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The Legal History Journal (CPH) is a leading Polish scientific peer-reviewed periodical dedicated to the history of law, particularly research on the history of political and legal systems, the history of political and legal doctrines, the history of Roman and canon law, religious law, and the history of law as a science. CPH publishes texts authored by scholars from Poland and abroad, especially in Polish and English, but also accepts works in German, French, and Italian. The journal is published electronically, and all texts are subject to an open-access policy. CPH is the oldest Polish journal in the field of legal history – it has been published continuously since 1948 and was founded by Professor Zygmunt Wojciechowski.
There are no fees for submitting, processing or publishing an article in CPH.
Published by Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland, Faculty of Law and Administration. From 2021 the electronic version is the original one.
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Journal evaluation indicators
The Ministry of Education and Science (2024): 70
h5-index: 5
ISSN (Online): 2720-2186
ISSN (Print): 0070-2471
Articles are licensed under a Creative Commons
CPH takes part in the Initiative for Open Citations I4OC and follows the principles of the cOAlition S Plan.
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Announcements
Between law and memory: the birth of the Italian Republic (online lecture)
CPH is organizing the first series of invited online lectures in legal history. The lectures will be delivered either by members of the Advisory Board of CPH or by scholars invited by the Editorial Team of the Journal. The third lecture by Prof. Alessia Maria Di Stefano (University of Catania) will be held online on June 13th, at 4:00 pm, and is titled 'Between law and memory: the birth of the Italian Republic'.
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Reminder: online lecture about partitions (today, 4:00 pm)
Today we will have our second lecture online! Prof. Michael G. Müller will deliver an online lecture titled The partitions of Poland in the light of the 18th century concepts of international law at 4:00 pm. Join us online using this link: https://bit.ly/legalhistory2
More information here: https://ias.amu.edu.pl/legal-history-1/
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The partitions of Poland in the light of the 18th century concepts of international law - online lecture
CPH is organizing the first series of invited online lectures in legal history. The lectures will be delivered either by members of the Advisory Board of CPH or by scholars invited by the Editorial Team of the Journal. The second lecture by Prof. Michael G. Müller on May 21st, 4:00 pm.
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