Journal of Judicial Review (JJR) publishes one type of manuscript only: the original research article in law. Every published paper must report the findings of legal research that the authors have conducted themselves and that has not been published or submitted elsewhere.

An original research article presents a clear legal problem, a defined research method, an analysis supported by primary and secondary legal sources, and conclusions that add new knowledge to legal scholarship or practice. Within the journal's focus on contemporary business law, JJR accepts research using any of the following approaches:

Research Approach	What It Covers
Doctrinal (normative) legal research	Analysis of statutes, regulations, court decisions, legal principles and doctrine to answer a defined legal question
Empirical and socio-legal research	Fieldwork, interviews, surveys or case studies that examine how law operates in practice and its effects on society or the market
Comparative legal research	Systematic comparison of legal rules, institutions or judicial practice across two or more jurisdictions
Judicial decision analysis	Research-based study of one or more court decisions, framed by a legal problem, a stated method and a contribution beyond description
Legal policy and law reform research	Evaluation of existing law or policy with evidence-based recommendations for reform
Interdisciplinary legal research	Research combining law with economics, technology, governance or other fields, where the legal analysis remains central

The following are declined at initial screening without being sent for peer review:

• Literature reviews, systematic reviews and review articles;
• Conceptual or opinion essays, commentaries, editorials and position papers with no research method;
• Case notes or case summaries that only describe a court decision;
• Book reviews, conference reports and short communications;
• Unrevised theses, dissertations, course papers or reports submitted in their original form;
• Translations of previously published work;
• Manuscripts outside the field of law or outside the journal's scope.