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Author Guidelines

JLL invites original high-quality papers from all disciplines, especially linguistics, law, philosophy, media and communication sciences. Submissions are considered and accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year, following a double-blind peer review process that usually involves reviewers from the fields of law and linguistics. To submit a paper, please log in or register for the submission system at the top of this page. For any questions regarding the submission process, please contact the managing editor.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • Authors pledge to publish with JLL should their submission be accepted. If it is simultaneously considered by another outlet, this is explained in the "Comments to the Editor" below.
  • The submission is in .pdf format suitable for peer review, meaning any identifying personal information and metadata have been removed. It either adheres to the JLL template or will be reformatted accordingly upon acceptance.
  • To ensure transparency and reproducibility of research hypotheses, all relevant data must be made available to the reviewers in an appropriate form. These data should be submitted in separate files with the article to be reviewed.
  • The submission has not been previously published and adheres to all of JLL's standards of scientific integrity.
  • The supplementary files contain the non-anonymized version of the submission, in a common word processor format (such as .doc, .docx, .rtf or .odt) suitable for editorial processing.

Copyright Notice

JLL adheres to a strict platinum Open Access policy. Authors who publish with this journal agree to grant the journal a right of first publication and to simultaneously license their work under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) that allows others to share the work, acknowledging the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Authors retain copyright and a right to non-exclusively distribute the journal's published version of the work (e.g., by posting it to institutional repositories), in compliance with CC BY.

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Sections

Research Articles

JLL research articles must provide a substantial novel contribution to the field of language and law, at a length of 8,000-10,000 words. Articles are judged on the merits of their methodological soundness, credibility and the plausibility of their results.

Forum: Comments and Reviews

JLL welcomes comments and reviews on books, prior JLL articles and other publications of interest to the scientific community. These contributions should contain 1,500-2,000 words and are subject to an editorial peer-review only.

Reports: Society and Academia

JLL welcomes reports on recent developments in society related to language and law, about conferences and other events in the field. These reports should contain 1,500–2,000 words and are subject to an editorial peer-review only.