Legal History Review

Aims & Scope

The Legal History Review, inspired by E.M.

Meijers, is a peer-reviewed journal and was founded in 1918 by a number of Dutch jurists, who set out to stimulate scholarly interest in legal history in their own country and also to provide a centre for international cooperation in the subject.

This has gradually been achieved through the years.

The Review had already become one of the leading internationally known periodicals in the field before 1940.

Since 1950 when it emerged under Belgo-Dutch editorship its position strengthened.

Much attention is paid not only to the common foundations of the western legal tradition but also to the special, frequently divergent development of national law in the various countries belonging to, or influenced by it.

Modern and contemporary, as well as ancient and medieval history is considered.

Roman law and its later development, as well as canon law, have always been particularly important; in addition the history of the English Common Law has been extensively studied.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.1

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.143

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	12

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	25056

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	15

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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.

• Petrus Brito, the author of the apparatus Ecce vicit leo?

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Anne

• Infirmitas Sexus: Womanly Weakness in Roman Law

  Citation: 26

  Authors: Suzanne

• La Penetration Du Droit Savant Dans Les Coutumiers Angevins Et Bretons Au Moyen Age

  Citation: 12

  Authors: J. Ph.

• Il Giudice Testimone e uNa "Qvaestio" Di Jacques De Revigny (Ms Bon. Coll. Hisp. 82)

  Citation: 12

  Authors: Domenico

• Die Erstausgabe Der Sogenannten Lectura Institutionum Des Pierre De Belleperche

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Peter

• Modern constitutionalism, An introduction to a history in need of writing

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Horst

• The historical development of the Civil Law tradition in China: a private law perspective

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Chen

• Les Peines Arbitraires Du Xiiie Au Xviiie Siècle (Doctrines Savantes Et Usages Français)

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Bernard

• Il Dictionarium Iuris Di Jacques De Revigny

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Giuliana

• Aspects of Privacy in the Civil Law

  Citation: 10

  Authors: M.D.

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