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PoLAR: The Political
and Legal Anthropology Review
Editor:
Professor Elizabeth Mertz,
University of Wisconsin
(Editor's
Page)
Book Review Editor: Katherine
Bowie, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Managing Editor: April Faith-Slaker
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PoLAR
is devoted to the anthropology of law and politics, most broadly conceived.
It publishes work that is distinguished by its innovative definition
of problems, ethnographic orientation or theoretical outlook.
We welcome submissions of manuscripts between 4,000 and 8,000 words
in length (including notes and references).
Abstracting
and Indexing:
PoLAR
is indexed in Anthropology Index, Communications Abstracts, Index
to Periodical Articles related to Law, International Bibliography
of the Social Sciences. PoLAR is also under consideration
for indexing by Oxford University Press's Refugee Survey Quarterly,
Sage's Criminal Justice Abstracts, Sage's Urban Studies Abstracts. PoLAR
is now available in full text on Westlaw and Hein OnLine, two of the
most important legal data bases.
Past
and Upcoming Symposia:
- "Critical Perspectives on Human Rights
and Multiculturalism in Neoliberal Latin America" co-edited with
Maria Teresa Sierra and Shannon Speed, Spring 2005
- "Anthropology and Human Rights Administrations:
Expert Observation and Representation After the Fact" co-edited
with Iris Jean-Klein, Fall 2005
- "Environment, Globalization, and Sovereignty"
co-edited with Kate Sullivan, Spring 2006
- "Papering Ethics, Documenting
Consent: the New Bureaucracies of Virtue" co-edited with Marie-Andrée
Jacob, Fall 2007
- "Ethnographic Fictions" co-edited
with Susan Coutin and Barbara Yngvesson, Spring 2008.
Full
content of all issues can now be found on:
Information
for Contributors:
While manuscripts should not exceed 8,000 words in length (including
notes and references), book reviews should be from 800 -1,000 words. Prospective
authors may submit manuscripts in one of two ways. You can either
submit electronically via a Word (RTF) document to Polar@law.wisc.edu
or send four hard copies to the editorial offices of PoLAR.
Manuscripts submitted to PoLAR must not be under consideration by
another journal or have been previously published. Type authorship,
institutional affiliation, complete address, phone number, fax, and
e-mail; only the title should appear on the manuscript. Submissions
of manuscripts should also include an abstract and at least five keywords.
Consult
style
guide. If you prefer
to send your submission as a hard copy rather than electronically,
please send four copies to:
Professor
Elizabeth Mertz
Editor, PoLAR
Political and Legal Anthropology Review
American Bar Foundation
750 North Lake Shore Drive
Chicago IL 60611
Information for
Publishers:
PoLAR welcomes book review copies. Publishers may send a review copy
to:
Professor Katherine
Bowie
Department of Anthropology
5240 W. H. Sewell Social Science Building
1180 Observatory Dr.
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706
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Madelaine Adelman, ASU |
Sarah S. Lochlann Jain, Stanford University |
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Victoria Bernal, UCI |
Bill
Maurer, UCI |
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Michelle Bigenho, Hampshire College |
Sally Merry, New York University |
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John Borneman, Princeton University |
Hiro
Miyazaki, Cornell University |
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John Bowen, Washington U. in St. Louis |
Kunal
Parker, Cleveland-Marshall C. of Law |
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Kimberly Coles, University of Edinburgh |
Richard
Perry, San Jose State U. |
| Susan
Coutin, UCI |
Charles
Piot, Duke University |
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Eve Darian-Smith, U Mass Amherst |
Alain
Pottage, London School of Economics |
| Jim
Ferguson, Stanford University |
Adam
Reed, University of St. Andrews |
| Kim
Fortun, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Justin
B. Richland, UCI |
| Daniel
Goldstein, Rutgers University |
Lawrence
Rosen, Princeton University |
| Doug
Holmes, SUNY Binghamton |
AnnJanette
Rosga, University of Colorado |
| Jonathan
Xavier Inda, UCSB |
Paula
Sabloff, U. Penn |
| Anastasia
Karakasidou, Wellesley College |
Vilma
Santiago-Irizarry, Cornell University |
| Naoki
Kasuga, University of Osaka |
Sari
Wastell, University of London, Goldsmith |
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Mindie Lazarus-Black, U. of Illinois-Chicago |
Barbara Yngvesson, Hampshire College |
Members
of the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Section of
the American Anthropological Association receive PoLAR as part
of their membership.
For
further information on membership in the American Anthropological
Association, please visit the Member
Services page on the AAA Web Site.
PoLAR
is also available by subscription:
- Individual subscription rate ($49.00/year)
- Institutional subscription rate ($49.00/year)
Institutions
may contact PoLAR's editorial offices to request a review copy. Please
submit your request on institutional letterhead by fax, (312) 988-6579
or by mail to: PoLAR, American bar Foundation, 750 North Lake Shore
Drive, Chicago IL 60611
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