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Law and History Review Template

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About the Law and History Review format

Law and History Review is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering American Constitutional Law and Politics, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation.

PublisherCambridge University Press
Reference styleNumbered
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
[1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Law and History Review 12 (2023) 45–58.

Formats any DOI in the closest standard style — Law and History Review has no published style definition, so this is an approximation. No sign-up.

Publishes research inAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Human auditory perception and evaluation Judicial and Constitutional Studies Colonialism, slavery, and trade
ISSN0738-2480
Citation impact (2-yr)0.3
h-index48
i10-index339
Total citations12,126
Top institutions publishing hereAmerican Bar Foundation
Journal websitejournals.cambridge.org
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Papers published in Law and History Review per year

69
2014
90
2015
67
2016
64
2017
69
2018
81
2019
65
2020
67
2021
68
2022
64
2023
47
2024
76
2025

Citation impact of Law and History Review by publication year

421
2014
246
2015
227
2016
261
2017
246
2018
232
2019
82
2020
80
2021
95
2022
81
2023
17
2024
32
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Law and History Review

The Strange Career of the Illegal Alien: Immigration Restriction and Deportation Policy in the United States, 1921–1965

Mae M. Ngai · 1 Jan 2003

In January 1930 officials of the Bureau of Immigration testified about the Border Patrol before a closed session of the House Immigration Committee. Henry Hull, the commissioner general of immigration, explained that the Border Patrol did not operate “on the border line” but as far as one hundred miles “back of the line.” The Border…

Acquiring Empire by Law: From Roman Doctrine to Early Modern European Practice

Lauren Benton, Benjamin Straumann · 1 Feb 2010

What role did the Roman legal concept of res nullius (things without owners), or the related concept of terra nullius (land without owners), play in the context of early modern European expansion? Scholars have provided widely different answers to this question. Some historians have argued that European claims based on terra nullius became a routine…

Codification and the Rule of Colonial Difference: Criminal Procedure in British India

Elizabeth Kolsky · 1 Jan 2005

On July 10, 1833, an aspiring young English lawyer named Thomas Babington Macaulay stood before the Parliament and presented an impassioned argument about the future role of British governance in India. Whereas in Europe, as Macaulay saw it, “The people are everywhere perfectly competent to hold some share, not in every country an equal share,…

Why<i>Terra Nullius?</i>Anthropology and Property Law in Early Australia

Stuart Banner · 1 Jan 2005

The British treated Australia as terra nullius —as unowned land. Under British colonial law, aboriginal Australians had no property rights in the land, and colonization accordingly vested ownership of the entire continent in the British government. The doctrine of terra nullius remained the law in Australia throughout the colonial period, and indeed right up to…

The American Law Institute and the Triumph of Modernist Jurisprudence

G. Edward White · 1 Jan 1997

In most studies of the early twentieth-century emergence of a modern conception of law in America, the formation of the American Law Institute in 1923 is not highlighted. One might point to academic literature advocating a “sociological” approach to judicial decision making, or a behavioralist approach to the work of judges, or the reorganization of…

Law and History Review template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Law and History Review format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Law and History Review template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Cambridge University Press format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Law and History Review use?
Law and History Review uses Numbered references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: [1] A. Smith, B. Jones, and C. Lee, A representative article title, Law and History Review 12 (2023) 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Law and History Review?
No. DocuGuru generates the null LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Cambridge University Press-ready Law and History Review document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
Can I import an existing draft into the Law and History Review template?
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Who publishes Law and History Review?
Law and History Review is a multidisciplinary journal published by Cambridge University Press. DocuGuru's Law and History Review template matches Cambridge University Press's official submission format.
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