Cambridge Univ. Press launches "Int'L J. of Law in Context" and "European Constitutional...

Cambridge University Press (CUP; New York) has begun the publication of two new legal journals, including "International Journal of Law in Context" and "European Constitutional Law Review."

Produced to "explore and expand the boundaries of law and legal studies," "International Journal

of Law in Context" is designed to provide a forum for interdisciplinary legal studies and to publish contextual work and research about law and its relationship with other disciplines including science, literature, humanities, philosophy, sociology, psychology, ethics, history and geography. CUP said the title offers a forum for continuing the enterprise of the "Law in Context" series and creates a space for exploring law in all of its contexts.

Content for the first two issues includes stories on: the limits of the ability of concepts to travel across boundaries and the effects of globalization; common law, cohabitation and marriage; consumerism and politics; parental rights in intact and divorced families; the regulation of post-modern innovation in medicine; sociological implications of World Bank projects; the European Commission and the law-making process; assisted suicide and existential rights; and, current legal issues in law and geography. The journal is published quarterly and an annual print subscription costs $43 for individuals and $256 for institutions.

"European Constitutional Law Review" is described as a platform for advancing the study of European constitutional law, its history and evolution. Its editorial scope covers European law and constitutional law, history and theory, comparative law and jurisprudence. Published three times a year, it carries articles on doctrine, scholarship and history, and jurisprudence as well as book reviews.

The premier issue contains more than 20 short articles, each addressing a single topic in the Draft Constitutional Treaty for Europe, including commitments between states, commitments between persons, social rights, citizenship in abeyance, EU government and instruments, national and EU representation, federalism, judicial protection, politics and the judiciary, and the adoption and ratification of EU constitutional amendments. An annual subscription for institutions costs $123 in print, $112 online and $138 for both. Individual subscription prices are not offered.