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About the Ratio Juris format

Ratio Juris is a peer-reviewed journal published by Wiley, covering Judicial and Constitutional Studies, Political Philosophy and Ethics, Law in Society and Culture.

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

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Publishes research inJudicial and Constitutional Studies Political Philosophy and Ethics Law in Society and Culture Legal principles and applications Free Will and Agency
ISSN0952-1917
Citation impact (2-yr)0.54
h-index53
i10-index309
Total citations15,316
Article processing charge$2,630
Top institutions publishing hereChristian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Journal websiteonlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Papers published in Ratio Juris per year

37
2014
40
2015
52
2016
39
2017
43
2018
40
2019
41
2020
36
2021
36
2022
33
2023
29
2024
26
2025

Citation impact of Ratio Juris by publication year

367
2014
254
2015
266
2016
156
2017
271
2018
105
2019
103
2020
53
2021
49
2022
27
2023
17
2024
16
2025

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

Most-cited papers in Ratio Juris

Democracy and Disagreement

Alain Boyer · 1 Mar 1995

Abstract. According to Popper's critical rationalism, the possibility of disagreement is at the heart of open societies. If this is assumed to be true, is it not illiberal to try to justify principles of justice, which can be regarded as the subject of an unending collective deliberation? I suggest that it is not, using an…

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The Ethics of Care, Dependence, and Disability*

Eva Feder Kittay · 22 Feb 2011

Abstract According to the most important theories of justice, personal dignity is closely related to independence, and the care that people with disabilities receive is seen as a way for them to achieve the greatest possible autonomy. However, human beings are naturally subject to periods of dependency, and people without disabilities are only “temporarily abled.”…

Reflections on Habermas on Democracy

Joshua Cohen · 1 Dec 1999

Jürgen Habermas is a radical democrat. The source of that self‐designation is that his conception of democracy—what he calls “discursive democracy”—is founded on the ideal of “a self‐organizing community of free and equal citizens,” coordinating their collective affairs through their common reason. The author discusses three large challenges to this radical‐democratic ideal of collective self‐regulation:…

On Balancing and Subsumption. A Structural Comparison

Robert Alexy · 20 Nov 2003

The formal structure of subsumption may be represented in a deductive scheme, which one might call the “Subsumption Formula.” The author argues that there is an analogous scheme for the formal structure of balancing or weighing, which he terms the “Weight Formula.” In short, subsumption and balancing have comparable schemata, through which the formal structure…

Depoliticizing Democracy

Philip Pettit · 25 Feb 2004

Abstract. It is now widely accepted as an ideal that democracy should be as deliberative as possible. Democracy should not involve a tussle between different interest groups or lobbies in which the numbers matter more than the arguments. And it should not be a system in which the only arguments that matter are those that…

Ratio Juris template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the Ratio Juris format?
In DocuGuru you write your manuscript in a normal editor — no LaTeX setup required — and select the Ratio Juris 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 Ratio Juris use?
Ratio Juris 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." Ratio Juris 12 (3): 45–58.
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