Legal principles and applications
Legal principles and applications is a research topic within Law. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 12.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores legal remedies, corrective justice, and various aspects of law including unjust enrichment, contract law, fiduciary duty, restitution, equity, negligence law, property rights, and legal history.
- Remedies
- Corrective Justice
- Unjust Enrichment
- Contract Law
- Fiduciary Duty
- Restitution
- Equity
- Negligence Law
- Property Rights
- Legal History
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 12.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -6% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Legal principles and applications research?
By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (519 and 393 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 519 works
- 2 United Kingdom 393 works
- 3 Australia 248 works
- 4 China 118 works
- 5 Brazil 97 works
- 6 Italy 75 works
- 7 Canada 74 works
- 8 Germany 64 works
- 9 India 61 works
- 10 Russia 60 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Legal principles and applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Monash University publishes the most Legal principles and applications research, followed by The University of Melbourne and University of Oxford.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Monash UniversityAustralia 44 works
- 2 The University of MelbourneAustralia 43 works
- 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 33 works
- 4 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 28 works
- 5 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 25 works
- 6 University of Hong KongHong Kong 24 works
- 7 The University of SydneyAustralia 18 works
- 8 National University of SingaporeSingapore 17 works
- 9 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 16 works
- 10 UNSW SydneyAustralia 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Legal principles and applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Legal principles and applications include Cass R. Sunstein.
- 1 Cass R. Sunstein United States 2.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Legal principles and applications research done?
The largest centres of Legal principles and applications research in 2022–2025 are Melbourne (Australia), London (United Kingdom), Sydney (Australia) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pok Fu Lam, Melbourne and Oxford.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Melbourne Australia 99 works
- 2 London United Kingdom 94 works
- 3 Sydney Australia 50 works
- 4 New York United States 45 works
- 5 Oxford United Kingdom 40 works
- 6 Beijing China 36 works
- 7 Singapore Singapore 31 works
- 8 Washington D.C. United States 31 works
- 9 Moscow Russia 30 works
- 10 Cambridge United Kingdom 29 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Pok Fu LamHK · 24.1 works11×
- MelbourneAU · 98.7 works11×
- OxfordGB · 39.5 works8.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Legal principles and applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Legal principles and applications?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Glasgow, The University of Western Australia and London School of Economics and Political Science score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom | 64.2 | 18.6% | 10.4× | 15 | +23.4% |
| 2 | The University of Western AustraliaAustralia | 62.1 | 16.1% | 14.7× | 14 | +22.2% |
| 3 | London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom | 61.1 | 18.6% | 20.1× | 12 | +21.3% |
| 4 | Monash UniversityAustralia | 59.1 | 4.0% | 21.4× | 44 | +21.1% |
| 5 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom | 58.1 | 9.9% | 10.3× | 28 | -29.4% |
| 6 | Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany | 57.8 | 23.5% | 9.5× | 8 | -42.6% |
| 7 | The University of MelbourneAustralia | 57.7 | 2.5% | 17.9× | 43 | +54.6% |
| 8 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 57.5 | 7.4% | 11.2× | 24 | -29.4% |
| 9 | University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom | 56.7 | 8.2% | 13.3× | 25 | +18.5% |
| 10 | National University of SingaporeSingapore | 56.6 | 16.2% | 7.1× | 17 | +9.9% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Legal principles and applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.