Justice System Journal

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*.  

Submissions to Justice System Journal

The Justice System Journal invites submission of articles and notes that are likely to be of interest to practitioners and scholars in the field of law, courts, and judicial administration, broadly defined. Articles may draw on a variety of research approaches in the social sciences.

Manuscripts should not exceed 45 total pages, which include end material (appendixes, notes, references, tables, and figures). Under most circumstances, manuscripts longer than 45 total pages will not be reviewed. Note that these length guidelines assume that all textual material (abstract, text, notes, appendices, and references) are double-spaced. If a submission contains any single-spaced material, then the length requirements will be adjusted accordingly. Short articles written by practitioners or researchers that describe management innovations in court systems as well as short manuscripts analyzing cases or legal issues of particular relevance to judicial administration are welcome. The Journal does not 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 may 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. While the Journal will accept regular mail submission, electronic submissions are preferred, and will result in a faster turnaround time. 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 all necessary contact information, including institutional affiliation, title (e.g., Assistant Professor, Associate Professor), email address, and telephone number, and one with all identifying references removed—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
  email:  poljsj@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

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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