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In Memoriam: Susette Talarico

The National Center for State Courts is saddened by the death of Susette Talarico, who served as Editor-in-Chief of the Justice System Journal from 2000 to 2004.  Susette was also a highly respected and much beloved professor of political science and criminal justice at the University of Georgia in Athens. (more)

The Justice System Journal is pleased to announce that it has recently joined Westlaw, the world's largest, searchable database of legal publications.  

JSJ is also a part of HeinOnline, EBSCO, and the Index to Legal Periodicals.

The Justice System Journal's author and subject indices are available on NCSC's Web site.  These indices are currently complete up until vol. 28/2 (2007).

The Justice System Journal (ISSN 0098-261X) is published three times a year by The National Center for State Courts.  Subscription orders and queries may be directed to the Bookstore*.  

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“Judicial Conduct and Ethics” is the topic of a special issue of the National Center for State Courts’ Justice System Journal (vol. 28, no 3). This issue brings together prominent judges, attorneys, court administrators, and scholars with many different perspectives on judicial ethics, particularly in the wake of the American Bar Association’s recently adopted Model Code of Judicial Conduct and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in a landmark case involving speech in judicial elections: Republican Party of Minnesota v. White (2002).  This issue is also dedicated to the memory of our former Editor-in-Chief Susette Talarico.

 

Submissions to Justice System Journal


            The Justice System Journal invites submission of articles and notes about courts and court administration that are likely to be of interest to practitioners and researchers in the field of judicial administration, broadly defined.  Articles may draw on a variety of research approaches in the social sciences. The Journal is especially interested in manuscripts that have implications for justice system policy and that address problems faced by those with responsibilities for court administration. Short articles written by practitioners or researchers that describe management innovations in court systems are encouraged. Short manuscripts analyzing cases or legal issues of particular relevance to judicial administration are welcome and will be considered for the Legal Notes section. The Journal does not normally publish articles devoted to extended analysis of legal doctrine.

Inquiries to the editor about topic ideas that authors are considering are welcome.

Submissions to the Journal may not be under consideration by any other publication.

Manuscripts are evaluated by two or more reviewers; both practitioners and scholars participate in the review process. To facilitate the review process, references that reveal the identity of authors should be deleted from the manuscript and placed on a separate page; the author’s name, institutional affiliation, e-mail address, and any acknowledgments should appear only on a cover sheet.   

A manuscript submitted for consideration should be accompanied by an abstract of approximately 100 words. Manuscripts should be double-spaced and prepared with ample margins, on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, one side per page. Use of footnotes extensive in number or length is discouraged; footnotes should be placed on a separate page, double-spaced. Submission of manuscripts in Journal style is preferred and accepted manuscripts must ultimately be revised by the author to conform to it. Accepted manuscripts must then be submitted either in Word 2000 or WordPerfect 8.0 (or higher) word-processing format, as an e-mail attachment.

  • Two (2) electronic copies of all manuscripts—one with a face sheet with necessary contact information, one without such a face sheet—should be submitted in either Word or pdf format to

    Prof. Robert M. Howard
    Department of Political Science
    Georgia State University
    38 Peachtree Centre Avenue
    Atlanta, GA  30303
    e-mail:  polrhh@langate.gsu.edu 

  • Inquiries concerning book reviews, including proposals for reviews, should be made to

    Prof. Jolly A. Emrey
    Department of Political Science
    UW - Whitewater
    800 West Main Street
    Whitewater, WI  53190
    e-mail: emreyj@uww.edu 

  • Inquiries concerning the Legal Notes section should be addressed to

    Prof. Mark Hurwitz
    Department of Political Science
    3434 Friedman Hall
    Western Michigan University
    Kalamazoo, MI  49008
    e-mail:
    mark.hurwitz@wmich.edu 

Photocopy requests:  Up to fifty photocopies may be made without permission.  These must be used exclusively for educational purposes, with no direct or indirect commercial advantage, and must include a notice of copyright.  Requests for permission beyond these limits may be addressed to

  • Charles F. Campbell
    Managing Editor, Justice System Journal  
    National Center for State Courts
    300 Newport Avenue
    Williamsburg, VA 23185-4147

Phone (757) 259-1838
Fax (757) 564-2031
e-mail ccampbell@ncsc.dni.us 

            The contents of this journal are indexed in The Index to Legal Periodicals, The Social Sciences Citation Index, and The Criminal Justice Periodical Index.

            The Justice System Journal is printed by Thomson/West as a public service to scholars, practitioners, and others interested in judicial administration.

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