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About the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies format

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies is a peer-reviewed journal published by Oxford University Press, covering Legal principles and applications, Judicial and Constitutional Studies, Law in Society and Culture.

PublisherOxford University Press
Reference styleAuthor–year (OUP)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inLegal principles and applications Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law in Society and Culture Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction
ISSN0143-6503
Citation impact (2-yr)1.95
h-index82
i10-index658
Total citations31,776
Article processing charge$3,395
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Oxford
Journal websiteojls.oxfordjournals.org
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Papers published in Oxford Journal of Legal Studies per year

30
2014
41
2015
37
2016
22
2017
41
2018
32
2019
61
2020
51
2021
32
2022
27
2023
44
2024
40
2025

Citation impact of Oxford Journal of Legal Studies by publication year

626
2014
903
2015
731
2016
355
2017
847
2018
224
2019
661
2020
583
2021
105
2022
113
2023
135
2024
57
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

The Idea Of An Overlapping Consensus

John Rawls · 1 Jan 1987

Journal Article The Idea Of An Overlapping Consensus Get access JOHN RAWLS JOHN RAWLS *Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 7, Issue 1, SPRING 1987, Pages 1–25, https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/7.1.1 Published: 01 March 1987

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Damages for Breach of Contract: Compensation, Restitution and Vindication

David Pearce, Roger Halson · 17 Jan 2008

In this article we examine the role which vindication plays in contract damages. Vindication describes the making good of a right by the award of an adequate remedy. We argue that, while the primary purpose of compensation is to provide an indemnity for loss, an award of compensatory damages will nevertheless generally vindicate the right…

Justice and nature

Thomas Nagel · 1 Jun 1997

Justice and Nature THOMAS NAGEL THOMAS NAGEL **School of Law, New York UniversityNY, USA Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Volume 17, Issue 2, Summer 1997, Pages 303–321, https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/17.2.303 Published: 01 July 1997

Statutory Lawlessness and Supra-Statutory Law (1946)

Gustav Radbruch · 1 Jan 2006

(trs. Bonnie Litschewski Paulson and Stanley L. Paulson) By means of two maxims, ‘An order is an order’ and ‘a law is a law’, National Socialism contrived to bind its followers to itself, soldiers and jurists respectively. The former tenet was always restricted in its applicability; soldiers had no obligation to obey orders serving criminal…

Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Clare McGlynn, Erika Rackley · 13 Dec 2016

Advances in technology have transformed and expanded the ways in which sexual violence can be perpetrated. One new manifestation of such violence is the non-consensual creation and/or distribution of private sexual images: what we conceptualise as ‘image-based sexual abuse’. This article delineates the scope of this new concept and identifies the individual and collective harms…

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