CALL FOR PAPERS: FOR INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW -Volume 39 (2026)

Labelling and Categorization in Criminal Justice and Legal Theory

This special issue aims to revisit language, a central research topic in a range of disciplines concerned with law or dealing with language in a legal setting, in particular the realm of legal semiotics which has been concerned with such issues until its origin. The act of interpretation and its relation to the object of interpretation is, up to this very day, a matter of debate in legal theory and philosophy.

We invite contributions from different disciplines dealing with the methodological problems that arise from making decisions on the basis of data in the context of legal and judicial decision-making and how problems of categorization particularly in the context of criminal justice have been dealt with.

Formalities

Papers should not exceed 15,000 words. Submissions which exceed this length will not be considered. Please take into consideration the journal’s author instructions Submission of abstracts should be addressed to [email protected] and [email protected]