Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History
Last updated ISSN 0723-1180
Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History is published by Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory in social sciences. It is open access. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Historical Legal Studies and Society
- Law and Political Science
- European history and politics
- Historical Economic and Legal Thought
- Classical Studies and Legal History
- European Political History Analysis
- Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies
- Historical Studies in Latin America
- German Literature and Culture Studies
- Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction
Key facts
| Publisher | Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0723-1180, 1619-4993, 2195-9617 |
| Subject area | Social Sciences |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 1,647 |
| Publishing since | 2002 |
| Journal website | rg.rg.mpg.de/en/ |
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