Submissions

Manuscripts submitted to Law & Society Review must not be under consideration by another publication.

Every submission must anonymized as the journal follows a double-blind, peer-review process.

Please follow the detailed preparation instructions found here before submission.

All manuscripts must be submitted online via: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/lsr. 

When submitting a manuscript:

1. Please upload your manuscript on-line through Scholar One as a Word document. The manuscript should be double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font with one-inch margins. 
2. Manuscript should be between 7,000 and 12,500 words (exclusive of references, appendices and tables) and contain the following elements: abstract, body of text, reference list and any illustrations as part of the main document. 
3. All identifying author information must be removed from the text of the manuscript. Please delete any notes of acknowledgment, author information, and identifying references to author’s own work.
4. Please upload a title page as a separate file in Scholar One including full author information and any acknowledgements, funding statement and competing interests statement.
5. Please also include a cover letter which provides information with names and affiliations of former co-authors or research collaborators for the past three years, as well as the names of those that have read previous versions of the manuscript. In addition, please let us know if there are any names that you wish to see excluded from our review process.

What to expect

All submitted manuscripts are assessed for their readiness for review and their appropriateness for the journal. Those within the mission of Law & Society Review and ready for review will be sent out for double-blind peer review. In this form of scholarly review, the reviewers and the authors are not told each other’s identities. The speed of the review process depends largely on the speed with which reviewers return their reports. The journal aspires to return reviewer feedback and editorial decisions to authors within 12-16 weeks.

After acceptance

1. Final version of article must be sent to us as a Word file. Please follow instructions in acceptance email. 
2. All anonymized material should be added back into the final version. 
3. Please send the journal a print-ready version of your article, ensuring you have followed the detailed style instructions and that your references are complete.
4. Include a brief (50–75 words) author’s biography at the end of the manuscript (after all textual materials, but before tables and figures); for multi-authored manuscripts, the biography of each author should appear as a separate paragraph.

Book reviews

Law & Society Review does not accept unsolicited book reviews. Book reviews are by invite only and should only be submitted after instructed to by the editorial team.