Verfassung und Recht in Ubersee/Law and Politics in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

Aims & Scope

World Comparative Law / VRU analyses developments in constitutional and public law in states and regions outside Europe and North America as well as their regional and international integration.

Founded in 1968 and inspired by the ideals of ‘decolonization’ and fair cooperation, the Journal also has a special interest in the entanglements between ‘Global South’ and ‘Global North’, including the presence of the ‘South in the North’.

Looking beyond the surface of globalization, World Comparative Law / VRU promotes scholarship that uncovers the particularities of legal configurations as well as their interdependencies in an interconnected world.

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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.

• Why Poor People Stay Poor. Urban Bias in World Development

  Citation: 101

  Authors: Michael

• Hagarism. The Making of the Islamic World

  Citation: 79

  Authors: P., M.

• How Nations Behave. Law and Foreign Policy

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Louis

• Poor Numbers – How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do About It (Uzuazo Etemire)

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Morten

• A Philosophy of International Law

  Citation: 70

  Authors: Fernando R.

• Political Order in Changing Societies

  Citation: 60

  Authors: Samuel P.

• Global Problems and World Order

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Robert D., Richard

• The Moral Economy of the Peasant. Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia

  Citation: 39

  Authors: James C.

• Legal Pluralism: An Introduction to Colonial and Neo-Colonial Laws

  Citation: 35

  Authors: M.B.

• Mystical Dimensions of Islam

  Citation: 30

  Authors: A.