Legal Issues Journal (LIJ) publishes original research on all legal matters affecting justice, equality and other pressing issues for societies. The journal welcomes interdisciplinary work at the intersection of law and other disciplines, such as genetics, biosciences, philosophy, linguistics, neuroscience, medicine, and business.

The Journal publishes original papers, case comments, short reports, debates and book reviews. The Journal also provides important news and interpretation on changes in the legal world and coming trends affecting law, lawyers, and society. Contribution to society, nationally and internationally, is the focus of LIJ.

LIJ uses double-blind peer review process – both the reviewer(s) and the author(s) are anonymous.

Recently published articles

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Privacy of genetic data: issues with legislation and law enforcement in the Russian Federation

Anna Semiakina

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‘Race’ and other group discrimination in the genomic era

Fatos Selita, Marc Willers, Yulia Kovas

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Public danger of unauthorized use of human genetic data

Dmitriy Karelin

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Justice in the genomic and digital era:
 a ‘different world’ requiring ‘different law’

Fatos Selita

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Legal regulation of compulsory genomic registration in Russia and the UK

Nikolay Olkhovik

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Genetic information under the civil law of the Russian Federation

Maria Imekova, Elena Boltanova

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Genomic era and new challenges for justice & regulation

Tatiana V. Trubnikova, Daria M. Matsepuro, Elizaveta M. Bezrukova

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Multi-national and multi-disciplinary student groups discuss cutting edge global issues – genetics, AI, and justice

Anna Kniazeva, Stephen Aremu

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Combatting the discriminatory use of genetic data Marc Willers

Marc Willers