The „Archive of Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy” is the journal of the Polish Section of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR). We publish work in legal philosophy, legal theory and social philosophy, in Polish and in English.
Rating and indexing
- 100 points in the Polish Ministry of Science list of scholarly journals.
- Indexed in Scopus, ERIH PLUS and DOAJ.
- Every article receives a DOI registered with Crossref (ISSN 2082-3304).
Terms of publication
- No fees. We charge nothing for submission, review or publication (no APC).
- Open access from the day of publication, with no embargo.
- CC BY 4.0 licence – authors retain copyright.
- Double anonymous peer review and plagiarism screening of every text.
Scope
We publish work across the whole breadth of the philosophy of law – from the ontology and epistemology of law, through axiology, ethics and the aesthetics of law, to social philosophy and the sociology of law. We are equally interested in legal hermeneutics and phenomenology, the natural-law tradition, critical currents in jurisprudence, the philosophy of criminal and international law, and the history of legal thought. Analytical legal theory is strongly represented: the theory of norms, legal validity, interpretation, conventional acts and constitutive rules, principles of law and disputes over the concept of law. What this means in practice is best shown by our thematic collections and by the page on classics of modern legal philosophy and theory.
The journal has published work on Kelsen, Hart, Dworkin, Raz, Alexy and Finnis, and – from the Polish analytical tradition – on Petrażycki, Ziembiński, Wróblewski, Nowacki and Zieliński.
Visibility after publication
- Full Google Scholar metadata – articles are indexed and citable.
- Metadata deposited with Crossref, including author ORCID identifiers.
- Polish and English versions are linked to each other and indexed separately.
- Each article page carries a ready citation and BibTeX / RIS export.
How to submit
Formal requirements, the review procedure and publication ethics are set out in the guidelines for authors. Submissions and enquiries: archiwum@ivr.org.pl.