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Global Threats in the Illegal Wildlife Trade and Advances in Response

edited by Nicholas Pamment and Anne-Marie Weeden

submission deadline 30 Nov 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1888 | Submission Open

Keywords: wildlife crime; illegal wildlife trade; conservation social sciences; conservation criminology; green criminology; environmental justice

(This special issue belongs to the Section Criminal Justice Issues)

The Anticorruption Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (APUNCAC)

edited by

Stuart S. Yeh

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 10 articles | Viewed by 62150 | Submission Open

Keywords: public international law; rule of law; international governance; international justice; corruption; anticorruption; human rights; financial crime; offshore banking

Rethinking Human Rights

edited by Jason Rudall

submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1892 | Submission Open

Keywords: public international law; human rights; rights of nature; international environmental law; international economic law; development; international courts and tribunals; dispute settlement

(This special issue belongs to the Section Human Rights Issues)

AI and Its Influence: Legal and Religious Perspectives

edited by Michael Broyde and Whittney Barth

submission deadline 15 Jan 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 7471 | Submission Open

Keywords: artificial intelligence; religion; law; authority; legal systems

Energy Jurisprudence

edited by Okechukwu Aholu

submission deadline 31 Jan 2025 | Viewed by 221 | Submission Open

Keywords: energy law; energy transition; sustainable development; climate change; energy governance; green financing; regulatory strategies in the energy sector; decommissioning of energy installations; energy taxation; CSR in the energy sector

(This special issue belongs to the Section Environmental Law Issues)

Land Law and Policy

edited by Martin Dixon and David Sawtell

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 260 | Submission Open

Keywords: land law; policy; private law; equity; family law; environmental law; land registration; mortgages; strata title; leasehold

ESG Criteria and Taxation: A Comparative Survey

edited by

Marco Greggi

submission deadline 15 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 213 | Submission Open

Keywords: ESG; taxation; tax policy; sustainability; OECD; international tax

Cultural Contours of Justice: Law and Crime Narratives in Popular Imagination

edited by Dimitris Akrivos and Alexandros Antoniou

submission deadline 15 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 500 | Submission Open

Keywords: law and popular culture; cultural criminology; true crime; ethics; justice; identity; vigilantism; representation; media effects; crime narratives

(This special issue belongs to the Section Criminal Justice Issues)

Cybercrime in Global and National Dimensions: Challenges, Impacts, and Solutions

edited by

Kyung-Shick Choi

submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | 2 articles | Viewed by 3080 | Submission Open

Keywords: cybercrime dynamics; global– national impact; legal frameworks; prevention strategies; technological solutions

An Evaluation of Gang Intervention Strategies

edited by Justin J. Joseph

submission deadline 15 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 134 | Submission Open

Keywords: gang membership; gang interventions; criminal justice

The Shifting Sands of Refugee Protection: Normativity, Crisis, and Contemporary UK Asylum

edited by Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler, Alex Powell and Raawiyah Rifath

submission deadline 30 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 13 | Submission Open

Keywords: UK asylum; vulnerability; refugees; RSD

Harmonisation of Intellectual Property Rules: A Path Towards Global Integration?

edited by

Suelen Carls

submission deadline 15 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 105 | Submission Open

Keywords: intellectual property (IP) harmonisation; globalisation; cross-border trade; innovation; investment; legal frameworks; TRIPS agreement; regional IP strategies; technology access; development; competition; public interest; economic blocs; policy design; international collaboration

Regulating Mental Health: Crossing the Rubicon between Care and Control

edited by

Nicola Glover-Thomas

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 716 | Submission Open

(This special issue belongs to the Section Health Law Issues)

The Other Side of Tort Liability: When the System Doesn’t Seem to Work

edited by Prue Vines

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 173 | Submission Open

Keywords: tort law; tort liability; compensation law

Disparities of Justice: Unequal Outcomes, Racial and Gender Bias, and Law in the Twenty-First Century

edited by Tyson King-Meadows

submission deadline 12 Aug 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 783 | Submission Open

Keywords: inequalities in law enforcement; racial and ethnic politics; unequal outcomes; administrative law; socioeconomic inequality; disparate treatment; lawsuits about protecting the civil rights and liberties of minorities

(This special issue belongs to the Section Criminal Justice Issues)

Law and Gender Justice

edited by Suvarna Cherukuri and Sitawa R. Kimuna

submission deadline 15 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 125 | Submission Open

Keywords: gender-based violence; bodily integrity and sexual autonomy; the criminal justice system; the workplace; the health care system

(This special issue belongs to the Section Law and Gender Issues)

Developments in International Insolvency Law: Trends and Challenges

edited by Rebecca Parry

submission deadline 15 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 342 | Submission Open

Keywords: insolvency law; bankruptcies; cross-border insolvencies; stakeholders

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