NEW JOURNAL: Journal for Digital Legal History (ISSN: 2796-0226, OPEN ACCESS)

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PRESENTATION

Legal history is traditional in its methods and techniques of research. With several conferences having been canceled due to the covid-19 pandemic, several scholars on social media expressed the sentiment that there is little space for Digital Legal History within the currently available journals. Digital methods are downplayed, to avoid rejection and are hardly ever the focus of a publication. This is not necessarily a problem, but researchers applying digital tools to legal sources need a place to go. As such, the conclusion is that - given the potential - a new journal is useful to accommodate this methodological need.

The Journal for Digital Legal History ("DLH") wants to showcase both new methods and the application thereof, by including elaborate graphics, datasets, links, Jupyter Notebooks, metadata and tutorials. As such, the DLH does not limit itself to traditional formats and offers a platform for innovative research, to reach out to colleagues interested in novel approaches and methodologies.

We aim to showcase both new methods and the application thereof, by including elaborate graphics, datasets, links, Jupyter Notebooks, metadata and tutorials. As such, the DLH does not limit itself to traditional formats and offers a platform for innovative research, to reach out to colleagues interested in novel approaches and methodologies.

We accept continuous submissions and will publish them Open Access free of charge.

CONTACTS

Website: https://openjournals.ugent.be/dlh/

Twitter: @DigiLegalHisto

EDITORIAL TEAM

Editors-in-chief

• Prof. Dirk Heirbaut (Ghent University)
• Annemieke Romein (Political History and Culture, Huygens ING)
• Florenz Volkaert (Faculty of Law, Ghent Legal History Institute, Universiteit Gent)

Editorial board

• Dr. Andreas Wagner (Max-Planck-Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory)
• Dr. Elisabetta Fiocchi Malaspina (Uni Zürich)
• Nga Bellis-Phan (Université Paris 2)
• Arthur Barrêtto de Almeida Costa (University of Florence)
• Dr. Gijs van Dijck (University of Maastricht)
• Prof. Dr. Stephen Robertson (George Mason University, Arlington USA)

Advisory board

• Prof. Mette Birkedal Bruun (Centre for Privacy Studies - Copenhagen)
• Prof. Serge Dauchy (University of Lille)
• Dr. Coleman Dennehy (University College Dublin)
• Prof. Thomas Duve (Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory)
• Dr. Нина Кршљанин (Nina Krsljanin) (University of Belgrado)
• Prof. Heikki Pihlajamäki (Helsinki University)
• Dr. Dave De ruysscher (Tilburg University)
• Dr. Pascale Sutter (Stiftung Schweizerische RechtsQuellen)