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| European Law Journal | |
|---|---|
| Title | European Law Journal |
| Discipline | Law |
| Abbreviation | Eur. Law J. |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| History | 1995–present |
| Issn | 1351-5993 |
European Law Journal
The European Law Journal is a peer-reviewed periodical focusing on contemporary issues in European Union legal development, comparative law across Germany, France, Italy, Spain and transnational jurisprudence involving the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Human Rights and national supreme courts such as the Bundesverfassungsgericht, the Conseil d'État (France), the Corte Suprema di Cassazione, and the Audiencia Nacional (Spain). Founded during the mid-1990s debates surrounding the Maastricht Treaty and the implementation of the Single European Act, it has engaged scholars associated with institutions including University College London, the London School of Economics, the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, the European University Institute and the College of Europe.
The journal emerged in the context of treaty negotiations like the Treaty of Amsterdam, the Treaty of Nice and the creation of the European Central Bank, responding to jurisprudential shifts after landmark cases such as Van Gend en Loos, Costa v ENEL, Factortame and the expansion of the Schengen Agreement. Early editorial boards included academics linked to the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, the Hertie School, and the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. During the 2000s enlargement involving Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia, the journal widened comparative focus to post-communist legal transitions and constitutional challenges exemplified by cases from the Constitutional Court of Hungary and the Supreme Court of Poland.
Coverage spans doctrinal analysis of legislation such as the Treaty on European Union, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation, and directives like the Services Directive and the Public Procurement Directive. The journal publishes comparative studies featuring legal systems from Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Greece, Sweden, Denmark and candidate countries including Turkey, North Macedonia and Serbia. Interdisciplinary work connects to institutions and events like the Council of Europe, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the World Trade Organization, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the European Council (EU), and policy frameworks such as the Lisbon Strategy. Articles examine judicial dialogue involving judges from the Court of Justice of the European Union, national judges, and international tribunals like the International Criminal Court.
Published by Wiley-Blackwell, the journal issues bimonthly volumes under editorial leadership often drawn from centres including King's College London, the University of Edinburgh, Trinity College Dublin, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and the University of Copenhagen. The peer-review process engages referees affiliated with research bodies such as the Max Planck Society, the British Academy, the European Research Council, and national academies like the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. Special issues have been guest-edited in collaboration with projects funded by the Horizon 2020 programme and networks including the European Consortium for Political Research and the International Association of European Law.
The journal has influenced debates around constitutional pluralism involving actors like the German Federal Constitutional Court and the Polish Constitutional Tribunal, and has been cited in academic monographs from presses such as Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Hart Publishing and Routledge. Policymakers at the European Commission and advocates before the European Court of Human Rights have drawn on analyses published in the journal in litigation and policy memos referencing cases like Kadi v Commission and legislative initiatives tied to the European Green Deal. Its contributions are discussed at conferences convened by the European Law Institute, the American Society of International Law, the International Law Association and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
The journal is indexed in major databases and services such as Scopus, the Social Sciences Citation Index, Westlaw, LexisNexis, the Directory of Open Access Journals where relevant, and bibliographic listings curated by institutions like the British Library, the Library of Congress, and the European Documentation Centre. Citation metrics are included in reports produced by the Journal Citation Reports and are monitored by research assessment exercises in the United Kingdom Research Excellence Framework and national evaluation agencies across Germany, France and Italy.
Published work has included influential analyses on topics like the legality of EU sanctions referencing Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005, scholarship on the impact of the Schengen Borders Code on human rights claims, and empirical studies of cross-border insolvency engaging conventions such as the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency. Seminal pieces have examined constitutional conflicts exemplified by rulings such as Gauweiler, debates on rights protection after Matthews v. United Kingdom, and comparative assessments of administrative law reforms in Poland and Hungary. Contributors have included scholars and practitioners affiliated with Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, Columbia Law School, Universität Zürich, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and think tanks such as the Bruegel and the Centre for European Reform.
Category:Law journals