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Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne [CPH, Legal History Journal] 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 online, 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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DOAJ, ERIH PLUS, Crossref, CEEOL, EBSCO (Historical Abstracts, Historical Abstracts with Full Text), CEJSH, Sherpa Romeo, System Informacji Prawnej Legalis, Dimensions, Google Scholar, POLONA, Academica, Arianta, Biblioteka Nauki, Infona, NUKAT, WorldCat, PUBMED, THE KEEPERS, WIKIPEDIA PL (POLISH), WIKIDATA, SUDOC, OPENALEX, EZB, FATCAT
Journal evaluation indicators
The Ministry of Education and Science (2024): 70
h5-index: 5
ISSN (Online): 2720-2186
ISSN (Print): 0070-2471
Parallel ISSN title: Annales d'Histoire du Droit
PUBLISHED WORK ARE LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS:
2016-2020 
2021-2022 
from 2023 
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PUBLISHER
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Announcements
Latest issue of CPH!
The latest issue of Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne (CPH), volume 77, issue 2 (2025), has just been published. This issue includes fourteen research articles on a wide variety of topics, along with eigth shorter contributions, offering over 450 pages of content worth exploring during holiday time and beyond.
On this occasion, the Editorial Board of CPH extends its heartfelt thanks to the Authors and Reviewers for their fruitful collaboration in 2025. The full list of CPH reviewers for 2025 can be found at the end of the issue and on our website. Thank you!
We wish you all Blessed Christmas and all the best in the New Year, and we invite you to publish in our journal!
The full issue and individual articles can be accessed here:
https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/cph/issue/view/3205
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New issue of CPH
We are pleased to announce that the latest issue of Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne (CPH), Volume 77, Issue 1 (2025), has just been released!
This issue features twenty-two articles covering a wide range of legal-historical topics - there is truly something of interest for everyone.
The Editorial Board of CPH extends sincere thanks to all Authors and Reviewers for their valuable contributions and collaboration. We warmly invite all of our readers to consider submitting their work to our journal in the future!
Access the full issue and individual articles here.
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Online lecture by prof. Tommaso Beggio, 16.01.2025, 4 pm
Czasopismo Prawno-Historyczne [CPH; Legal History Journal] invites to you for the final talk of our lecture series by prof. Tommaso Beggio (University of Trento) titled A return to ancient Roman models: some remarks on the development of the idea of prison as a punishment from a historical-comparative perspective.
Link to the meeting: https://bit.ly/legalhistory2-4
More information: https://ias.amu.edu.pl/ias-invited-lecture-series-in-legal-history-2/
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