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| Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie | |
|---|---|
| Title | Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie |
| Discipline | Legal philosophy; Social philosophy |
| Language | German; English; French |
| Publisher | Franz Steiner Verlag |
| Country | Germany |
| History | 1907–present |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Issn | 0003-9313 |
Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie is a long-established scholarly journal devoted to legal philosophy and social philosophy, publishing articles, essays, and reviews by leading European and international scholars. Founded in the early 20th century, the journal has served as a forum connecting debates from continental thinkers and Anglo-American theorists, attracting submissions from scholars associated with universities, research institutes, and learned societies. It features contributions that engage with jurisprudence, political theory, ethics, and comparative law from contributors across Europe and beyond.
The journal originated in the German-speaking scholarly milieu contemporaneous with figures associated with Max Weber, Georg Jellinek, Hermann Cohen, Otto von Gierke, and Hans Kelsen, and its early volumes reflected exchanges with scholars linked to Halle University, University of Freiburg, University of Göttingen, and University of Vienna. During the Weimar Republic and the interwar period the journal published work in dialogue with contributors from Frankfurt School, Vienna Circle, Prague School, and critics such as Carl Schmitt and defenders like Hermann Heller. Editorial disruptions during the era of Nazi Germany affected many German journals, and post-World War II reconstruction saw renewed engagement with figures tied to Heidelberg University, University of Munich, Cologne University, and international contacts including scholars from Harvard University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, Princeton University, and Yale University. Over the late 20th century the journal incorporated perspectives resonant with work by Jürgen Habermas, Niklas Luhmann, Lon Fuller, Herbert Hart, and John Rawls, while also publishing contributions attentive to debates involving Giorgio Agamben, Michel Foucault, Hannah Arendt, and Alfred Schutz.
The journal's remit covers jurisprudence, legal theory, social philosophy, and interdisciplinary inquiries that intersect with institutions such as European Court of Human Rights, International Criminal Court, United Nations, Council of Europe, and national constitutional bodies like the Bundesverfassungsgericht. Editorial policy prioritizes peer-reviewed scholarship from authors affiliated with research centers such as the Max Planck Society, British Academy, Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, Deutscher Hochschulverband, and universities including University of Oxford, Sorbonne University, University of Cambridge, Leiden University, and University of Zurich. The journal solicits submissions addressing classic texts by Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Aristotle, and modern theorists like Karl Marx, John Stuart Mill, Alexis de Tocqueville, and engages with jurisprudential schools associated with Legal Positivism, Natural Law, Critical Legal Studies, Analytical Jurisprudence, and Comparative Law traditions through essays by scholars from institutes such as the Institute for Advanced Study, European University Institute, and Brookings Institution.
Published quarterly by Franz Steiner Verlag and distributed via academic channels including university presses at Cambridge University Press and platforms used by libraries like the Library of Congress and the British Library, the journal issues research articles, critical notes, review essays, and book reviews. Typical volumes present contributions in German, English, and French, reflecting submissions from scholars at Columbia University, Brown University, University of Chicago, Peking University, University of Tokyo, and Monash University. Special issues have been guest-edited in collaboration with centers such as the Humboldt University of Berlin, Sciences Po, CNRS, and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. Article metadata appears in standard formats used by repositories like JSTOR, Project MUSE, and indexing services.
The editorial board combines emeriti and active scholars drawn from institutions such as University of Hamburg, University of Heidelberg, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Bonn, University of Zurich, Universität Leipzig, KU Leuven, University of Amsterdam, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Università di Bologna, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and research organizations including the Hertie School, Central European University, European Law Institute, and Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory. Contributors have included eminent jurists and philosophers linked to Ronald Dworkin, Rudolf von Jhering, Friedrich Hayek, Isaiah Berlin, Isaiah Berlin Center, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, and contemporary theorists associated with Martha Nussbaum, Amartya Sen, Sally Haslanger, and Michael Sandel. Book review sections have featured reviews of works by authors published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Springer, and De Gruyter.
The journal is indexed in major bibliographic and abstracting services used by scholars at Web of Science, Scopus, Philosopher's Index, MLA International Bibliography, Index to Legal Periodicals, and national databases maintained by institutions such as the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Austrian National Library. Library holdings are catalogued in systems like WorldCat and cited in citation indices maintained by Clarivate Analytics and research assessment frameworks in countries served by European Research Council funding streams.
Scholarly reception has recognized the journal's role in shaping debates among proponents and critics associated with Natural Law School, Legal Positivism School, Critical Legal Studies Movement, Discourse Ethics, and deliberative theorists linked to Jürgen Habermas and John Rawls. Its articles have been cited in monographs and edited volumes published by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Princeton University Press, and have influenced jurists at the European Court of Justice, scholars at the Max Planck Institute, policymakers at European Commission, and legal theorists teaching at Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, and Columbia Law School. Reception across linguistic communities—German, English, French, Spanish, and Italian—reflects engagement from scholars in Argentina, Brazil, China, India, and South Africa.
Noteworthy contributions have engaged with works by Immanuel Kant and Hegel in legal interpretation, dialogues on Hans Kelsen's Pure Theory of Law, critiques informed by Michel Foucault's genealogy, and reconstructions advancing themes from Lon Fuller and H.L.A. Hart. Special issues have focused on topics tied to institutions and events such as the European Convention on Human Rights, the Nuremberg Trials, the Treaty of Maastricht, constitutional transitions in East Germany, and comparative constitutionalism across Poland, Spain, Italy, France, and Greece. Guest editors have included scholars affiliated with the European University Institute, Hertie School, College de France, and the Institute for Human Sciences. The journal's archival and contemporary issues continue to be cited in works on legal theory appearing in journals like Ratio Juris, Legal Studies, Journal of Legal Philosophy, and Modern Law Review.
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