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The ''Jerusalem Review of Legal Studies'' is an English-language
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i law journal covering books and research in
legal theory Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning ...
. It is published by
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in cooperation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The
editors-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
are Alon Harel and Ori Herstein. The journal is dedicated entirely to critical discussions of books or large research projects.


History

The review was established in 2010 by David Enoch and
Alon Harel Alon Harel ( he, אלון הראל, born 1957) is a law professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he holds the Phillip P. Mizock & Estelle Mizock Chair in Administrative and Criminal Law. He was educated at the Hebrew University of ...
. It was originally published by the Hebrew University law faculty. Since 2012, it has been published by Oxford University Press. As of January 2018, the journal is published online only. The journal is based on symposia in which an author of a book or a research project is invited to respond to critical commentaries. The critical commentaries and the author's response are published in the same issue. Volumes 1-13 are abstracted and indexed by
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See also

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Law in Israel Israeli law is based mostly on a common law legal system, though it also reflects the diverse history of the territory of the State of Israel throughout the last hundred years (which was at various times prior to independence under Ottoman, the ...
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Oxford Journal of Legal Studies The ''Oxford Journal of Legal Studies'' is a legal journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 1.083, ...
'' *'' Israel Law Review''


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* {{Hebrew University of Jerusalem, state=collapsed Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israeli law journals English-language journals Biannual journals Academic journals established in 2010 Oxford University Press academic journals