Aims and Scope

Aims

Global South Journal of Law and Society is an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing critical and interdisciplinary scholarship on the relationship between law, constitutional governance, policy, and society in the Global South. It foregrounds perspectives from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and other underrepresented regions, aiming to challenge Eurocentric legal paradigms and promote context-sensitive, inclusive, and justice-oriented legal scholarship. This journal places particular emphasis on constitutionalism and state–society relations, living law, legal pluralism, and empirical and socio-legal approaches. The journal prioritizes research that examines how law is experienced, contested, and transformed in real societal contexts beyond formal legal texts.

Scope

The journal welcomes original research articles, review articles, and policy-oriented papers in, but not limited to, the following areas:

- Law, Society, and Living Law
- Constitutional Law and State–Society Relations
- Legal Pluralism and Normative Orders
- Governance, Public Policy, and Regulation
- Access to Justice and Social Inequality
- Law, Technology, and Digital Society
- Law, Environment, and Climate Justice
- Law, Development, and Political Economy
- Comparative and Transnational Legal Studies