounded Theory, and interdisciplinary – such as, Law in Action, Law in Context, Law in Courts, Law on Streets etc.
2. Issues in Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods with Law and Socio-legal Research
3. Contemporary Problems in Criminal and Civil Laws and Procedures
4. Theory and Practice: Corrections, Punishments, Prisons, Prosecution, Probation, Parole etc.
5. The Administration of Justice and the Systems Theory
6. Comparative Criminal Justice Theories and Practices
7. The Debate of State Security V Civil Liberties
8. The Interplay of Anti-Terrorism and Human Rights Law
9. Constitutionalism and Constitutional Law
10. The Discourse of Human Rights Law: Local, regional and international
11. Contemporary Issues in International Law
12. International Humanitarian Law: The Conduct of War, Unlawful Combatants, Killer Robots, Cluster Bombs etc.
13. International Criminal Law: Aggression, Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes
14. Admiralty and Maritime Law
15. International Trade and Commercial Law
16. The Significance of Law and Development
17. The Inter-play of Law and Economics: Chicago School of Economics, Neoclassical Economics, Positive and Normative Analyses of Law
18. Environmental Law
19. International Organizations including NGOs
20. The Parameters of Intellectual Properties
21. Cyber Laws and Digital Identity
22. Privacy and Data Protection Laws
23. The Sociology of Law: Chicago School and Beyond
24. Culture and Identity: Universalism and Cultural Relativism
25. The Discourse of Minority Rights, Indigenous People and Group Rights
26. Criminology: The Changing Definition of Crime, Policing, Causes of Crime
27. Jurisprudence
28. Theorizing Law
29. The Interaction of Law and Religion and vice versa
30. Gender Justice
31. Social Justice
32. Contemporary Problems in Administrative Law
33. Employment Laws
34. Charity and Trust
35. Challenges Confronted with Medical Negligence Law
36. Legal Ethics: Contemporary Ethical Issues in Legal Profession
37. Contemporary Demands and Justifications for the Development of New Law Curriculum
38. Teaching Law Online: Problems and Challenges
39. Moot Courts: The Art of Mooting