Focus and Scope

Reflecting its mandate to analyze the legal structures and socio-economic functions of the modern social state, the journal welcomes high-quality original research articles, systematic legal reviews, comparative statutory analyses, and empirical socio-legal case studies within the following thematic areas:

Constitutional Law & Social State Foundations: Judicial review of social rights, constitutional guarantees of welfare, the principle of Rechtsstaat and the social state, and constitutionalism in developing welfare models.

Social Welfare, Labor & Employment Law: Legal frameworks for social security, labor rights protection, occupational health regulations, universal basic income legalities, and social assistance administration.

Administrative Law, Governance & Public Services: Administrative justice, regulatory governance of public utilities, legal accountability in social service delivery, and public-private partnerships in social infrastructure.

Human Rights, Anti-Discrimination & Socio-Economic Equity: Equality under the law, socio-economic rights protection, legal empowerment of marginalized groups, gender equity policies, and disability rights frameworks.

Socio-Legal Dynamics, Migration & Global Governance: Legal pluralism, legal impacts on social mobility, refugee and migration law within welfare state systems, and international legal standards for social protection.