Journal of Supreme Court History
Editor: Melvin I. Urofsky
Managing Editor: Clare Cushman, Director of Publications, Supreme Court Historical Society
Editorial Board: Melvin I. Urofsky, Chairman, Herman Belz, David J. Bodenhamer, Craig Joyce, David O'Brien, Michael Parrish, L.A. Powe, Jr., Michael Ross
Background: For over thirty years the Journal of Supreme Court History has been serving the legal profession, historians, and the public. When launched in 1976 as an annual publication, it was titled Yearbook 1976 Supreme Court Historical Society. It changed its name to the Journal of Supreme Court History in 1990 and became a biannual publication in 1996. The Journal became a trimester publication in 1999, and the following year Blackwell Publishing, Inc. became its publisher.
Subscription: The Journal of Supreme Court History (ISSN 1059-4329) is published three times a year in March, July and November by the Supreme Court Historical Society through Blackwell Publishing, Inc. Individual subscription is included with Membership to the Supreme Court Historical Society. To become an institutional subscriber or to order back issues of recent Journals, please visit: www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jsch. For advertising rates, please contact Kristin McCarthy, Advertising Sales Representative at Wiley-Blackwell at (201) 748-7683.
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The 1981 Supreme Court Historical Society Yearbook / History Journal
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The 1978 Supreme Court Historical Society Yearbook / History Journal
The 1977 Supreme Court Historical Society Yearbook / History Journal
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Journal of Supreme Court History | Submissions Info
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Journal of Supreme Court History | Recent Archive Sample Articles:
William O. Douglas Remembered - Marshall L. Small
The Supreme Court Before John Marshall - Robert Lowry Clinton
Some Memories of a Long Life, 1845-1911 - Malvina Shanklin Harlan
Brandeis, Erie, and the New Deal "Constitutional Revolution" - Edward A. Purcell, Jr.
Felix Frankfurter, Incorporation and the Willie Francis Case - William Wiecek
The Mystery of Charles Kennedy Poe - Todd C. Peppers
The Supreme Court Historical Society is always eager to hear what you think. Please share your ideas and suggestions atsuggestions@supremecourthistory.org. Your comments will be sent to a member of the Society's staff. Thank you for your interest in helping the Society improve its services and program offerings.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Journal of Supreme Court History | Submissions
Submissions
Unsolicited article submissions are accepted on a continual basis throughout the year. The Journal is published three times a year, in March, July, and November. Submissions are reviewed by members of the Board of Editors and authors are usually notified within five weeks as to whether their submission has been accepted for publication. Authors are not restricted from submitting to other journals simultaneously. The Journal will consider papers on any topic relating to the Supreme Court and its members, although articles that are purely doctrinal or statistical tend not to be accepted.
Manuscripts
There is no particular length requirement. The Journal uses endnotes instead of footnotes and discourages the use of prose in endnotes. A variety of note styles is acceptable as long as there is consistency within the article. Because each article features 5 to 10 illustrations, we encourage authors to submit a wish list of illustration ideas, and, if possible, photocopies of any illustrations they specifically require. Illustrations research and permissions are handled by the Journal staff.
Please submit manuscripts to Clare Cushman, Managing Editor chcush at aol.com
Assistance to Authors
Part of the mission of the Supreme Court Historical Society is “publishing books and other materials which increase public awareness of the Court’s contribution to our nation’s rich constitutional heritage.” In accordance with this mission, the Society from time to time provides assistance toward the publication of books and other materials by authors who are not members of its own staff. Such assistance varies from case to case and may include identification of a book or other material as a publication of the Society, research and editorial assistance, and/or a direct financial contribution to publication.
The Society will provide assistance to a publication by an external author only if, in the judgment of its Publications Committee, the publication meets all three of the following conditions:
1. The publication would make an important contribution to public understanding of the history or work of the Supreme Court.
2. The Society’s assistance would contribute materially to the quality of the work or its successful publication, or both.
3. The author or publisher agrees that the Society reserves the right of final editorial control over any publication that bears its name or is published with its assistance.
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