World Comparative Law/VRU analyses developments in constitutional and public law in states and regions outside Europe and North America as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by the ideals of ‘decolonization’ and fair cooperation, the Journal also has a special interest in the entanglements between ‘Global South’ and ‘Global North’, including the presence of the ‘South in the North’. Looking beyond the surface of globalization, World Comparative Law/VRU promotes scholarship that uncovers the particularities of legal configurations as well as their interdependencies in an interconnected world.

The journal seeks to publish theoretically and historically informed studies of law in context, but is equally open to contributions from social sciences and from practitioners. It has a particular interest in analyses that compare several legal orders but is equally attentive to studies in international law and its impact on Asia, Africa and Latin America as well as comparative international law.

World Comparative Law/VRU is listed in SCOPUS (CiteScore 2022: 0.5) and comparable indexes. All its contributions undergo a double blind peer-review. Authors wishing to publish in World Comparative Law/VRU are not required to pay any article processing or submission charges. The journal is published quarterly, the first issue of a new volume being published in early summer, and welcomes contributions in English, and exceptionally in German, Spanish and French.

World Comparative Law/VRU addresses authors and readers on all world regions and aims to serve as a forum of mutual exchange. It publishes research articles, shorter reports about current events or conferences as well as book reviews.