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Chinese European Law Review (ChEuLR)

About

The Chinese European Law Review – ChEuLR is an English-language academic journal focusing on legal research and academic exchange between China and Europe. It places particular emphasis on the latest research findings in China and Europe across the entire field of law. The journal is characterised by a comprehensive, open and interdisciplinary perspective and aims to promote equal dialogue between the very different legal systems of China and Europe (by Europe being primarily understood as a concept linked by a common cultural tradition and including the member states of the EU, the EFTA and the EEA.

The journal welcomes academic contributions from all areas of law, with a particular focus on innovative topics and new issues in the field of legal studies. Questions relating to the practical application of law will also be considered.

The journal advocates free and equal academic dialogue between China and Europe and promotes a deeper understanding of scientific exchange between the two sides.

The sections

  • Legal articles
    Publication of longer academic papers focusing on comparative law between China and Europe and on private international law, criminal law and commercial law.
  • Review articles
    Publication of systematic and comparative reviews of the state of research on specific legal issues and current legal developments in various areas of law.
  • Case comments
    Thematic comments and dialogues on classic and current cases and court decisions that are of great research significance for the relationship between China and Europe; publication of comparative analysis studies on typical Chinese-European cases and legal practice.
  • Book Reviews
  • Forum
    The forum provides a platform for discussing current legal issues and new developments that affect both the Chinese and European legal systems. Legal practice can also be a focus in this area, particularly when academic discussions on how the legal system deals with new real-world challenges are still in their infancy or when new phenomena arise.

Editorial Board

The editorial board and the academic advisory board are composed of renowned Chinese and European university professors, ensuring both the outstanding quality and the international perspective of the individual contributions.

Academic Advisory Board

Partners of the Cooperation

The journal was jointly initiated by renowned Chinese and European law faculties and is the result of many years of cooperation between these universities. Through the individuals involved, it is deeply rooted in the respective legal systems and corresponding professional communities.

  • Faculty of Law, Beihang University, Beijing
  • Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Political Science and Law, Beijing
  • Research Center of Innovation and Legal Studies between China and Europe (RICE), Faculty of Law, Augsburg University
  • Journal of Legal Philosophy, Legal Methodology, and Artificial Intelligence (中文社会科学引文索引 indexed by CSSCI-Source Collection)

Editors

  • Prof. Liuhua Shen
    Director of the Research Center of Innovation and Legal Studies between China and Europe (RICE) at the University of Augsburg; Distinguished Professor at Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang; Visiting Professor at Central South University, Changsha
  • Dr. Guobang Wu
    Editor-in-Chief of “Journal of Legal Philosophy, Legal Methodology, and Artificial Intelligence”; Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing

The core editorial team of the journal also includes members of the editorial board of the Chinese ‘Journal of Legal Philosophy, Legal Methodology, and Artificial Intelligence ‘, one of the leading journals on Chinese law. They also have many years of experience in editing, publishing and distributing legal journals, such as Nomos Verlag, one of the leading specialist publishers on European law, economics and politics, which has many years of experience with open access publications.

Please send submissions to the editorial office:

Prof. Liuhua Shen
Research Center of Innovation and Legal Studies between China and Europe (RICE)
Universitaetsstraße 24
86159 Augsburg
Germany

E-Mail: liuhua.shen@jura.uni-augsburg.de

Guidelines for Authors

Publication Ethics

Open Access Policy

The journal will be published in open access.
In accordance with the editors’ intention, open access publishing permits free access to academic publications.
For re-use of texts and illustrations please refer to the CC licence attached to the individual articles. In case such a licence is not specifically included, a CC-BY-NC-ND licence shall apply. Any other use not expressly permitted by copyright law requires the prior consent of the authors or the publisher.
The quality of the articles continues to be ensured through our peer review process and editorial control.
As of now. authors wishing to publish in ChEuLR are not required to pay any article processing or submission charges. This policy may change in the future.

Authors publishing in this journal retain the copyright and full publishing rights without restrictions.

More information on the general open access policy of Nomos Publishing can be found here.

Peer Review Process

Three-stage review process

  • Initial editorial review

Responsible: Editorial board.
The editorial board must conduct a comprehensive review of the submitted manuscripts, including aspects such as accuracy of content, completeness, scientific rigour and depth of thought. In addition, the structure, linguistic expression and logical connections of the manuscript must be analysed in detail in order to assess whether the manuscript meets the publication requirements and to make initial suggestions for changes and recommendations.

  • Double-blind peer review

Responsible: Advisory board and/or external experts (peers).
The procedure ensures the scientific neutrality of the decision through strict anonymisation (double-blind) and independent assessment competence. Based on the initial review, the peers must conduct an in-depth examination of the manuscript (which may have already been revised once), with a particular focus on whether the issues raised in the initial review have been resolved and whether the quality of the manuscript has been significantly improved. The overall quality and publication value of the manuscript must be re-evaluated and, if necessary, further suggestions for changes must be made.

  • Editorial decision

Responsible: Editorial board.
The decision by the editors is the final stage of quality control for the manuscript and is made primarily on the basis of publication policy and scientific impact through a comprehensive review to determine whether the manuscript can be published.

Triple proofreading

  • First proofreading

Responsible: Professional proofreaders.
The proofreaders must carry out a word-for-word and sentence-by-sentence language correction in accordance with the original manuscript.

  • Second proofreading

Responsible: Professional proofreaders.
The second proofreading involves a detailed re-proofreading of the manuscript based on the first proofreading, with a particular focus on checking for errors overlooked in the first proofreading, while also further checking the content of the manuscript, such as sentence fluency, data accuracy, etc.

  • Third proofreading

Responsible: Responsible experienced proofreader.
The third proofreading is a comprehensive review of the manuscript and must ensure that the manuscript meets all publication requirements in terms of text, punctuation and layout. At the same time, a final quality control check of the overall quality of the manuscript is carried out to ensure that no errors have been overlooked.

  • Final proofreading and approval

Finally, the authors check once again whether their texts have been entered correctly and can make any final changes (directly in the Word files), which are then checked and approved by the editorial team.

Abstracting & Indexing

ChEuLR is indexed in
• Google Scholar
• Baidu Xue Shu
• ProQuest ExLibris Primo

Inclusion in further subject databases and indexes is planned.

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