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Law School, Science & Society initiative partner on launch of new journal

Journal of Law and the Biosciences to be published by Oxford University Press

Duke Law School, together with the Science & Society initiative, are joining with Harvard Law School, and Stanford University to launch a new open access journal: Journal of Law and the Biosciences (JLB).

The JLB will take a broad and interdisciplinary view of the intersection of law and biosciences. It will publish articles on topics generally considered part of bioethics or neuroethics, such as the ethical, legal, and social implications of reproductive technologies, genetics, stem cell research, neuroscience, or human biological enhancement.  The journal also expects to be a home for discussing legal issues where the biosciences can be involved, such as food and drug regulation, biosciences patent law, scientific evidence, and criminal responsibility.

Duke's Nita Farahany, a professor of law, philosophy and genome sciences & policy, is one of three co-editors in chief of JLB with I. Glenn Cohen from Harvard, and Hank Greely from Stanford. It will be published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). The JLB editorial board is composed of nearly thirty leading scholars working in law, bioethics, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, and other disciplines.

"OUP has a very strong presence in intellectual property and patent law, and in pure bioscience publishing," said Rhodri Jackson, Senior Publisher, Law Journals and Oxford Open of OUP. "We’re very excited by the opportunity Journal of Law and the Biosciences presents to unite both of these strengths, and tap into a booming area of research. We couldn’t have picked better partners than Duke, Harvard, and Stanford, and look forward to working with the editors. Furthermore, the JLB reflects our on-going drive to explore open access publishing opportunities in the law."

Greely, speaking for the editors-in-chief, said "We are thrilled to be launching this journal. Law and the biosciences is an emerging field of great social importance; having a dedicated, peer-reviewed journal will advance our understanding of crucial issues, while helping to build the field. OUP is a wonderful partner for this effort."

The JLB is an open access journal. Authors will have the choice of publishing under either a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivs (CC-BY-NC-ND), or a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license. Authors electing to publish under CC-BY will be required to pay an article processing charge. For more information about the journal, including article submission guidelines, and how to register for free content-alerting services, please visit: http://www.jlb.oxfordjournals.org