- Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal
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Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal 
Discipline International law Language English Edited by Stephen Dimelow Publication details Publisher Hart Publishing (United Kingdom) Publication history 2001-present Frequency Biannually Indexing ISSN 1472-9342 Links The Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal is a postgraduate-edited international and comparative law journal from the University of Oxford Faculty of Law, covering the study of legal trends and developments within and between Commonwealth jurisdictions.
Contents
Content
The journal includes articles, case notes and book reviews. Case notes critically analyse and evaluate rulings from the House of Lords, the Privy Council, the national courts of the Commonwealth States, the European Court of Justice, and the European Court of Human Rights.
Topics of recent articles
- Comparative: good faith; agency; consideration; legitimate expectation; equity and unregistered land rights; recovery of economy loss in negligence; the Westminster system; breach of trust; comparative models of constitutionalism; unjust enrichment;[1] rights of survivorship; violence in professional sport; entrapment; Internet libel.
- Africa: state liability in Botswana; economic development in Ghana; policing in Kenya; management of land in Nigeria; extrajudicial services of judges in South Africa; corporate insolvency in Zambia.
- Asia: human rights litigation in Hong Kong; confidentiality regarding HIV/AIDS in India; case-management in Singapore.
- The Americas: capital punishment in the Caribbean; freedom of religious expression in Canada.
- Oceania: native title in Australia; the rule of law in Fiji; jurisprudential theory in New Zealand; divorce in the Solomon Islands.
Organisation
The OUCLJ is published biannually by Hart Publishing in collaboration with the Faculty of Law. Its editorial board comprises a General Editor and four Supervising Editors, assisted by up to twenty Associate Editors.[2] The 2011-12 General Editor of the Journal is Stephen Dimelow. Submissions for publication are double blind reviewed.[3] The journal is financially assisted by the Rhodes Trust and supported by a board of patrons consisting of current or former judges from Commonwealth jurisdictions.[4]
References
- ^ Tang Hang Wu, Natural Obligations and the Common Law of Unjust Enrichment (2006) 6 OUCLJ 133 (free download)
- ^ "Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal - Editorial Posts". http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ouclj/ed_posts.html. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ "oxford law - official faculty publications". University of Oxford. http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/published/ouclj.shtml. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
- ^ "Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal - Board of Patrons". http://users.ox.ac.uk/~ouclj/patrons.html. Retrieved 2009-03-19.
External links
Categories:- British law journals
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