The German Law Journal is a pioneering open-access forum for the publication of scholarship and commentary on comparative, European, and international law, established by founding editors Russell A. Miller and Peer C. Zumbansen. It has been online and freely available since 1999. Founded as a transatlantic newsletter on developments in German law, the GLJ has secured a place among the world's leading law reviews disseminating scholarship across borders. The Journal combines high-quality theoretical research with reports on current developments and thematic special issues. Pursuing this agenda, the GLJ has gained a reputation for innovative publishing - linking cutting-edge, border-crossing scholarship with open access and speed to publication.

Since 2019, the German Law Journal has been published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the German Law Journal e.V, a non-profit association under German law registered at Amtsgericht Wiesbaden, VR 7520.

This unique collaboration has remained true to the GLJ's original spirit of open scholarship in law. All authors accepted for publication in the GLJ can publish on an open-access basis, regardless of their funding status or affiliation. It is both free to read and without barriers to publication.

More information about the GLJ:

Read about the history and ethos of the Journal on the GLJ's independent website.
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Browse the archive of GLJ's content.
View the Journal's Impact Metrics. The GLJ's 2023 Impact Factor is 1.5 and CiteScore 2.7, placing it in the leading quartile of journals in law in those metrics. It is also ranked as the leading Journal in European Law by Google's H Index.
Information about the Journal's Open Access model can be found here.
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