The Company and Securities Law Journal is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

 law journal

Law review

A law review is a scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association...

 published in Australia since 1982.

The general editors are Bob Baxt

Bob Baxt

Professor Robert Baxt AO is an Australian lawyer and a former Chairman of the Trade Practices Commission , former Dean of Law at Monash University and a Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne.-Early life:...

 (founding editor) and Dr Paul Ali. The editorial board includes Reginald Ian Barrett

Reginald Ian Barrett

Reginald Ian Barrett is an Australian judge. He has been a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales since 2001. He had been a corporate and securities lawyer and a partner in Mallesons Stephen Jaques, general counsel for Westpac Banking Corporation and 20 year partner with Allen Allen &...

, Simon McKeon

Simon Mckeon

Simon McKeon is an Australian businessman, philanthropist and sportsman. On 25 January 2011 he was named Australian of the Year for 2011 by Prime Minister Julia Gillard.- Business :...

 and Ian Ramsay

Ian Ramsay

Professor Ian Ramsay is Harold Ford Professor of Commercial Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Melbourne and director of their Center for Corporate Law and Securities Regulation in Melbourne, Australia...

.

The journal offers coverage of:

• Company Law
• Takeovers and Public Securities
• Corporate Insolvency
• Corporate Finance
• Securities Industry and Managed Investments
• Current Developments, Legal and Administrative
• Accounting
• Directors’ Duties and Corporate Governance
• Overseas Notes: New Zealand, United Kingdom and Europe, United States of America, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.

Journal Rankings

The Australian Business Deans Council has given this journal a quality rating of "A". The Australian Research Council

Australian Research Council

The Australian Research Council is the Australian Government’s main agency for allocating research funding to academics and researchers in Australian universities. Its mission is to advance Australia’s capacity to undertake research that brings economic, social and cultural benefit to the...

has ranked this journal in the "C" tier, although the methodology and utility of such rankings has been challenged by Australian legal scholars and the responsible minister has indicated that this ranking system will be discontinued.

External links

• thomsonreuters.com.au landing page at publisher