Legal Theory
Last updated ISSN 1352-3252
Legal Theory is published by Cambridge University Press in economics, econometrics and finance. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,550.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Legal Theory concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Legal Cases and Commentary
- Free Will and Agency
- Legal principles and applications
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Law in Society and Culture
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- War, Ethics, and Justification
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
Key facts
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1352-3252, 1469-8048 |
| Subject area | Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,550 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Emerging Sources Citation Index · Scopus |
| Articles published | 655 |
| Publishing since | 1995 |
| Journal website | www.cambridge.org/core/journals/legal-theory |
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