The International Journal of Rural Law and Policy publishes special themed editions as well as unsolicited, relevant and peer reviewed articles as they are completed. It covers the many interdisciplinary and complex issues which make up rural law and policy. The journal is online and is free to registered users. Registration is free.
There are many excellent journals that deal with legal doctrine and practice, policy and institutions, and with themes relevant to rural people and the rural context. However there is a relative lack of concentrated attention upon the unique issues and features of rural law and policy. We believe that rural issues are sufficiently distinctive and important to justify a specialist focus and have international relevance. We offer the medium of this journal as a platform to explore and share the learning.
We have adopted an open access policy for this journal, with the intention of replicating some of the features of the modern community to benefit both readers and authors. We are taking advantage of the flexibility that modern technology provides, by publishing:
- Editions, which comprise papers on a theme. The theme in the Special Edition is on the topic of ‘Water Law: Through the Lens of Conflict’. Papers in the edition are based on a colloquium held in January 2011 at the University of New England, Australia.
- Regular publications of unsolicited, relevant papers on an ad hoc basis. Scholars and practitioners are invited to submit papers for peer review and inclusion.
- Commentary. We invite comment (see the comment link to each paper) upon all papers published in the journal. On a periodic basis, the comments will be reviewed and a ‘commentary ‘published.
We hope that by these means the International Journal of Rural Law and Policy will generate a lively community of scholars of rural law and policy, as well as contributing innovative and useful ideas to the field.
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| This edition publishes papers and abstracts of presentations made at the Second National Rural and Regional law and Justice Confrence 18-20 May 2012. Many presenters did not include papers in this journal edition - the presentations were either not designed for journal publication or published elsewhere. Many of the abstracts, however, contain details of where further information about the topic can be found. |
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2012
This edition publishes five papers and the abstracts (some with details of where further information about the presentation topic can be found) from the Second National Rural and Regional Law and Justice Conference. Academic researchers, policy makers, practitioners, service providers and representatitves from non-government organisations come together at the conference to consider and discuss law and justice issues confronting rural and regional Australia. Presentations covered a broad range of issues, including legal services and legal practice in rural and regional communities, legal education, management of conflict and broader issues of rural services, rural opportunity and Indigenous inclusion. Like the presentations at the conference, the papers in this special edition present a critical analysis of the identified problems, and focus on debating solutions which might deliver improved social justice outcomes for rural and regional communities.
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Editorial
| Editorial for the Special Edition 2012 |
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Amanda Kennedy |
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ISSN: 1839-745X
