We have published and continue to publish papers from the USA, Canada and Internationally.
We invite papers that relate to issues of criminal law and cognate disciplines as well as papers that reflect on the following sub-themes:
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Criminal law, criminology-based, and criminal justice doctrine and theory
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Intersections of the criminal law and the Constitution
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Interpersonal violence and crimes of sexual assault
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Indigenous persons and the justice system(s)
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Gender and the criminal law
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Mental health, disability and the criminal law
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Legal issues in youth court, bail, remand, corrections and court settings
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Regulation of policing and state surveillance
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The regulation of vice including gambling, sexual expression, sex work and use of illicit substances
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Analyses of recent Supreme and Appellate court criminal law cases in Canada
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Comparative criminal law analyses
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Criminal law, popular culture and media
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Empirical, theoretical, law and society, doctrinal and/or philosophical analyses of criminal law and regulation
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Criminal evidence and procedure analyses
Last but not least, we invite general submissions dealing with topics in criminal law, criminology, criminal justice, urban studies, legal studies and social justice that relate to criminal regulation.
SUBMISSIONS
We will be reviewing all submissions on a rolling basis with final submissions due by February 1, 2021. This means, the sooner you submit, the sooner we will begin the peer review process. We will still consider all submissions until the deadline.
Submissions should generally be under 20,000 words (inclusive of footnotes) and if at all possible conform with the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, 9th ed (Toronto: Thomson Carswell, 2018) - the "McGill Guide". Submissions must be in word or word compatible formats and contain a 250 word or less abstract and a list of 10-15 keywords.
Submissions are due February 1, 2021 and should be sent to info@robsoncrim.com.
THE JOURNAL
Aims and Scope
The Manitoba Law Journal (MLJ) is a SSHRC funded publication of the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba located at Robson Hall. The MLJ is carried on LexisNexis Quicklaw Advance, Westlaw Next and Heinonline and has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada on numerous occasions.
Peer Review
The criminal law volume always uses a double-blind peer review process of, usually, three reviewers to ensure that the quality of our publications meets the requisite academic standards. Articles are anonymized and then, after editorial review, reviewed by anonymous experts. Articles are accepted with revisions, encouraged to revise and resubmit, or rejected.
This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user.