The Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal (APLPJ) is a web-based, American legal journal covering issues in Asia and the Pacific Rim. Our objectives are to disseminate legal research by law professors, legal practitioners, social scientists, economists, and students; to increase awareness of legal issues impacting the region and to provide a forum to discuss legal topics that fall within the Journal’s geographic scope. In addition to the web format, the journal is available through the legal databases LexisNexis.
APLPJ publishes articles, translations, book reviews, essays, case notes, and comments on current topics in comparative and transnational law focused on one or more of the following countries or geographic entities: Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China (including Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region), East Timor, Fiji, Hawai‘i, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, North Korea, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Vietnam.
Publishing with APLPJ
- APLPJ is the most cited student-run publication in the U.S. dedicated to legal issues across the Asia-Pacific region, ranking among the top three journals overall in this field.
- Authors have the opportunity to reach a global audience, thereby offering excellent visibility. Several esteemed scholars and practitioners have chosen to publish with APLPJ, such as Supreme Court Justice of Japan, Katsuya Uga.
- Our editors are capable and committed to working closely with authors to prepare their manuscripts for publication.
If publishing with our journal is something you may be interested in, please look at our submission page at https://manoa.hawaii.edu/aplpj/submissions/ to learn more.
APLPJ accepts submissions via Scholastica or as an email attachment to aplpjart@hawaii.edu