Law & Social Inquiry
Last updated ISSN 0897-6546
Law & Social Inquiry is published by Cambridge University Press in social sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,550.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Law & Social Inquiry concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Law in Society and Culture
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Legal case studies and regulations
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Social Science and Policy Research
- Legal and Constitutional Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0897-6546, 1747-4469 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,550 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,918 |
| Publishing since | 1976 |
| Journal website | www.cambridge.org/core/journals/law-and-social-inqui |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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