Iustus Förlag

Iustus Förlag is a Swedish publishing house devoted to legal literature. It traces its origins to the Juridiska föreningen i Uppsala (Uppsala Law Society), founded in 1844 as an association of law students; one of the society's activities was supplying students with lecture notes and compendia, which grew into a publishing operation. Iustus is therefore counted among Sweden's oldest publishers, with publishing activity dating from the mid-19th century. The publisher's list is organised around three areas: course literature (läromedel/kurslitteratur) for law programmes at universities and colleges, scholarly legal writing (vetenskap), and professional literature for practising lawyers (facklitteratur). It offers a complete range of textbooks for legal education as well as academic dissertations, legal-science monographs and several publication series. Its authors include teachers at law faculties and practising legal professionals. Among its best-known products is the green law book, "Lagboken". Iustus is owned by Studentlitteratur AB together with the Juridiska föreningen i Uppsala. It operates primarily on the Swedish market, selling to students, teachers, researchers and legal practitioners, and it accepts manuscripts for course books and other academic legal literature. The company presents itself as a specialist legal publisher with roots in the student society that founded it.

Iustus Förlag's history begins with the Juridiska föreningen i Uppsala, an association of law students founded in 1844. Among the society's activities was providing students with literature and compendia, and this practice developed into a publishing operation. As a result, Iustus is one of Sweden's oldest book publishers, with publishing activity dating from the mid-19th century. Over time the publishing house specialised in legal literature, organised into three main areas: teaching materials for law programmes, scholarly legal writing, and literature for practising lawyers. It built a complete offering of textbooks for legal education at universities and colleges, alongside academic dissertations, legal-science literature and a number of publication series. Its author base includes teachers at law faculties as well as legal practitioners. Ownership evolved so that the publisher is now owned by Studentlitteratur AB together with the Juridiska föreningen i Uppsala, the original founder. The house continues to publish under the Iustus name, including its well-known green law book, and accepts manuscripts for course books and other academic legal literature.

• 1844

  Juridiska föreningen i Uppsala is founded as an association of law students.

• The society's practice of supplying students with literature and compendia develops into a publishing operation, the origin of Iustus.

• Iustus is counted among Sweden's oldest publishers, with publishing from the mid-19th century.

• Ownership comes to be shared by Studentlitteratur AB and Juridiska föreningen i Uppsala.

Specialist Swedish legal publisher with roots in a 19th-century student law society, serving legal education, scholarship and practice.

• Lagboken

  The green law book published by Iustus.

• Course literature for law programmes

  Textbooks for legal education at universities and colleges.

• Academic legal literature

  Dissertations, legal-science literature and publication series.

• Professional legal literature

  Literature for practising lawyers.

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2. 2Iustus förlag – Wikipediasv.wikipedia.org
3. 3Iustus – Wikidatawikidata.org