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| Law and Society Review | |
|---|---|
| Title | Law and Society Review |
| Discipline | Sociology of Law |
| Abbreviation | LSR |
| Publisher | [Oxford University Press] |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| History | 1966–present |
| Issn | 0023-9216 |
Law and Society Review
Law and Society Review began as an interdisciplinary forum bringing together scholars from Harvard University, University of Chicago, Stanford University, Yale University, Columbia University to examine relations between United States legal institutions and social life. It has engaged contributors associated with Max Weber, Émile Durkheim scholarship streams and debates influenced by figures linked to Howard Becker, Michel Foucault, Pierre Bourdieu while intersecting with research at Princeton University, Oxford University, Cambridge University, London School of Economics.
The journal was founded amid scholarly movements at University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania in the 1960s and 1970s, responding to intellectual currents from Civil Rights Movement, Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade controversies and methodological shifts associated with Chicago School (sociology), Legal Realism, Critical Legal Studies. Early editors drew on networks including scholars from Northwestern University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, Indiana University and convened conferences with participants from American Sociological Association, American Bar Association, International Sociological Association, Law and Society Association. Over decades the journal reflected debates tied to events such as Watergate scandal, Vietnam War protests, Iranian Revolution and institutional developments at European Court of Human Rights, International Criminal Court, United Nations forums.
The publication emphasizes empirical and theoretical work connecting actors at Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Congress, European Union, United Nations General Assembly with social movements exemplified by Black Panther Party, Women's Liberation Movement, Occupy Wall Street, #MeToo movement (as instantiated in academic literature). It features comparative studies involving cases from Japan Supreme Court, Supreme Court of India, Constitutional Court of South Africa, High Court of Australia and research on institutions like Federal Bureau of Investigation, European Commission, International Court of Justice, World Trade Organization. Themes include regulation and compliance in contexts illuminated by events such as Enron scandal, Global Financial Crisis (2007–2008), COVID-19 pandemic and policy arenas connected to Affordable Care Act, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Editorial leadership has included scholars affiliated with Harvard Law School, Columbia Law School, Yale Law School, Stanford Law School and editorial boards drawing members from Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, Australian National University, McGill University, University of Toronto. The journal employs peer review procedures similar to processes at American Political Science Review, Annual Review of Sociology, Social Forces and publishes issues on a quarterly schedule coordinated alongside meetings at Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, American Studies Association. Special-issue editors have been drawn from institutions like University of California, Los Angeles, New York University, University of Texas at Austin, Georgetown University.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in services comparable to JSTOR, Scopus, Web of Science, EBSCOhost and discovery platforms including ProQuest, HeinOnline, LexisNexis, Google Scholar integrations used by scholars at Princeton University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Yale University. Citation tracking appears alongside metrics featured for publications such as American Journal of Sociology, Law & Society Review (note: forbidden)—editorial note—and disciplinary listings maintained by National Research Council (United States), European Science Foundation, Australian Research Council.
The journal has been influential in debates shared with contributors to Critical Legal Studies, Law and Economics programs and has shaped scholarship referenced alongside work from Richard Posner, Ronald Dworkin, Robert Kagan, Cass Sunstein, Martha Nussbaum. Its impact is visible in legal reforms linked to cases such as Miranda v. Arizona, United States v. Nixon, Citizens United v. FEC and in policy design influenced by scholarship at Brookings Institution, American Enterprise Institute, Urban Institute, RAND Corporation. The journal's articles have been cited in amicus briefs filed with Supreme Court of the United States, submissions to European Court of Human Rights, reports for World Health Organization, International Labour Organization.
Prominent contributions have addressed topics resonant with events and figures including analyses that reference Brown v. Board of Education, Plessy v. Ferguson, Thurgood Marshall, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia and comparative pieces on legal mobilization in contexts like Solidarity (Polish trade union), Arab Spring, South African anti-apartheid movement. Special issues have focused on transnational law and social movements involving scholars tied to Amartya Sen, John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas, Hannah Arendt and cross-disciplinary dialogues featuring research from Sociology of Law, Political Science, Anthropology programs at institutions such as University of Chicago, London School of Economics, Columbia University, Yale University.
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