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Law & Society Review Template

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About the Law & Society Review format

Law & Society Review 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 & Society Review 12 (2023) 45–58.

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

Publishes research inJudicial and Constitutional Studies Law in Society and Culture Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Legal Education and Practice Innovations
ISSN0023-9216
Citation impact (2-yr)1.13
h-index150
i10-index1,262
Total citations102,908
Article processing charge$2,580
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of California, Berkeley
Journal websitewww.cambridge.org
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Papers published in Law & Society Review per year

68
2014
63
2015
70
2016
72
2017
73
2018
71
2019
75
2020
63
2021
56
2022
62
2023
61
2024
66
2025

Citation impact of Law & Society Review by publication year

1.1K
2014
1.1K
2015
1.2K
2016
885
2017
1.1K
2018
848
2019
633
2020
556
2021
341
2022
248
2023
127
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 & Society Review

The Role of Procedural Justice and Legitimacy in Shaping Public Support for Policing

Jason Sunshine, Tom R. Tyler · 30 Jul 2003

This study explores two issues about police legitimacy. The first issue is the relative importance of police legitimacy in shaping public support of the police and policing activities, compared to the importance of instrumental judgments about (1) the risk that people will be caught and sanctioned for wrongdoing, (2) the performance of the police in…

2,935 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Why the “Haves” Come Out Ahead: Speculations on the Limits of Legal Change

Marc Galanter · 1 Jan 1974

This essay attempts to discern some of the general features of a legal system like the American by drawing on (and rearranging) commonplaces and less than systematic gleanings from the literature. The speculative and tentative nature of the assertions here will be apparent and is acknowledged here wholesale to spare myself and the reader repeated…

2,778 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Legal Cynicism and (Subcultural?) Tolerance of Deviance: The Neighborhood Context of Racial Differences

Robert J. Sampson, Dawn Jeglum Bartusch · 1 Jan 1998

We advance here a neighborhood-level perspective on racial differences in legal cynicism, dissatisfaction with police, and the tolerance of various forms of deviance. Our basic premise is that structural characteristics of neighborhoods explain variations in normative orientations about law, criminal justice, and deviance that are often confounded with the demographic characteristics of individuals. Using a…

1,434 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The Emergence and Transformation of Disputes: Naming, Blaming, Claiming . . .

William L. F. Felstiner, Richard Abel, Austin Sarat · 1 Jan 1981

The emergence and transformation of disputes, especially before they enter formal legal institutions, is a neglected topic in the sociology of law. We provide a framework for studying the processes by which unperceived injurious experiences are—or are not—perceived (naming), do or do not become grievances (blaming) and ultimately disputes (claiming), as well as for subsequent…

1,374 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Legal Pluralism

Sally Engle Merry · 1 Jan 1988

The intellectual odyssey of the concept of legal pluralism moves from the discovery of indigenous forms of law among remote African villagers and New Guinea tribesmen to debates concerning the pluralistic qualities of law under advanced capitalism. In the last decade, the concept of legal pluralism has been applied to the study of social and…

1,216 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →

Law & Society Review template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Law & Society Review format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Law & Society 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 & Society Review use?
Law & Society 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 & Society Review 12 (2023) 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Law & Society 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 & Society 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 & Society Review template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Law & Society Review format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
Who publishes Law & Society Review?
Law & Society Review is a multidisciplinary journal published by Cambridge University Press. DocuGuru's Law & Society Review template matches Cambridge University Press's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Law & Society Review PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Law & Society Review template (the null class) that is ready to submit to Cambridge University Press, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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