The American Journal of Comparative Law
About the Journal
The American Journal of Comparative Law was founded in 1952. As the official journal of the American Society of Comparative Law, it publishes four issues a year and is devoted to comparative and transnational legal studies – including, among other subjects, comparative law, comparative and transnational legal history and theory, private international law and conflict of laws, and the study of legal systems, cultures, and traditions other than those of the US.
In its long and rich history, The AJCL has published articles authored by scholars representing all continents, regions, and legal cultures of the world. A peer-reviewed, leading journal in the field, it has been hosted in the past by institutions such as the UC Berkeley School of Law, Columbia Law School and the University of Michigan Law School; currently, the Georgetown University Law Center and the McGill University Faculty of Law jointly serve as its host.
From our latest issue
Volume 71, Issue 4, Winter 2023
Articles
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No Peace Without Punishment? Reintegrating Islamic State “Collaborators” in Iraq
Pages 989–1032, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae009
How does variation in the severity of punishment affect public opinion toward the reintegration of former enemy “collaborators” after war?
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Reasonableness as Responsiveness in Administrative Law in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada: Kant and Arendt on the Role of the Community in Deferential Judicial Review
Pages 930–988, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae006
When conducting judicial review of administrative decisions using a deferential standard of review, courts should give a greater role to the decision maker’s responsiveness to the interests of the community of judgment—those directly affected by the decision.
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The Legal Metaverse and Comparative Taxonomy: A Reappraisal
Pages 900–929, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae010
The question the present Article poses is whether a fourth pattern of law is now necessary to capture the new technological state of affairs and the new geopolitical balances of power: in particular, should a rule of smart law be introduced?
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Sovereignty, Territoriality, and Private International Law in Classical Muslim International Law
Pages 853–899, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae007
Scholars in recent years have shown interest in challenging the historical origins of international law and its normative claims to universality.
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The War Within Religion: Towards a More Nuanced Resolution of Religion–Equality Conflicts
Pages 789–852, https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcl/avae005
In the United States, Canada, Israel, Australia, and many parts of Europe, conflicts between religious liberty and gender equality (including LGBTQ equality) are understood and analyzed as “culture wars.”
Editors-in-Chief
Helge Dedek
Associate Professor of Law and Director, Institute of Comparative Law
McGill University Faculty of Law
Franz Werro
Professor of Law
Georgetown University Law Center and University of Fribourg Faculty of Law
Book Review Editors
Richard Albert, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
Joshua Karton, Queen’s University Faculty of Law
Former Editors-in Chief
Hessel E. Yntema † (1952-1966)
B.J. George † (1966-1968)
Alfred F. Conard (1968-1970)
John G. Fleming † (1971-1987)
Richard M. Buxbaum (1987-2003)
George A. Bermann (2003-2006)
James Gordley (2003-2008)
Mathias W. Reimann (2003-2013)
James Feinerman (2014-2015)
Executive Editorial Board
Luisa Antoniolli, University of Trento Faculty of Law
Gary F. Bell, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law
Francesca Bignami, George Washington University Law School
Mauro Bussani, University of Trieste Law Department
Donald C. Clarke, George Washington University Law School
Dominique Custos, University of Caen Law School
Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago Law School
Simone Glanert, University of Kent Law School
Hoi Kong, University of British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law
Máximo Langer, University of California Los Angeles School of Law
Ralf Michaels, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Álvaro Santos, Georgetown University Law Center
Walter Stoffel, University of Fribourg Faculty of Law
Symeon C. Symeonides, Willamette University College of Law
Managing Editor
Paula Potter (Oxford University Press)
Articles Editor
Amber Lynch (McGill University Faculty of Law)
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