LPSJ – Legal Policy Studies Journal
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About the Journal
Legal Policy Studies Journal (LPSJ) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes scholarly research on law, legal studies, public policy, governance, regulation, judicial studies, human rights, ethics, and public administration. The journal provides a platform for legal scholars, policy researchers, practitioners, public officials, postgraduate students, and interdisciplinary researchers interested in the relationship between legal norms, institutional practices, and policy outcomes. LPSJ welcomes doctrinal, empirical, comparative, socio-legal, normative, and policy-oriented studies that contribute to legal development, regulatory reform, governance quality, and justice-oriented public decision-making.
Aims and Scope
LPSJ aims to advance legal and policy scholarship by publishing research that critically examines law, governance, regulation, public institutions, and justice. The journal’s scope includes constitutional law, administrative law, criminal law, civil law, business law, human rights, public policy, regulatory studies, legal reform, judicial administration, public administration, ethics, and comparative legal systems. LPSJ accepts doctrinal analysis, empirical legal studies, socio-legal research, policy analysis, conceptual papers, and reviews. The journal particularly encourages manuscripts that connect legal argument with institutional effectiveness, public accountability, rights protection, and policy implementation.
Topics Covered
LPSJ covers legal research, policy analysis, governance, regulation, judicial studies, public administration, ethics, human rights, constitutional law, administrative law, criminal justice, civil law, business law, environmental law, labor law, Islamic law, international law, legal reform, access to justice, dispute resolution, public accountability, legislative studies, compliance, legal pluralism, law and society, digital law, cyber regulation, public sector governance, and evidence-based policymaking. The journal also welcomes studies on institutional integrity, regulatory effectiveness, citizen rights, legal culture, and the interaction between law, policy, and social change.
Call for Papers
LPSJ invites original manuscripts in legal studies, policy analysis, governance, regulation, human rights, judicial studies, and public administration. Submissions may include doctrinal legal research, empirical legal studies, socio-legal analysis, comparative legal studies, policy papers, literature reviews, and conceptual manuscripts. The journal welcomes work that examines legal reform, regulatory effectiveness, public accountability, institutional governance, access to justice, ethics, and rights protection. Manuscripts should demonstrate analytical clarity, methodological rigor, legal relevance, and contribution to scholarship or practice. All submissions will undergo editorial review and peer assessment before publication.
Book Chapter
LPSJ welcomes book chapter proposals on law, public policy, governance, regulation, human rights, judicial studies, and public administration. Chapters may analyze legal doctrine, policy implementation, regulatory reform, institutional accountability, access to justice, legal pluralism, administrative governance, or comparative legal systems. Contributions should provide strong legal reasoning, clear conceptual structure, and relevance to contemporary legal or policy challenges. Authors are encouraged to integrate normative analysis with institutional realities, showing how law and policy shape public life, citizen rights, social justice, and governance effectiveness.
Conference
LPSJ supports conferences, seminars, and academic forums in law, legal studies, public policy, governance, regulation, and human rights. Suggested tracks include constitutional law, administrative law, regulatory reform, judicial studies, public administration, legal ethics, access to justice, human rights, digital law, and policy implementation. The journal welcomes selected conference papers for conversion into peer-reviewed articles. LPSJ encourages events that bring together legal scholars, policymakers, practitioners, public officials, judges, students, and civil society actors to discuss legal reform, governance challenges, and justice-oriented public policy.
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