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Laws Template

Write in a clean editor, then format for Laws in one click — DocuGuru applies the official MDPI template with numbered references and exports a submission-ready PDF plus the editable LaTeX source. Free to start.

About the Laws format

Laws is a peer-reviewed journal published by MDPI, covering Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis, Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Judicial and Constitutional Studies. Over its lifetime it has published 819 papers, which have received 7,192 citations.

PublisherMDPI
Reference styleNumbered (MDPI)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. Laws 2023, 12, 45–58.

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Publishes research inCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Migration, Refugees, and Integration Judicial and Constitutional Studies Human Rights and Development Migration, Health and Trauma
ISSN2075-471X
Citation impact (2-yr)1.99
h-index38
i10-index195
Article processing charge$1,299
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing hereThe University of Melbourne
Journal websitewww.mdpi.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Laws per year

39
2014
40
2015
43
2016
35
2017
36
2018
35
2019
35
2020
97
2021
91
2022
87
2023
80
2024
100
2025

Citation impact of Laws by publication year

522
2014
595
2015
847
2016
361
2017
591
2018
725
2019
380
2020
978
2021
724
2022
311
2023
316
2024
139
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Laws

Disability in a Human Rights Context

Theresia Degener · 25 Aug 2016

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a modern human rights treaty with innovative components. It impacts on disability studies as well as human rights law. Two innovations are scrutinized in this article: the model of disability and the equality and discrimination concepts of the CRPD. It is argued that the…

Slow Fashion in a Fast Fashion World: Promoting Sustainability and Responsibility

Mark K. Brewer · 9 Oct 2019

Through its rapid production methods that supply the latest catwalk styles almost instantaneously to the high street, the fast fashion model has revolutionized the fashion industry, while generating a significant carbon footprint and a host of social concerns. Yet, the law is either slow or ineffective in promoting sustainability in a world obsessed with image…

Circular Economy and Waste in the Fashion Industry

Valentina Jacometti · 31 Oct 2019

The fashion industry has to play an important role in the path towards sustainability and the circular economy. Indeed, the fashion industry is a sector with a high environmental impact; it involves a very long and complicated supply chain, which is associated with large consumption of water and energy, use of chemical substances, water and…

Assumptions of Decision-Making Capacity: The Role Supporter Attitudes Play in the Realisation of Article 12 for People with Severe or Profound Intellectual Disability

Joanne Watson · 19 Feb 2016

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) was the first legally binding instrument explicitly focused on how human rights apply to people with disability. Amongst their obligations, consistent with the social model of disability, the Convention requires signatory nations to recognise that “…persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an…

Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing at the Cross-Roads of the Human Right to Science and International Biodiversity Law

Elisa Morgera · 21 Dec 2015

As the debate about the need to clarify the content of the human right to science intensifies, this article assesses opportunities for opening a scholarly and policy dialogue on fair and equitable benefit-sharing between international human rights and biodiversity lawyers. To that end, the article contrasts the emerging conceptualizations of the right to science in…

Laws template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Laws format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Laws template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official MDPI format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Laws use?
Laws uses Numbered (MDPI) 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. Smith, A.; Jones, B.; Lee, C. A Representative Article Title. Laws 2023, 12, 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Laws?
No. DocuGuru generates the mdpi LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a MDPI-ready Laws 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 Laws template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Laws format with correct headings, figures, tables, and numbered citations.
What is Laws?
Laws - MDPI Journal. It is a multidisciplinary journal, published by MDPI.
Can I export a submission-ready Laws PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Laws template (the mdpi class) that is ready to submit to MDPI, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
How much does the Laws template cost?
You can start writing in the Laws template for free. Exporting the final submission-ready Laws PDF and LaTeX source is part of DocuGuru's paid plans — see the app for current pricing.
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