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Law & Policy Template

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About the Law & Policy format

Law & Policy is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Regulation and Compliance Studies, Judicial and Constitutional Studies, Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems.

PublisherWiley
Reference styleAuthor–year (Chicago)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, Ada, Ben Jones, and Cara Lee. 2023. "A Representative Article Title." Law & Policy 12 (3): 45–58.

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Publishes research inRegulation and Compliance Studies Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Crime Patterns and Interventions
ISSN0265-8240
Citation impact (2-yr)2.25
h-index77
i10-index450
Total citations23,669
Article processing charge$3,040
Top institutions publishing hereAustralian National University
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
You getA submission-ready PDF and the editable LaTeX source — ready to submit.

Papers published in Law & Policy per year

17
2014
20
2015
26
2016
28
2017
26
2018
25
2019
22
2020
23
2021
27
2022
36
2023
30
2024
18
2025

Citation impact of Law & Policy by publication year

422
2014
641
2015
481
2016
490
2017
333
2018
264
2019
160
2020
85
2021
166
2022
103
2023
116
2024
10
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Law & Policy

Subsistence Emissions and Luxury Emissions

Henry Shue · 1 Jan 1993

In order to decide whether a comprehensive treaty covering all greenhouse gases is the best next step after UNCED, one needs to distinguish among the four questions about the international justice of such international arrangements: (1) What is a fair allocation of the costs of preventing the global warming that is still avoidable?; (2) What…

Industry Self‐Regulation: An Institutional Perspective

Neil Gunningham, Joseph Rees · 1 Oct 1997

Throughout the advanced countries of the world self‐regulatory regimes are being introduced. This article suggests that, at least in some contexts, industry self‐regulation can be an effective and efficient means of social control that has been largely ignored by economics (which has a focus on individual rather than group behavior) and prematurely discounted by mainstream…

Regulatory Pluralism: Designing Policy Mixes for Environmental Protection

Neil Gunningham, Darren Sinclair · 1 Jan 1999

One of the most important strategies for protecting the environment is regulation, yet our present regulatory system is often not up to the task. An excessive reliance on “single instrument” approaches is misguided, because all instruments have strengths and weaknesses, and because none are sufficiently flexible and resilient to be able to successfully address all…

Really Responsive Risk-Based Regulation

Julia Black, Richard Baldwin · 15 Mar 2010

Regulators in a number of countries are increasingly developing “risk-based” strategies to manage their resources, and their reputations as “risk-based regulators” have become much lauded by regulatory reformers. This widespread endorsement of risk-based regulation, together with the experience of regulatory failure, prompts us to consider how risk-based regulators can attune the logics of risk analyses…

Self‐Regulation Versus Command and Control? Beyond False Dichotomies

Darren Sinclair · 1 Oct 1997

The search for regulatory alternatives to command and control has led many commentators to promote, or at least contemplate, the use of self‐regulation to improve the environmental performance of industry. However, much of the current debate has been characterized by a choice between two mutually exclusive policy options: “strict” command and control on one hand,…

Law & Policy template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Law & Policy format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Law & Policy template. When you export, DocuGuru compiles the paper into the official Wiley format and hands you a submission-ready PDF along with the editable LaTeX source.
What reference style does Law & Policy use?
Law & Policy uses Author–year (Chicago) 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." Law & Policy 12 (3): 45–58.
Do I need to know LaTeX to submit to Law & Policy?
No. DocuGuru generates the USG LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a Wiley-ready Law & Policy 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 & Policy template?
Yes. Paste or upload your current manuscript — Word, LaTeX, Markdown, or plain text — and DocuGuru reflows it into the Law & Policy format with correct headings, figures, tables, and author–year citations.
Who publishes Law & Policy?
Law & Policy is a multidisciplinary journal published by Wiley. DocuGuru's Law & Policy template matches Wiley's official submission format.
Can I export a submission-ready Law & Policy PDF?
Yes — DocuGuru produces a PDF built with the official Law & Policy template (the USG class) that is ready to submit to Wiley, together with the matching LaTeX source files.
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