Aims and Scope

JLGRS aims to advance informed debate about how legal rules, institutions and regulatory choices affect accountability, rights, public decision-making and social outcomes.

Areas of interest

• Constitutional and administrative law; judicial review; separation of powers; access to justice.
• Public governance, accountability, public procurement, transparency and anti-corruption.
• Regulatory theory, regulatory impact assessment, compliance and enforcement.
• Corporate governance, commercial law, competition, consumer protection and financial regulation.
• Human rights, equality, labour law, social protection and migration governance.
• International law, comparative law, international institutions and transnational regulation.
• Technology law, data protection, artificial intelligence governance and digital markets.
• Environmental law, sustainability, energy regulation and climate governance.
• Health regulation, professional regulation and the governance of public services.

Approaches and contributions

The journal considers original research, critical reviews, case notes, legislative and policy analyses, and scholarly commentaries. Interdisciplinary submissions are welcome when their contribution to law, governance or regulatory studies is explicit.

Authors should specify the jurisdiction, time period, source selection and analytical approach. Empirical studies must explain their research design. Descriptive summaries without a developed scholarly argument, promotional material and unsupported legal assertions fall outside the journal’s scope.