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Comparative Legal History Template

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Comparative Legal History is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis, covering Historical Legal Studies and Society, Law in Society and Culture, Comparative and International Law Studies.

PublisherTaylor & Francis
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago, T&F)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Comparative Legal History 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inHistorical Legal Studies and Society Law in Society and Culture Comparative and International Law Studies Historical Economic and Legal Thought Judicial and Constitutional Studies
ISSN2049-677X
Citation impact (2-yr)0.22
h-index17
i10-index30
Total citations1,024
Top institutions publishing hereSchlumberger (Ireland)
Journal websitewww.tandfonline.com
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Papers published in Comparative Legal History per year

33
2014
31
2015
21
2016
26
2017
18
2018
45
2019
15
2020
19
2021
22
2022
29
2023
29
2024
38
2025

Citation impact of Comparative Legal History by publication year

47
2014
152
2015
185
2016
137
2017
77
2018
87
2019
61
2020
79
2021
136
2022
9
2023
13
2024
6
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Comparative Legal History

What is global legal history?

Thomas Duve · 2 Jul 2020

Legal history, as developed in nineteenth-century continental Europe, has a national tradition, but also a transnational past. During the last two decades, however, a new field of global legal history has emerged, not least as a response to Eurocentrism, methodological nationalism and the current reality of transnational and global law. In this article, I map…

Immemorial (and native) customs in early modernity: Europe and the Americas

Tamar Herzog · 2 Jan 2021

This text asks how a greater familiarity with European law would change our vision of colonial territories, most particularly, Latin America. Concentrating on the study of immemorial and native customs in both European and American territories, it argues that these customs were not necessarily ancient or authentic. Instead, they authorised making legal exceptions to the…

‘So, you want us to be Englishmen … ’: Jovellanos and British influence on Spain’s first modern parliament (1808–1810)

Ignacio Fernández Sarasola · 2 Jan 2016

The first modern Parliament in Spanish history held its opening session on 24 September 1810 and was known as ‘Cortes de Cádiz’. It was conceived in light of the French Assemblée National pattern, as most members of Spanish liberalism admired French revolutionary political thought. However, an alternative had already been put forward. From 1808 to…

Legal traditions: A dialogue between comparative law and comparative legal history

Thomas Duve · 2 Jan 2018

‘Legal tradition’ is a term frequently used in legal history and comparative law. The increasing interest in global perspectives on law and history, the dialectics inherent in globalisation as such, as well as some tendencies of ‘de-’ and ‘re-tradionalisation’, often enhanced by law, have made legal traditions even more topical. But what does ‘legal tradition’…

Comparative Legal History template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Comparative Legal History format?
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What reference style does Comparative Legal History use?
Comparative Legal History uses Author–year (Chicago, T&F) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Comparative Legal History 12 (3): 45–58.
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