– circumpolar studies of legal and social science

Arctic Review on Law and Politics is a scientific journal with the goal to publish articles in the field of law and politics. Law and Politics is understood in a wide sense, as it also encompasses research in disciplines like economics, sociology, human geography and social anthropology.

The journal focuses on the arctic and the northern areas, and the aim is to provide new knowledge and understanding of fundamental issues in these areas and thus become a rostrum for debates over the development in the northern areas. The goal is to cover issues like management of resources, environmental issues including economic and legal questions of climate change, and law of the sea. Other topics of current interest are jurisdictional matters and indigenous people’s rights.

Arctic Review on Law and Politics takes aim to be an international journal at a high academic level, publishing peer reviewed articles in two volumes per year.

The journal is established in the «Arctic Capital» of Norway, Tromsø, where the editor-in-chief also is located. In addition to the editor, the editorial board consists of national co-editors from the other arctic countries; Canada, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Sweden and USA.