Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Aims & Scope

Adapting a more expansive understanding of “legal scholarship,” the OHLJ’s policy is to publish papers about law as much as of law.

Although traditional forms of scholarship will be retained and encouraged, a greater range and style of writing will be actively pursued and published.

The ambition is to make the Journal into a forum for the exchange and expression of new ideas about law in all its manifestations and meanings, both theoretical and practical.

The criterion of publication will be quality and originality, not orientation or orthodoxy.  The Journal has earned a reputation for excellence in publishing scholarly articles that represent a wide range of perspectives about law and legal institutions and for providing thorough, meticulous, and efficient editorial services to our authors.

We aim to provide an interdisciplinary forum for legal innovation and for provocative approaches to legal knowledge.

This ambitious mandate distinguishes us from other law journals and legal publications.

We focus on publishing articles that present new theoretical generalizations, report empirical findings, or address the impact of legal developments on issues of social, political, or economic importance from a wide array of disciplinary and ideological perspectives.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Apc url
• License

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Social Sciences, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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