Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal

Journal overview

The Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal ( OUCLJ) is the flagship journal of Oxford University's postgraduate law community, produced under the aegis of the Law Faculty. It is published twice-yearly and endeavours to foster international academic debate and exchange on a wide range of legal topics of interest throughout the Commonwealth. The OUCLJ welcomes contributions from academic lawyers, practitioners and policy-makers, wherever situated. It publishes articles which are concerned with a single jurisdiction as well as those which undertake a comparative analysis, with an emphasis on black letter law rather than legal theory. All pieces are double anonymized-refereed. The OUCLJ enjoys the support of a strong group of patrons from across the Commonwealth, including The Hon Sophia Akuffo (Ghana), The Hon Edwin Cameron (South Africa), The Hon Justice Edelman (Australia), The Right Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond (UK), The Hon Kenneth Hayne AC QC (Australia), The Right Hon Sir Kenneth Keith (New Zealand), Lady Justice Ngugi (Nairobi), The Hon Sujata Vasant Manohar (India), The Hon Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ (Hong Kong), The Hon Robert Sharpe (Canada), The Hon Chief Justice Smellie (Cayman Islands).

Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal.

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