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Law & Social Inquiry Template

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About the Law & Social Inquiry format

Law & Social Inquiry is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press, covering Judicial and Constitutional Studies, Law in Society and Culture, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies.

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

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Publishes research inJudicial and Constitutional Studies Law in Society and Culture Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Legal Education and Practice Innovations Legal case studies and regulations
ISSN0897-6546
Citation impact (2-yr)1.18
h-index82
i10-index674
Total citations32,397
Top institutions publishing hereAmerican Bar Foundation
Journal websitewww.cambridge.org
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Papers published in Law & Social Inquiry per year

70
2014
65
2015
102
2016
73
2017
43
2018
78
2019
58
2020
94
2021
71
2022
115
2023
62
2024
66
2025

Citation impact of Law & Social Inquiry by publication year

1.2K
2014
642
2015
1.5K
2016
873
2017
259
2018
760
2019
551
2020
575
2021
230
2022
347
2023
125
2024
54
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Law & Social Inquiry

Social License and Environmental Protection: Why Businesses Go Beyond Compliance

Neil Gunningham, Robert A. Kagan, Dorothy Thornton · 1 Apr 2004

This article examines the concept of the corporate “social license,” which governs the extent to which a corporation is constrained to meet societal expectations and avoid activities that societies (or influential elements within them) deem unacceptable, whether or not those expectations are embodied in law. It examines the social license empirically, as it relates to…

The Purchase of Intimacy

Viviana A. Zelizer · 1 Jan 2000

In their personal lives, people consider it essential to separate economics and intimacy. We have, for example, a long-standing taboo against workplace romance, while we see marital love as different from prostitution because it is not a fundamentally financial exchange. In The Purchase of Intimacy , Viviana Zelizer mounts a provocative challenge to this view.…

Legitimacy, Social Identity, and the Mobilization of Law: The Effects of Assembly Bill 540 on Undocumented Students in California

Leisy J. Abrego · 1 Jan 2008

This article examines the instrumental and constitutive effects of California Assembly Bill 540. The law grants undocumented immigrant students an exemption from out-of-state tuition, thereby making some forms of higher education more accessible. Despite the narrow actionable aspects of the law, it unintentionally legitimizes this disenfranchised group. This longitudinal study of undocumented immigrant youth consists…

Law & Social Inquiry template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Law & Social Inquiry format?
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What reference style does Law & Social Inquiry use?
Law & Social Inquiry 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 & Social Inquiry 12 (2023) 45–58.
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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 & Social Inquiry document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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