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Andreas Fischer Lescano and Carsten Gericke 2011. The ICJ and Transnational Law: The "Case Concerning Jurisdictional Immunities" as an Indicator for the Future of the Transnational Legal Order. ZERP-Working Paper 2/2011.
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Abstract: On 22 December 2008 the Federal Republic of Germany initialized proceedings against the Italian Republic before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. In January 2011 Greece applied for permission to intervene in the case. On 4 July 2011 the ICJ decided that Greece is permitted to intervene as a nonparty in the case, pursuant to Article 62 of the Statute. Public hearings in The Hague will take place from 12 to 16 September 2011.
The outcome of this "Case Concerning Jurisdictional Immunities" is of central significance for the future of the transnational enforcement of human rights insofar as the ICJ decision will determine the role national courts are to play in the enforcement of compensation claims under civil law in the field of "transitional justice." Consequently, it will also determine how the tension between human rights, on the one hand, and state immunity, on the other, is to be adjusted. If one conceives "transnational law" in the vein of Philip C. Jessup – i.e. as law that breaks with the paradigm of an ius inter gentes, which can be invoked by individuals and which transcends the dualism of national and international law – it can be concluded that the future of transnational law and the leeway for the transnational enforcement strategies of civil societal actors depend significantly on the course of the proceedings in The Hague.
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I've received many requests for some kind of journal rankings list from readers.
Readers will be aware of several different rankings of philosophy journals. These include the Australian Research Council's (ARC) now disused ERA rankings and European Science Foundation's (ESF) European Research Index for the Humanities (ERIH). Plus, there have been different polls by Brian Leiter and the Brooks Blog (and this more comprehensive poll of 140+ journals). Other blogs discussing journal rankings include Certain Doubts, Lemmings, Thoughts, Arguments, and Rants, and this.
Each metric has its limitations and such a discussion would merit a long blogpost of its own. Let me be clear from the beginning that I believe that journal rankings are the crudest of indicators. If you want to assess the quality of something, then read it.
What I propose here is a ranking of rankings. Journals will be grouped in tiers based upon various metrics. There is broad agreement between different lists and I don't believe this list will prove controversial. The journals that score best are those journals that have consistently ranked highly across the major studies both European (ERIH), International (ARC ERA), and major opinion polls of thousands of philosophers (Brooks Blog, Leiter Reports). We find wide consistency across most indicators, but taken together we can find a strong "core" that come out top again and again. Those that perform less well is often a result of inclusion on some indicators, but not others. Comments are most welcome and the list (with information on how data was collected) is below. Enjoy! Some proposed journal rankings for philosophy *
Rated 'A*' (maximum 25 points): Ethics Journal of Philosophy Mind Nous Philosophical Review Philosophical Quarterly Philosophical Studies Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
Rated 'A' (20-24 points):
Analysis (24) Australasian Journal of Philosophy (24) Philosophy and Public Affairs (24) Canadian Journal of Philosophy (23) American Philosophical Quarterly (22) Monist (22)
Rated 'B' (15-19):
European Journal of Philosophy (19) Synthese (19) Journal of the History of Philosophy (18) Philosophers' Imprint (18) Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society (18) Ratio (18) British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (17) Journal of Political Philosophy (17) Midwest Studies in Philosophy (17) Philosophy of Science (17) Journal of Ethics (16) Journal of Moral Philosophy (16) Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (16) Philosophical Topics (16) Utilitas (16) Journal of Philosophical Logic (15)
Rated 'C' (10-14 points):
British Journal for the History of Philosophy (14) Erkenntnis (14) Mind and Language (14) Kant-Studien (13) Philosophy (13) Ethical Theory and Moral Practice (12) Philosophical Papers (12) Phronesis (12) Southern Journal of Philosophy (12) Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy (11) Review of Metaphysics (11) Hume Studies (10) Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy (10) Journal of Philosophical Research (10)
N/a ranked (9 or less points):
Metaphilosophy (9) Philosophical Investigations (9) History of Philosophy Quarterly (8) International Journal of Philosophical Studies (8) Philosophy Compass (7) Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (5) Philosophia (4)
* Note on rankings:
I have weighted the journals in the following way:
ARC ERA list: Journals are ranked A*, A, B, C. Points awarded: A* = 5, A = 4, B = 3, C = 2.
Leiter Reports list: General philosophy journals ranked only in top 20. Points awarded: #1-10 = 5, #11-20 = 4. Leiter has an additional list in ethics which raises complications. Journals are not double-counted and keep score if on general list. Points awarded: #1-10 = 5, #11-20 = 4, #21-30 = 3 where journals not on list 1. While this will cover general journals and journals that publish in ethics, there is need for a list in other areas especially mind/language and philosophy of science.
Notes: There are two lists for the Brooks Blog. List 2 is original list and surveys top 143 journals from a broad range. The top 50 in this poll were polled a second time in List 1.
QUERY FOR READERS: Do the weightings seem appropriate? What would you change? What journal rankings would you add?
UPDATE: Do readers believe the rankings are an accurate reflection of the field? Any surprises?
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Readers will be aware of the philosophy journal poll I have been hosting here. The poll was comprehensive in that it covered over 140 philosophy journals, most of them suggestions by readers. These journals cover the full spectrum of the discipline. There have been more than 36,000 votes cast already and I believe we can draw some initial findings. Journals are each assigned a score: this is the percent (%) chance that voters will select this journal as their favourite if asked to choose between this journal and a second journal chosen at random.
The first finding is that there appears to be a top tier of philosophy journals -- this is not controversial -- that is relatively small -- this latter part may be more controversial.
From the poll, the top tier of philosophy journals appears to consist of the following publications:
1. Journal of Philosophy 87
2. Philosophical Review 84 3. Philosophy & Phenomenological Research 83 3. Nous 83 5. Mind 82 6. Ethics 80
I say that these appear to be the top tier as each were no. 1 or 2 at some point during the voting (unlike other journals). Each would be selected at least 80% of the time if paired with a second journal chosen at random.
A further finding is that the second tier of journals -- which we might classify as chosen at least 60-79% of the time when paired with a second journal chosen at random -- is perhaps surprsingly large. This second tier might consist of the following journals:
7. Philosophical Studies 79 8. Synthese 77 8. Philosophy & Public Affairs 77 10. Analysis 76 10. Philosophical Quarterly 76 10. American Philosophical Quarterly 76 10. Philosophers' Imprint 76 10. Monist 76 10. Canadian Journal of Philosophy 76 16. Journal of the History of Philosophy 75 16. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 75 16. Midwest Studies in Philosophy 75 16. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 75 20. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 74 21. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science 73 21. European Journal of Philosophy 73 23. Erkenntnis 72 24. Philosophy of Science 71 25. Philosophy 70 25. History of Philosophy Quarterly 70 25. Ratio 70 28. Journal of Moral Philosophy 69 29. Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 68 30. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 67 31. Philosophical Papers 67 32. Journal of Philosophical Logic 67 33. Journal of Philosophical Research 66 33. British Journal for the History of Philosophy 66 33. Utilitas 66 33. Mind and Language 66 33. Journal of Ethics 66 38. Southern Journal of Philosophy 65 39. Review of Metaphysics 64 39. Philosophical Investigations 64 39. Kant-Studien 64 42. Metaphilosophy 62 42. Philosophy Compass 62 42. Journal of Political Philosophy 62 42. Philosophical Topics 62 42. Philosophia 62 47. Hume Studies 61 47. Linguistics and Philosophy 61 49. Journal of Ethics & Social Philosophy 60
The next third tier of journals are those chosen about 50% of the time (from 40-60%) where paired with a second journal chosen at random:
50. Phronesis 59 51. Journal of the History of Ideas 58
51. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 58 53. Ethical Theory & Moral Practice 57 53. Philosophical Forum 57 53. Inquiry 57 56. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 56 57. Political Theory 55 57. Social Theory & Practice 55 57. Philosophical Explorations 55 57. Journal of Social Philosophy 55 57. Economics & Philosophy 55 62. Law & Philosophy 54 62. dialectica 54 62. Public Affairs Quarterly 54 62. Acta Analytica 54 66. Social Philosophy & Policy 53 66. Theoria 53 66. Journal of Applied Philosophy 53 69. Faith and Philosophy 52 70. Political Studies 51 71. Journal of Value Inquiry 51 72. Harvard Law Review 50 73. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 49 73. Philosophy & Public Policy Quarterly 49 73. Philosophical Psychology 49 76. Bioethics 48 76. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 48 78. Politics, Philosophy, Economics 47 78. Kantian Studies 47 79. History of Political Thought 44 80. Legal Theory 43 81. Hypatia 42 82. Philosophical Writings 41 82. southwest philosophy review 41 84. Apeiron 40 84. European Journal of Political Theory 40 84. American Journal of Bioethics 40
The remaining results for other journals are as follows:
87. Environmental Ethics 39 87. Logique et Analyse 39 87. Philosophy Today 39 90. Ratio Juris 38 90. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 38 90. Business Ethics Quarterly 38 93. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology 37 93. Ethical Perspectives 37 93. Public Reason 37 96. Hegel-Studien 36 97. Philosophy & Social Criticism 35 97. Res Publica 35 97. Philosophy in Review 35 97. Philo 35
101. Neuroethics 34 101. Ethics and Justice 34 103. Philosophy and Theology 33 104. International Journal of Applied Philosophy 32 105. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 32 106. Review of Politics 31 106. Jurisprudence 31 106. Research in Phenomenology 31 109. Journal of Philosophy of Education 30 109. Review Journal of Political Philosophy 30 109. Philosophy East and West 30 112. South African Journal of Philosophy 29 112. Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal 29 114. Teaching Philosophy 28 114. Review Journal of Philosophy & Social Science 28 114. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy 28 117. Journal of Global Ethics 27 117. APA Newsletters 27 119. Transactions of the C. S. Peirce Society 26 120. Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain 25 121. Adam Smith Review 23 121. Archiv fur Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie 23 121. Imprints: Egalitarian Theory and Practice 23 124, Theory and Research in Education 22 125. Polish Journal of Philosophy 21 125. Epoche 21 125. Fichte Studien 21 125. Symposium: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy 21 125. Asian Philosophy 21 130. Think 20 131. Archives de Philosophie du Droit 18 131. Collingwood & British Idealism Studies 18 131. Owl of Minerva 18 131. New Criminal Law Review 18 135. Journal of Indian Philosophy 17 136. Continental Philosophy Review 17 136. The European Legacy 17 138. Education, Citizenship, and Social Justice 15 139. Reason Papers 14 139. Associations 14 139. Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion 14 142. Studia Philosophica Estonica 13 143. Derrida Today 5
Some further reflections. While there are several exceptions, it would be interesting to analyze any correlation between the age of a journal and its position in the rankings. There are several surprises on the list, this list does not correspond to my own opinions (I would have ranked many journals differently), and I do not believe that there is much difference between journals ranked closely together.
I also purposively put some selections in to see how they might play out. For example, I added Harvard Law Review out of curiosity and I was surprised to see of all journals exclusively publishing law and legal philosophy journals it appears to come second to the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies and above other choices. (I was surprised legal philosophy journals did not score much better.) I added several journals edited by political scientists, such as Political Studies, and was surprised to see they did not score as highly as I had thought. Roughly speaking, journals with a wider remit performed much better than journals with a more specific audience. I also added at least one journal, Ethics and Justice, that I believe is no longer in print. (Can readers correct me on this? I hope I am in error.) It scored 34% and came in at 101st.
What I will do shortly is create a new poll that will only have the top 50 philosophy journals from this poll roughly speaking. Expect to see this new link widely advertised shortly.
In the meantime, what do readers think we can take away from the results thus far? Have I missed anything?