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Volume 68,
Issue 3,
23 March 2026

About the International Journal of Law and Management

The International Journal of Law and Management presents the latest research on policy, practice and theoretical perspectives and their impact on the development and leadership of organisations.

This journal was previously published as Managerial Law until 2007. Previous ISSN 0309-0558.

Submission information

Accepted manuscript types and word counts

  • Research Paper — up to 9000 words
  • Literature Review — up to 9000 words
  • Conceptual Paper — up to 9000 words
  • Editorial — up to 2000 words
  • Book Review — up to 1500 words

Please see the article types and word counts section on the about this journal page for more information. The word count includes all text, figures and tables. When estimating your total, please allow 280 words for each figure or table. Read more about the article types for this journal.

Reference style

Use the Harvard reference style. Read more about the reference types for this journal.

Keywords

Please include up to 6 short, relevant keywords that describe the main topics of your paper.

Peer review type

Double anonymous peer review. All submissions are sent to at least 2 independent and anonymous reviewers.

Open access options

This is a hybrid journal. Hybrid journals are subscription journals but offer all authors the option to publish their work open access. If you choose to publish open access you will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC). Alternatively you can opt for the green open access route and self-archive your article (at no cost to the author). Read more about our open access options.

Accepted languages

This journal only accepts manuscripts written in UK or US English.

Accepted submission files

Article files should be provided in Microsoft Word format.

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