The European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (EJELS) is a fully open access peer-reviewed journal devoted to the empirical study of law and legal systems. It aims to bridge the substantive domain of law and the empirical approaches broadly conceived, ranging from quantitative to qualitative methods. The Journal is committed to fostering a methodologically pluralist, intellectually open, and disciplinarily inclusive academic culture. EJELS is not restricted to any particular field of law nor any particular legal system, but particularly welcomes submissions of relevance to a European audience.
Open Access Policy
The European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies provides immediate open access to all its published content. Users do not need to register or pay to read content.
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The European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies does not charge any author or publication fees.
Authors are encouraged to deposit the final published version of their article for self-archiving (author's personal website) and/or archiving in an institutional repository immediately upon publication.
