Covers legal scholarship, governance, regulation, public administration and institutional practice across jurisdictions. Research should identify the legal or policy question, specify relevant sources and jurisdiction, and make its interpretive or empirical method traceable.
Journal of Law, Governance and Public Administration is a journal in the EJSIR Publisher programme, focused on Law, Governance and Public Administration. Its scope is organized into academic sections covering Public Law, International Law, Technology & Data Law, Corporate & Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Governance, Public Administration, Regulation & Policy, Human Rights and Comparative Law. This structure helps authors assess disciplinary fit and gives readers a clear route through the journal’s subject coverage.
Read the journal overview →Section scopes describe the topics covered and the contribution expected from submissions.
This section covers public law within law, governance and public administration. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers international law within law, governance and public administration. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers technology & data law within law, governance and public administration. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers corporate & commercial law within law, governance and public administration. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers environmental law within law, governance and public administration. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →This section covers governance within law, governance and public administration. It welcomes foundational questions, methodological contributions and well-supported applications that make a clear scholarly contribution. Authors should identify the problem, explain why the chosen approach is suitable, and report the sources, methods, assumptions or evidence needed for readers to assess the work.
View section scope →The journal considers the following types when the manuscript is appropriate to the section and meets the relevant methodological, reporting and ethics requirements.
