Twelve titles · Open access
The twelve Acta journals
One journal for each field of legal inquiry, convened by the society and edited within the field. All twelve are in preparation, open access and online, with no article processing charge at present.
| Journal title | Field | Abbr. | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
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Journal Offences, responsibility, punishment, and the institutions that impose them. |
Criminal law | AJC | In preparation |
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Journal Public administration, its powers, its procedures and the limits of legality. |
Administrative law | AJA | In preparation |
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Journal Civil, criminal and administrative procedure, evidence and the conduct of adjudication. |
Procedural law | AJP | In preparation |
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Journal Markets and their regulation, competition, finance and public economic ordering. |
Economic law | AJO | In preparation |
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Journal Labour, social security, health, welfare, equality and social provision. |
Social law | AJS | In preparation |
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Journal Persons, property, obligations and succession: the architecture of private law. |
Civil law | AJCIV | In preparation |
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Journal Companies, commercial contracts, insolvency and the law of trade. |
Commercial law | AJM | In preparation |
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Journal Acta Juris Proprietatis Intellectualis Patents, copyright, trade marks, designs and the legal forms of invention and culture. |
Intellectual property law | AJPI | In preparation |
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Journal Jurisprudence, legal reasoning and the concepts through which law is understood. |
Legal theory | AJT | In preparation |
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Journal Doctrine, institutions and sources considered across time and jurisdiction. |
Legal history | AJH | In preparation |
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Journal Treaties, state responsibility, international institutions and the law between states. |
International law | AJG | In preparation |
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Journal Automation, data, platforms and the legal questions raised by technical systems. |
Law and technology | AJET | In preparation |
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How to read a journal’s status
Every journal carries the same four facts, and each has a settled meaning.
In preparation
The journal is being established. Its first issue has not been announced.
Open access
The journal’s articles are free to read, without a subscription.
Online
The journal has its own site at acta.lawsc.org, where its editorial information is set out.
No APC at present
No article processing charge is levied at present.
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