LEGEM is a scientific journal whose purpose is to disseminate knowledge nationally and internationally, focusing on the scientific communities of the social sciences, especially in the field of legal sciences, and meta-legal sciences such as legal sociology, legal philosophy, and legal anthropology. and the history of law, peer-reviewed by the double-blind method, which publishes citable production articles: research articles, review articles, and conference papers, in the style of the American Psychological Association (APA). It is published biannually in January and July, in Open Access electronic format, publishing works in Spanish and English.

The journal accepts as its ethical foundation and good editorial practices the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, published in June 2015 by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE; available at: http://publicationethics.org/. Consulted 23 January 2019)

Funding: LEGEM magazine is funded by the Universidad del Atlántico.