Journal of Legal History

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Legal History , founded in 1980, is the only British journal concerned solely with legal history.

It publishes articles in English on the sources and development of the common law, both in the British Isles and overseas, on the history of the laws of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, and on Roman Law and the European legal tradition.

There is a section for shorter research notes, review-articles, and a wide-ranging section of reviews of recent literature.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.4
2024	0.60

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	30112

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	18

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.101

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q4

h-index

Year	Value
2024	17

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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
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities and 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.

• Capitalism without the capitalist: The joint stock company share and the emergence of the modern doctrine of separate corporate personality

  Citation: 57

  Authors: Paddy

• Insurance Litigation Involving the<i>Zong</i>and Other British Slave Ships, 1780–1807

  Citation: 22

  Authors: James

• The history of imprisonment for debt and its relation to the development of discharge in bankruptcy∗

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Jay

• The commercial application of the law of mortmain

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Chantal

• The<i>Zong</i>in the Context of the Eighteenth-Century Slave Trade

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Jane

• Martin Dockray and the<i>Zong</i>: a Tribute in the Form of a Chronology

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Andrew

• The idea of a trust in Zoroastrian law

  Citation: 13

  Authors: János

• The Negotiability of Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange in the Time of Chief Justice Holt

  Citation: 13

  Authors: Matthew

• <i>The english and American history of voluntary intoxication to negate</i>Mens Rea

  Citation: 12

  Authors: David

• The decline of civil jury trial in nineteenth-century England

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Conor

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