Laws
Last updated ISSN 2075-471X
Laws is published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute in social sciences. It is open access. The article processing charge is $1,689.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Laws concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Human Rights and Development
- European Criminal Justice and Data Protection
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- International Law and Human Rights
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Law in Society and Culture
Key facts
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2075-471X |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $1,689 |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 860 |
| Publishing since | 2011 |
| Journal website | www.mdpi.com/journal/laws |
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