{"id":66,"date":"2010-10-19T19:15:30","date_gmt":"2010-10-19T23:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hblr.org\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T12:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T16:31:53","slug":"submissions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/hblr\/submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">HBLR&nbsp;stands at the intersection of law&nbsp;and business and is committed to publishing research and commentary on a wide range of developments in business&nbsp;and commercial law. 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