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| Discipline | International law |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Tobias Lutzi |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2001-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Biannually |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Oxf. Univ. Commonw. Law J. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1472-9342 |
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The Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (OUCLJ) is a postgraduate-edited international and comparative law journal from the University of Oxford's Faculty of Law, covering the study of legal trends and developments within and between Commonwealth jurisdictions.
The journal includes articles, case notes and book reviews. Case notes critically analyse and evaluate rulings from the House of Lords, the Privy Council, and the national courts of the Commonwealth States.
The OUCLJ was for its first decade published by Hart Publishing but moved to Taylor & Francis in 2015. [2] It is the flagship journal of the University of Oxford's postgraduate law community, designed for contributions from academics, professionals and policy-makers, wherever situated, on matters of current interest to Commonwealth legal systems. Created in 2001, the journal provides a forum for international debate on both private and public law topics. Some pieces are explicitly comparative in orientation, while others concern a single jurisdiction only. All pieces published in the OUCLJ are selected on the basis that they are likely to be of interest to a larger Commonwealth audience. Submissions for publication are double-blind peer reviewed. [3] The journal is financially assisted by the Rhodes Trust.
The journal is supported by a board of patrons consisting of current or former judges from Commonwealth jurisdictions, [4] namely:
Sophia Akuffo, Lady Hale, and Mumbi Ngugi were appointed in 2017, following the passing of Lord Goff. [5]
