Previously known as the International Journal of Rural Law and Policy, the International Journal of RRR Law and Policy (IJ RRR LP) is the only Australian journal dedicated primarily to the research of regional rural and remote socio-legal, governance, natural resource, and sustainability regulation issues. The Journal is committed to creating knowledge, promoting scholarly debates, and disseminating research outcomes to the widest communities. The Journal welcomes articles on a broad spectrum of legal developments, laws and policies that advance the understanding of the regional, rural and remote issues and governance. The journal is peer-reviewed by highly qualified, distinguished researchers and is not limited to any geographic location and follows an open access policy for its publications. The primary audience for this journal include the academic legal community, practitioners, policymakers, educators, researchers, and students, who have an interest in contemporary issues, policies and practices relating to regional, remote and rural areas.
The journal aims to publish two issues per year with one edition a year dedicated to a chosen RRR theme. These editions will give preference to articles on the given theme but may also include other unsolicited papers. The Journal will also publish editions containing unsolicited, relevant papers on an ad hoc basis. We also invite comment (see the comment link to each paper) upon all papers published in the Journal. On a periodic basis, the comments will be reviewed and a ‘commentary’ published in the journal thereby generating and supporting a lively community of scholars of RRR law and policy, as well as contributing innovative and valuable ideas to the field.