The Utrecht Law Review aims to offer a scientific platform for cross-border legal research. In the first place, this concerns research in which the boundaries of the classic branches of the law (private law, criminal law, constitutional and administrative law, European and public international law) are crossed and connections are made between these areas of the law, amongst others from a comparative law perspective. In addition, attention will be paid to research in which classic law is brought face to face with not strictly legal disciplines such as economics, political sciences and public administration science. The journal aims to offer room for contributions not only by established researchers, but also and especially wishes to offer to young researchers access to the field of international legal research.

An editorial board, composed of both national and foreign renowned researchers strengthens the scientific and international character of the journal. An anonymous assessment of the quality of the submissions is carried out by national and foreign experts in the relevant areas of law and/or topics.

In short: the Utrecht Law Review distinguishes itself by its interdisciplinary character, a thematic approach, the anonymous assessment of contributions, the room it offers to young researchers, its electronic availability and the international framework in which it operates.

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Objective

Utrecht Law Review offers an international platform for cross-border legal research. It aims to publish articles by both Dutch and foreign authors concerning legal issues in general in its regular issues and, in its annual special issue, concerning legal issues centred on a particular theme.

Articles

Considered for publication shall be all articles submitted in accordance with this policy and with the authors’ guidelines.

Exclusivity

Utrecht Law Review publishes original articles and research papers. Manuscripts are accepted for publication on the understanding that their contents, all or in part, have not been published elsewhere and will not be published elsewhere, except in abstract form or by the express consent of the editorial board.

Review procedure

Submitted articles will be reviewed anonymously by national and/or international referees.

Access to Utrecht Law Review online

Utrecht Law Review gives free access to the content at www.utrechtlawreview.org, in particular to:

1. PDFs of all articles, including from the special issue, from 2005 to date.
2. Full text (HTML) abstracts of all articles, including from the special issue, from 2005 to date.

Copyright

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Utrecht Law Review applies the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC-by) to all articles that are published in ULR from Volume 4, issue 3 2008 onwards (read the human-readable summary or the full license legal code). Under the CC-by, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but authors allow anyone unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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• Appointment
  The at most nine members of the editorial board are appointed from among the staff (7 members) and students (2 members at the most) of the Faculty of Law of Utrecht University.
  Members of the editorial board are appointed for three years by the Dean of the Faculty of Law and may be reappointed.
• Tasks
  The editorial board is responsible for testing all manuscripts submitted to it against the objectives and editorial policy of Utrecht Law Review, before forwarding them to the members of the scientific council for anonymous review.
  The editorial board shall decide upon publication in Utrecht Law Review.
  The editorial board is further responsible for choosing the theme for the annual special issue and inviting authors who are to write on this theme.
  The editorial board is also responsible for the publication of any printed yearbooks or other compilations of articles from Utrecht Law Review.
  
• Decision making
  Decisions of the editorial board are made by a majority of votes.
  
• Support
  A managing editor at the G.J. Wiarda Instituut, the Faculty of Law’s research institute, will assist the editorial board.
  

Chairman

Prof.Dr. A.M. Hol, professor of Jurisprudence

Members

Drs. J.E.B. Coster van Voorhout LLM, PhD researcher
Prof. Dr. I. Giesen, professor of Private Law (tort law and civil procedure)
Prof.Dr. Ph.M. Langbroek, Montaigne Centre for Judicial Administration and Conflict Resolution
Dr. S.A.C.M. Lavrijssen, senior lecturer in Public Economic Law
Prof.Dr. M.L. Lennarts, professor of Company Law
Prof. Dr. H.F.M.W. van Rijswick, professor of European and Dutch Water Law
Prof.Dr. J.A.E. Vervaele, professor of Economic and Financial Criminal Law
Assistant Prof.Dr. G. Zyberi, lecturer and researcher in International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Managing editor

Drs. L.E. Kloos

E-mail address

ULR@uu.nl

• Appointment
  The editorial board appoints the members of the scientific council.
  The scientific council shall preferably consist of representatives of all branches of legal science. Represented in any case shall be the board of the Sub-Faculty of Law by one member, the research board of the Sub-Faculty of Law by one member, renowned foreign professors by at least three members and renowned Dutch professors also by at least three members. In addition, a pool of further referees from among all fields of law may be created.
  Members of the scientific council shall be appointed for five years and may be reappointed.
  
• Tasks
  The scientific council as a whole advises the editorial board on the contents of Utrecht Law Review.
  Individual members of the scientific council shall act as referees.
  

Members
Prof. J. Bell, Professor of Comparative Law, University of Cambridge (UK)
Prof.Dr. M.A.P. Bovens, Professor of Public Administration, Utrecht School of Governance (the Netherlands)
Prof. R. Caranta, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Turin (Italy)
Prof.Dr. J. de la Cuesta, Professor of Criminal Law, University of the Basque Country, San Sebastián (Spain); President of the International Association of Penal Law
Prof. Dr.Dr. T. Eilmansberger, Head of the Department for Labour, Economic and European Law, University of Salzburg (Austria)
Prof. G. di Federico, Director of IRSIG-CNR (Research Institute on Judicial Systems), Bologna (Italy)
Dr. C. Gomes, Researcher in the field of Judicial Policies and Reform of Justice, University of Coimbra (Portugal)
Prof.Dr. R.M. Hilty, managing director of the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law, Munich (Germany)
Prof. J.-P. Jean, Professor of Criminal Law, University of Poitiers (France)
Dr. S. Maffei, Lecturer in Criminal Procedure, Department of Criminal Sciences, Faculty of Law, University of Parma (Italy)
Prof. H. Pauliat, Professor of Administrative Law, University of Limoges (France)
Prof.Dr. E. Rehbinder, Professor emeritus of Economic Law, Environmental Law and Comparative Law, Research Center for Environmental Law, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Prof. J. Spencer, Professor of Law, University of Cambridge (UK)
Dr. M.B. Zimmer, Judicial Systems Advisor; Research Professor in Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah; Advisory Council Chair, International Association for Court Administration (USA)

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