Criminal Law Review

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The Criminal Law Review (Crim LR) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Sweet & Maxwell. It is the leading [1] journal of criminal law in England and Wales providing both scholarly analysis and practitioner updates.

Contents

The journal holds significant influence in both academic and professional circles, and is curated to “keep criminal lawyers up to date with new developments in law and practice” while also advancing scholarly debate. [2]

Overview

The journal's editorial scope spans the full spectrum of criminal law and criminal justice, with a primary focus on the law of England and Wales (and coverage of UK-wide issues). [3] It is indexed by the Washington and Lee Law School. [4]

History

The first issue was published January 1954. Its founding editors were John Burke and Peter Allsop.

The first article was written by Glanville Williams: The Requisites of a Valid Arrest [1954] Crim.L.R. 5. [5]

General editors

Reception

The periodical was reviewed by The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal, [6] Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review, [7] The Solicitors' Journal, [8] The British Journal of Delinquency, [9] Queensland Justice of the Peace and Local Authorities' Journal [10] and South African Law Journal. [11]

The 1960 Special Issue on Violence was reviewed by The Solicitors Journal. [12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ James Griffiths (ed). Advanced Criminal Litigation in Practice. (City Law School). Ninth Edition. Oxford University Press. 2010. p 4.
  2. ↑ https://www.wildy.com/isbn/0011-135X/the-criminal-law-review-issues-only-journal-sweet-maxwell-ltd#:~:text=Annual%20Subscription%3A%2012%20issues
  3. ↑ [1954] Crim.L.R. 1
  4. ↑ "Criminal Law Review". PULP Guide: Where to publish Articles on the Law. Second Edition. Pretoria University Law Press. 2009. p 22, read with pp 5 & 6.
  5. ↑ "Glanville Williams" (1997) 56 Cambridge Law Journal 437 at 454 and 462
  6. ↑ "Reviews" (1954) 88 The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal 81 (27 March 1954)
  7. ↑ "Reviews" (1954) 118 Justice of the Peace and Local Government Review 92 (6 February 1954)
  8. ↑ "The Criminal Law Review" (1954) 98 The Solicitors' Journal 34 (16 July 1954)
  9. ↑ "Abstracts and References" (1954) 5 The British Journal of Delinquency 92 and 251
  10. ↑ "New Publications" (1954) 48 Queensland Justice of the Peace and Local Authorities' Journal 34 (31 March 1954)
  11. ↑ "Book Reviews" (1954) 71 South African Law Journal 199
  12. ↑ "Reviews" (1960) 104 The Solicitors Journal 978 (2 December 1960)
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