Call for Papers: Law & Social Movements
Accepting Submissions | April 22 – July 22, 2022
ABOUT
The Michigan Journal of Law & Society (MJLS) is the nation’s first law-school journal to focus on the intersections of law, history, and the social sciences. MJLS is also the nation’s first law-school journal to incorporate law students, PhD students, and a faculty editorial board into its review and editorial processes. MJLS can be contacted at mjls.execs@umich.edu.
DESCRIPTION
MJLS invites article submissions for its second issue on the theme of Law & Social Movements. Social movements intersect with the law in important and complicated ways. The law can provide a vocabulary of resistance, facilitate the formation of collective identities, and provide a pathway for expanding rights. It can also constrain and influence behavior, stifle change, and hinder social mobilization. To facilitate dialogue at a moment when social movements continue to both engage the law and find ways to circumvent legal frameworks, the Michigan Journal of Law & Society invites article submissions that explore the various intersections between law and social-reform movements. We will not place spatial or temporal limits on article submissions.
For a (non-exhaustive) list of possible topics for entries, please visit our webpage:
https://mlawandsociety.org/theme-law-social-movements/
TO APPLY
Articles
To apply, please send the following materials to mjls.execs@umich.edu by July 22, 2022, with “MJLS Article Submission” in the subject line:
– An abstract.
– Contact information for the manuscript’s author(s).
– A CV or resume for the manuscript’s author(s).
– A 8,000-15,000-word manuscript that conforms to MJLS’s theme of Law & Social Movements. For more information on MJLS’s submission guidelines please visit our website.
Book Reviews
To apply, please send the following materials to mjls.execs@umich.edu by July22, 2022, with “MJLS Book Review Submission” in the subject line:
– An abstract.
– Contact information for the book review’s author(s).
– A CV or resume for the book review’s author(s).
– A 1,000-2,000-word book review that conforms to MJLS’s theme of Law & Social Movements.
– The book being reviewed should have been published within the last 0-3 years. For more information on MJLS’s submission guidelines please visit our website.