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We’re delighted to announce that all articles accepted for publication in Journal of African Law from 28th February 2025 will be ‘open access’; published with a Creative Commons licence and freely available to read online (see the journal’s Open Access Options page for available licence options). We have an OA option for every author: The costs of open access publication will be covered through agreements between the publisher and the author’s institution, payment of APCs for those with third-party funding, or else waived entirely, ensuring every author can publish and enjoy the benefits of OA.

Information for Subscribers: The 2025 Volume will continue to publish on a subscription basis throughout the rest of 2025. The 2026 Volume will be the first to publish open access.

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Journal of African Law
  • ISSN: 0021-8553 (Print), 1464-3731 (Online)
  • Editors: E. Durojaye Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa, O. Lwabukuna School of Law, SOAS University of London, UK, and A. A. Olawoyin Faculty of Law, University of Lagos, Nigeria
  • Editorial board
The Journal of African Law has been in existence for over 65 years and in that time has reflected changing trends in law and legal reform. The earlier focus on legal pluralism and customary law has evolved to include a focus on issues of international law in the African context, legal and institutional regional and sub-regional developments, post conflict resolution, constitutionalism, commercial law and environmental law. In recent years the Journal has published articles ranging from the Sharia debate in Nigeria, LGBT rights in Malawi, the new constitutional dispensation in Southern Sudan to case notes including on the rights of indigenous peoples under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The Journal welcomes articles on all legal issues pertaining to the African continent in its entirety. It particularly invites articles that have a regional or sub-regional, comparative or cross-cutting dimension, and which focus on major challenges and developments across the continent. The Journal of African Law now also invites special issue or special section proposals on themes falling within its remit.

Special Issue Video: Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

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