Reading note · CLSA / ACDS
The Canadian Journal of Law and Society / Revue canadienne Droit et Société is a bilingual, peer-reviewed periodical publishing interdisciplinary research on the relationships between law and society. Its fields include sociology, history, criminology, human rights, political science, gender studies and political economy.
The journal is published by Cambridge University Press for the Association and is housed at Carleton University. In January 2023 it moved to Gold Open Access. The Association states that its articles are published under a CC-BY licence and that authors can publish open access without fees.
Before submitting
Define a socio-legal question, identify your material and method, and state the contribution to scholarship. Consult the publisher’s current instructions for word limits, references, anonymisation and the submission process.
Reading worksheet
Record the research question, evidence, method, central argument and limitation of an article. Compare two articles using the same five fields, then identify what your proposed paper adds.
Put it into practice
Use the submission preflight to check files and disclosures, or the article-reading template to separate evidence from interpretation. The publisher’s live instructions take precedence over older calls.
A documented publishing milestone
The 2015 anniversary invitation announced a reception at Club SAW in Ottawa on Thursday 4 June at 5:30pm. The Association’s spring bulletin independently identifies 4 June 2015. This is an event record, not a current invitation. The earlier report of 3 July 2013 documents the journal’s move to Cambridge and its bilingual publishing commitments. Read the submission preflight for a worked special-issue planning example drawn from these records.
- 01Research question
- 02Material & method
- 03Contribution
- 04Author instructions
A submission connects a question to evidence and method, states its contribution and follows the publisher’s instructions.