Fundamina

Aims & Scope

Fundamina is a peer-refereed journal that is published biannually as the mouthpiece of the Southern African Society of Legal Historians.

In this journal, academics and practitioners from South Africa and abroad have the opportunity to exchange ideas on a wide range of legal-historical issues.

The focus is on the ancient and modern, external and internal legal history of all families of law and is not limited to South or southern African legal history.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.119

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	2

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	27401

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• A historical exposition of spatial injustice and segregated urban settlement in South Africa

  Citation: 47

  Authors: Margot

• The emergence of law in ancient Egypt: The role of Maat

  Citation: 7

  Authors: NJ

• Private schools in South African legal history

  Citation: 2

  Authors: DM

• History of the dispossession of the rights in land of pastoral indigenous communities in the cape colony from 1652 to 1910

  Citation: 2

  Authors: JN

• The basic tenets of intestate (customary) succession law in Ancient Egypt

  Citation: 2

  Authors: NJ

• Criminalisation of damage to property by South African common-law crimes

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Shannon

• The history and nature of the right to institute a private prosecution in South Africa

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Jamil Ddamulira

• The power to remove company directors from office: historical and philosophical roots

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Rehana

• Perficio emptionis in case of a sale of wine in Roman law

  Citation: 2

  Authors: Petr

• Race and nation. On ius sanguinis and the origins of a racist national perspective

  Citation: 1

  Authors: Carlos Amunátegui

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