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The Anticorruption Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (APUNCAC)
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submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 63390 | Submission Open
Keywords: public international law; rule of law; international governance; international justice; corruption; anticorruption; human rights; financial crime; offshore banking
Rethinking Human Rights
edited by Jason Rudall
submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2128 | Submission Open
Keywords: public international law; human rights; rights of nature; international environmental law; international economic law; development; international courts and tribunals; dispute settlement
(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Rights Issues)
AI and Its Influence: Legal and Religious Perspectives
edited by Michael Broyde and Whittney Barth
submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 8371 | Submission Open
Keywords: artificial intelligence; religion; law; authority; legal systems
Energy Jurisprudence
edited by Okechukwu Aholu
submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 280 | Submission Open
Keywords: energy law; energy transition; sustainable development; climate change; energy governance; green financing; regulatory strategies in the energy sector; decommissioning of energy installations; energy taxation; CSR in the energy sector
(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Law Issues)
Land Law and Policy
edited by Martin Dixon and David Sawtell
submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 295 | Submission Open
Keywords: land law; policy; private law; equity; family law; environmental law; land registration; mortgages; strata title; leasehold
ESG Criteria and Taxation: A Comparative Survey
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submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 240 | Submission Open
Keywords: ESG; taxation; tax policy; sustainability; OECD; international tax
Cultural Contours of Justice: Law and Crime Narratives in Popular Imagination
edited by Dimitris Akrivos and Alexandros Antoniou
submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 548 | Submission Open
Keywords: law and popular culture; cultural criminology; true crime; ethics; justice; identity; vigilantism; representation; media effects; crime narratives
(This special issue belongs to the Section Criminal Justice Issues)
Cybercrime in Global and National Dimensions: Challenges, Impacts, and Solutions
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submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5473 | Submission Open
Keywords: cybercrime dynamics; global– national impact; legal frameworks; prevention strategies; technological solutions
An Evaluation of Gang Intervention Strategies
edited by Justin J. Joseph
submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 162 | Submission Open
Keywords: gang membership; gang interventions; criminal justice
The Shifting Sands of Refugee Protection: Normativity, Crisis, and Contemporary UK Asylum
edited by Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler, Alex Powell and Raawiyah Rifath
submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 250 | Submission Open
Keywords: UK asylum; vulnerability; refugees; RSD
Global Threats in the Illegal Wildlife Trade and Advances in Response
edited by Nicholas Pamment and Anne-Marie Weeden
submission deadline 15 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2142 | Submission Open
Keywords: wildlife crime; illegal wildlife trade; conservation social sciences; conservation criminology; green criminology; environmental justice
(This special issue belongs to the Section Criminal Justice Issues)
Harmonisation of Intellectual Property Rules: A Path Towards Global Integration?
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submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 144 | Submission Open
Keywords: intellectual property (IP) harmonisation; globalisation; cross-border trade; innovation; investment; legal frameworks; TRIPS agreement; regional IP strategies; technology access; development; competition; public interest; economic blocs; policy design; international collaboration
Regulating Mental Health: Crossing the Rubicon between Care and Control submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 742 | Submission Open
(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Law Issues)
The Other Side of Tort Liability: When the System Doesn’t Seem to Work
edited by Prue Vines
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 191 | Submission Open
Keywords: tort law; tort liability; compensation law
Disparities of Justice: Unequal Outcomes, Racial and Gender Bias, and Law in the Twenty-First Century
edited by Tyson King-Meadows
submission deadline 12 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 979 | Submission Open
Keywords: inequalities in law enforcement; racial and ethnic politics; unequal outcomes; administrative law; socioeconomic inequality; disparate treatment; lawsuits about protecting the civil rights and liberties of minorities
(This special issue belongs to the Section Criminal Justice Issues)
Free and Voluntary Agreement to Sexual Activity in the Contemporary Age: When Should Fraud Invalidate Consent?
edited by David Plater and Kris Wilson
submission deadline 15 Sep 2025 | Viewed by 21 | Submission Open
Keywords: criminal law; fraud; sexual offences; contemporary issues; technology; gender
Law and Gender Justice
edited by Suvarna Cherukuri and Sitawa R. Kimuna
submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 150 | Submission Open
Keywords: gender-based violence; bodily integrity and sexual autonomy; the criminal justice system; the workplace; the health care system
(This special issue belongs to the Section Law and Gender Issues)
Repelling Asylum-Seekers in Europe? Asylum-Seekers as an “Anomaly” in EU and UK Migration Laws and Policies
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submission deadline 30 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 16 | Submission Open
Keywords: EU asylum and migration law; EU Member States' asylum and immigration law; UK asylum and immigration law; asylum-seekers; refugee experience; externalisation; push-backs; border violence
Developments in International Insolvency Law: Trends and Challenges
edited by Rebecca Parry
submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 370 | Submission Open
Keywords: insolvency law; bankruptcies; cross-border insolvencies; stakeholders
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