About the Journal
Lex Dogana is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal dedicated to advancing research in customs law, public service regulation, and the legal dimensions of international trade. It provides a platform for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to explore contemporary challenges and innovations in customs administration, border management, and public governance.
The journal’s mission is to foster global academic dialogue, publishing original research articles, analytical studies, and reviews that highlight national, regional, and international legal solutions. Lex Dogana aims to promote effective, transparent, and resilient customs systems worldwide and welcomes comparative and interdisciplinary studies integrating legal, economic, and governance perspectives.
The Origin Story of Lex Dogana
In a world where millions of goods, ideas, and people cross borders every single day, there arose a need for a common voice — a space where law, economics, and governance could meet. Lex Dogana was born not in the quiet halls of academia, nor in dusty archives, but at the crossroads of customs checkpoints, diplomatic negotiations, and courtrooms.
The idea was sparked by a group of scholars and reformers who saw a paradox: customs law is not only about tariffs and procedures — it is about human rights, public trust, and global fairness. They set out to create not just a journal but an arena of intellectual diplomacy, where the experience of customs officers from Europe’s borders could meet the insight of legislators, judges, and international experts.
The first articles were gathered almost like contraband — in university corridors, over late-night coffee in literary cafés, and even at actual border posts, where researchers watched the law being lived in real time. This became the journal’s founding philosophy: to go beyond doctrine and capture the living pulse of law in the movement of goods and people.
From the very beginning, each issue was imagined as a kind of “portal” into the future of customs governance — where articles are not just analysis, but invitations to dialogue. Its open-access model was not a mere formality but a statement: global challenges recognize no borders, so neither should knowledge.
Today, Lex Dogana is more than a journal. It is an intellectual space where ideas are exchanged, where reform takes shape, and where a vision of a transparent, resilient, and human-centered customs service is forged — one article at a time.
