The Theory and Practice of Legislation

期刊简介：The Theory and Practice of Legislation ( TPLeg ) aims to offer an international and interdisciplinary forum for the examination of legislation. The main aim of the journal is to be the major international journal in the legal field dedicated to the theory, philosophy and practice of legislation (often referred to as "legislation studies," "legislative studies," "science of legislation," "legisprudence" or “nomography”). Indeed, TPLeg has been the highest ranked legislation journal in the world in the past three years, according to both Scopus and Scimago rankings of legal journals in 2023. At the same time, TPLeg also aims to be an interdisciplinary journal, and publishes high-quality articles by scholars in additional relevant disciplines, such as legislative studies and political science, public policy, regulation, governance, economics etc. The scope of the journal covers legislation in its broadest sense. Legislation is seen as both process and product, reflection of theoretical assumptions and a skill. This broad definition includes a broad spectrum of scholarship from the highly theoretical philosophical discussions of legislation to the highly practical scholarship, such as scholarship directed at instructing legislative drafters. It also covers both formal legislation and alternative forms of regulation, such as co-regulation, regulation by non-state actors, guidance, codes and directions from governments etc. Some examples of possible issues include drafting techniques; the introduction of open standards; evidence-based drafting and lawmaking; judicial review of legislation and legislative processes; pre- and post-legislative scrutiny for effectiveness and efficiency; the utility and necessity of codification; information technology, artificial intelligence and data science & legislation; the legitimacy of legislation in view of fundamental principles and rights; law and language; and the link between legislator and judge. Theoretical, comparative, empirical or interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. The focus is on legislation as a subject in its own right, rather than substantive areas of law that are covered by legislation. For example, we are interested in articles on how or why the law of evidence is codified into legislation, rather than the content of the legislation on evidence. Therefore, blackletter descriptions of positive law are outside the scope of the journal. The editors are mainly interested in articles that are relevant for an international audience. Generally, an article that merely analyzes a certain area of legislation in a single country would be out of scope of this journal unless it raises points that are relevant to multiple jurisdictions. Articles that concentrate on legislative issues within a single jurisdiction would be considered only if they are relevant for other jurisdictions as well, for example as a point of reference for comparative research if similar developments have been noticed in other jurisdictions, if the article reveals general and theoretical insights that also apply to other jurisdictions, or if an innovative method of research is developed that can also be used for legislative scholarship in other jurisdictions. The journal offers a combination of themed issues and general issues. All articles are submitted to double anonymized review.

【译文】立法理论与实践（TPLeg）旨在为立法审查提供一个国际跨学科论坛。该期刊的主要目标是成为法律领域致力于立法理论、哲学和实践（通常称为“立法研究”、“立法研究”、“立法科学”、“立法学”或“列线学”）的主要国际期刊。事实上，根据2023年Scopus和Scimago法律期刊排名，TPLeg在过去三年中一直是全球排名最高的立法期刊。同时，TPLeg还致力于成为一本跨学科期刊，发表其他相关学科学者的高质量文章，例如立法研究和政治学、公共政策、监管、治理、经济学等。该期刊的范围涵盖了最广泛意义上的立法。立法既被视为过程，又被视为产品，是理论假设和技能的反映。这一广泛的定义包括广泛的学术范围，从高度理论化的立法哲学讨论到高度实践性的学术，例如旨在指导立法起草者的学术。它还涵盖正式立法和替代形式的监管，例如共同监管、非国家行为者的监管、政府的指导、守则和指示等。可能问题的一些例子包括起草技术；引入开放标准；循证起草和立法；对立法和立法程序的司法审查；立法前和立法后的有效性和效率审查；编纂的效用和必要性；信息技术、人工智能和数据科学与立法；考虑到基本原则和权利的立法的合法性；法律和语言；以及立法者和法官之间的联系。鼓励理论、比较、经验或跨学科方法。重点是立法本身作为一个主题，而不是立法所涵盖的实体法律领域。例如，我们感兴趣的是关于证据法如何或为何被编入立法的文章，而不是证据立法的内容。因此，对实在法的黑字描述不属于该期刊的范围。编辑主要对与国际读者相关的文章感兴趣。一般来说，仅仅分析单个国家某个立法领域的文章不属于本期刊的讨论范围，除非它提出了与多个司法管辖区相关的观点。专注于单一司法管辖区立法问题的文章只有在与其他司法管辖区相关的情况下才会被考虑，例如，如果在其他司法管辖区也注意到了类似的发展，如果文章揭示了也适用于其他司法管辖区的一般性和理论见解，或者如果开发了一种创新的研究方法，也可以用于其他司法管辖区的立法学术研究，则可以作为比较研究的参考点。该期刊提供主题问题和一般问题的组合。所有文章均提交双重匿名评审。