Law & Social Inquiry (LSI) features both empirical and theoretical studies of law that make original contributions to the understanding of sociolegal processes. LSI content spans the social sciences disciplines, including:

• Anthropology
• Criminology
• Economics
• History
• Law
• Philosophy
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Social Psychology

Law & Social Inquiry offers readers a remarkable range of empirical analyses and theoretical studies on specific topics in law and society, including legal institutions, the legal profession, and legal history.

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Online Production Tracking now available through Author Services

Visit the Author Services website for a wealth of information for all authors plus online production tracking for your article.

Authors of articles in Law & Social Inquiry can register to:
• track the production status of their article online
• choose to receive e-mail alerts on article status
• get free access to their article when it is published online

In addition, all authors visiting the site can access information and tips on:
• Article preparation
• Article submission
• Electronic artwork details
• And more features added over time!

2012 Graduate Student Paper Competition Announcement

The editors of Law & Social Inquiry are pleased to announce our annual competition for the best journal-length paper in the field of sociolegal studies written by a graduate or law student. Law & Social Inquiry publishes empirical and theoretical studies of sociolegal processes from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Entries will be accepted starting January 1, 2012 and must be received by March 1, 2012.

LSI invites direct submissions from graduate and law students and nominations of student work from faculty. The author must be a graduate student or law student at the time the paper was written and when submitted. Faculty nominations should include a short description along with the paper, and contact details for the student. The winning paper will be published in Law & Social Inquiry and the author(s) will receive a total cash prize of $500 (US). Submissions will be judged by the editors. The winning submission will be sent to selected scholars for advisory reviews to aid with revisions prior to publication.

Please send your best work in Microsoft Word or as a PDF to lsi-abf@abfn.org. Please indicate (1) your intention is to be considered for the prize competition; (2) confirm your current graduate student status; and (3) that the paper is a sole submission to Law & Social Inquiry, meaning that you have not submitted it to other journals for potential publication. Submission is limited to one paper per student; articles may not be altered or resubmitted with corrections once it has been accepted by our office.

Submissions must include a title page with a complete mailing address, e-mail address, and phone number(s). The second page should include a 100-150 (maximum) word abstract. Beginning on the third page all pages should be paginated. Text, footnotes, endnotes, and references should be double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12 font, with 1.5" margins on all sides with no headers or footers. Properly formatted submissions must be no more than 60 manuscript pages.

For additional information visit us on the web at http://blackwellpublishing.com/LSI or http://abfn.org/LSI. To contact our office directly, email us at lsi-abf@abfn.org or call

TopHighlights

• Making Meaning of Megan's Law
  Rose Corrigan
• Comparative Sociology of Law: Legal Fields, Legal Scholarships, and Social Sciences in Europe and the United States
  Mauricio García-Villegas
• 'Jurisdictional Politics' in the Occupied West Bank: Territory, Community, and Economic Dependency in the Formation of Legal Subjects
  Toby Kelly
• Constitutions and Empires
  Lauren Benton
• Narrative and 'Compulsory Compassion'
  John Braithwaite
• American Exceptionalism and Racialized Inequality in American Capital Punishment
  Paul J. Kaplan