Journal of Supreme Court History
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 Wiley became its publisher.
Subscription: The Journal of Supreme Court History (ISSN 1059-4329) is published three times a year in March, July and November for the Supreme Court Historical Society by Wiley Subscription Services, Inc. To subscribe to the Journal, please become a member of the Supreme Court Historical Society. For institutional subscribers, contact: [email protected].
Single issues of the Journal are available online at Wiley Online Library. Visit www.wileyonlinelibrary.com to search the articles and register for table of contents email alerts.
Single back issues are available for purchase through our gift shop.
Abstracting and Indexing The Journal is indexed or abstracted in the following: ABC-Clio; Academic Search Premier; America: History and Life; Cambridge Scientific Abstracts Worldwide Political Science Abstracts; CatchWord; EBSCO Academic Search Premier; EBSCO Legal Collection; Historical Abstracts; Index to Legal Periodicals and Books; InfoTrac Custom; InfoTrac OneFile; Ingenta; International Political Science Abstracts; JSTOR; LegalTrac; Online Computer Library Center ArticleFirst; Online Computer Library Center Index to Legal Periodicals & Books; and Sociological Abstracts.
Editor:
Melvin I. Urofsky
Managing Editor:
Clare Cushman, Director of Publications, Supreme Court Historical Society
Editorial Board:
Melvin I. Urofsky, Chairman
Ross E. Davies
Laura F. Edwards
Craig Joyce
Paul Kens
L.A. Powe, Jr.
Michael A. Ross
Donald Grier Stephenson, Jr.
Timothy S. Huebner, Associate Editor
Author Guidelines
Submissions
The Journal of Supreme Court History accepts manuscript submissions 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 generally are notified within six weeks as to whether an article 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 history of 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, although articles that are roughly 30 double spaced pages are preferred. The Journal uses endnotes instead of footnotes and discourages the use of prose in the endnotes. A variety of note styles are acceptable, as long as there is consistency within the article. A style sheet can be provided on request. Because each article features five to ten 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 articles to:
Clare Cushman, Managing Editor