The Legal Journal (J²) is a biannual journal dedicated to the research, development, application, and dissemination of expressions, practices, and representations of the social science domain. J² spans various areas of scientific knowledge, adopting a convergent, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, pluridisciplinary, and multidisciplinary approach around the concepts of social science. J² primarily publishes in Portuguese and English but accepts contributions in other languages when justified by the content. J² welcomes submissions in Portuguese prior to the Orthographic Agreement (AO) and according to the AO, in compliance and respect for the authors’ expressed intentions as indicated in a statement attached to the submitted manuscripts.

Keywords: Law; Criminology; Political Sciences; Public Administration; Sociology; Anthropology.