Modern Law Review
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The Modern Law Review is an academic legal periodical published in the United Kingdom by Blackwell publishing and which has traditionally maintained close academic ties with the Law Department of the London School of Economics.
The Review is a general, peer-refereed journal that publishes original articles relating to common law jurisdictions, and increasingly to the law of the European Union. In addition to publishing articles in all branches of the law, the Review contains sections devoted to recent legislation and reports, to case analysis, and to review articles and book reviews.
Since its foundation over seventy years ago, The Modern Law Review has been providing a unique forum for the critical examination of contemporary legal issues and of the law as it functions in society. The Review today stands as one of Europe’s leading scholarly journals, a ranking confirmed by recent research of UK legal academics which identified The Modern Law Review as having the highest academic quality of any UK-based law journal.[1]
The activities of the MLR are undertaken by an Editorial Committee. The work of the Committee is overseen and supported by an Editorial Board. The current General Editor is Professor Hugh Collins, Professor of English Law, London School of Economics.
[edit] Charitable Foundations
The Modern Law Review Ltd. was established in 1937 as a charity devoted to the promotion of legal education, the study of law and all other arts and sciences which may be of interest to those involved in the study or practice of law. The Modern Law Review Ltd. promotes these objectives by the publication of the law review and also by the organisation of lectures, seminars, scholarships and prizes that support legal education and scholarship.
Currently the Modern Law Review offers up to £30,000 annually in financial support for outstanding research students engaged on doctoral research at a university in the United Kingdom on any subject broadly within the publishing interests of the Review and further £25,000 annually to support scholarly seminars on any subject broadly within the publishing interests of the Review. In addition the Review provides the funding to host the annual Chorley Lecture.
[edit] Chorley Lecture
The Chorley Lecture is an annual lecture inaugurated in 1972 and named in honour of Lord Chorley of Kendal, the founding editor of The Modern Law Review. The Lecture, which is normally delivered in late May or early June at the London School of Economics, is the most important occasion in the calendar of The Modern Law Review. A version of the lecture is subsequently published as the lead article in the January issue of the following year’s Review. The 2007 Lecture was given by Professor Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School. The subject was 'The Political Representative as Powerful Stranger: A Challenge for Democracy'.
