Journal of Law and Society

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| former_name = British Journal of Law and Society

| abbreviation = J. Law Soc.

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| discipline = Sociology of law

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| editor = Philip Thomas

| publisher = John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Cardiff School of Law and Politics

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| history = 1974–present

| frequency = Quarterly

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| impact = 0.714

| impact-year = 2017

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| ISSN = 0263-323X

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| LCCN = 83642269

| OCLC = 750962784

| website = https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14676478

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The Journal of Law and Society is a quarterly peer-reviewed law journal which publishes papers in the field of the sociology of law. It was established in 1974 as the British Journal of Law and Society, obtaining its current name in 1982. It is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Cardiff School of Law and Politics.{{Cite journal |last=Christos |first=Boukalas |last2=Lydia |first2=Hayes |last3=Aneurin |first3=Thomas, Philip |date=2015-01-15 |title=The Journal of Law and Society at 40: history, work and prospects |journal=The Journal of Law and Society |pages=390–405 |url=http://orca.cf.ac.uk/73919/}} Since its founding, the journal's editor-in-chief has been Philip Thomas (Cardiff School of Law and Politics).{{Cite web |url=https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/478921-thomas-philip-aneurin |title=Professor Philip Aneurin Thomas |website=Cardiff University |language=en |access-date=2018-05-25}} According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 0.714, ranking it 101st out of 150 journals in the category "Law"{{cite book |year=2018 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Law |title=2017 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }} and 107th out of 147 journals in the category "sociology".{{cite book |year=2018 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology |title=2017 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}