The journal of the ANZLHS is law&history.
law&history is a journal focusing on the finest scholarship in legal history. It is a fully refereed journal, with a focus on original research and important contributions to scholarship. We welcome submissions on any topics pertaining to law and history. We encourage material on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific, but are also interested in international scholarship in the field.
We ask that articles conform to the Style Guide, have an abstract attached, and be emailed to lawandhistory@uq.edu.au. law&history is published twice a year.
Peer Review Statement
All research articles in this journal undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process, based on initial editor screening and refereeing by at least two anonymous reviewers. All articles are reviewed by the Editorial Board, with final decisions resting with the Editors. The editors also review book and exhibition reviews before publication.
Please note that the society used to publish a separate journal, the Australian and New Zealand Law & History E-journal, which included a mix of refereed and unrefereed papers presented during the society’s conference proceedings. Past issues of this discontinued journal can be found through Austlii.
Subscription: email: shaunnagh.dorsett@uts.edu.au for hardcopy. Cost AUD50 pa / NZD 55 pa (two editions per year). The journal also can be accessed via Heinonline, EBSCO and Informit.
Editorial Committee and International Advisory Board
Contents: Past and current editions:
[2022] 9:2 law&history Special Issue: Juries and Gender
[2022] 9:1 law&history General Issue
[2021] 8:2 law&history Special Issue: Sovereignty
[2021] 8:1 law&history General Issue
[2020] 7:2 law&history Special Issue: Spaces of Law
[2020] 7:1 law&history General Issue
[2019] 6:2 law&history Special Issue: Archive Encounters
[2019] 6:1 law&history General Issue
[2018] 5:2 law&history Special Issue: The Criminal Trial in Australia
[2018] 5:1 law&history General Issue
[2017] 4:2 law&history Special Issue: Gender, Intimacy, and Colonial Violence
[2017] 4:1 law&history General Issue
[2016] 3 law&history General Issue
[2015] 2 law&history Special Issue: Gender and Intersections
[2014] 1 law&history General Issue
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