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Open Research across Disciplines
How the principles of open research can be applied to your disciplineLaw
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Case Studies
University of Surrey case study: A corpus approach to Roman law
Examples of open research practices
Open Outputs: “Laws (ISSN 2075-471X) is an international, peer-reviewed, quick-refereeing scholarly open access journal (free for readers), which publishes works from extensive fields including legal systems, legal theory, legal institutions, and a broad range of legal subjects. To guarantee a rapid refereeing and editorial process, Laws follows standard publication practices in the natural sciences.” https://www.mdpi.com/journal/laws
Resources
General Resources
- Guide on accessing open legal resources – includes lists of books, journals and repository sites. https://libguides.ials.sas.ac.uk/openfreeresources
Open Methods
- Journal article on the surge of open research in law and its benefits. https://www.bjutijdschriften.nl/tijdschrift/lawandmethod/2016/04/lawandmethod-D-15-00005
Open Data
- Journal of Open Access to Law. https://ojs.law.cornell.edu/index.php/joal/index
- Open access case databases.
- Jurisprudence resources (standards, databases, data policies) registered in FAIRsharing: https://fairsharing.org/browse/subject?term=Jurisprudence
Open Outputs
- Preprint repository.
These pages are adapted and extended from: Farran, E. K., Silverstein, P., Ameen, A. A., Misheva, I., & Gilmore, C. (2020, December 15). Open Research: Examples of good practice, and resources across disciplines (2026 edition). https://osf.io/preprints/osf/3r8hb_v2