Manuscript Editing for Law & Social Inquiry Journal Articles
Law & Social Inquiry is a multidisciplinary quarterly of original research articles and review essays on law, legal institutions, and the legal profession. It draws on anthropology, criminology, economics, history, philosophy, political science, sociology, and social psychology. The journal continues the American Bar Foundation Research Journal, published from 1976 to 1987. Cambridge University Press publishes it on behalf of the American Bar Foundation in Chicago, home to its editor.
Articles run up to 15,000 words, including footnotes and endnotes. The abstract runs 200 words at most, built around three or four keyword phrases. Any citation style is accepted at submission, including law review footnotes. Accepted articles move to the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition, author-date, with References, Cases Cited, and Statutes Cited lists. Three or more referees review each paper double-anonymously. Submission commits the author to publish in the journal if the paper is accepted. Our editors convert law review footnotes to author-date form at acceptance. Submissions go through ScholarOne.
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We will ensure that the final draft you receive is completely ready to submit to Law & Social Inquiry. We work with you until it is ready or refund your payment in full. That commitment has held since 2002.
Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed. Your draft is secure until you decide to proceed.
Manuscript Editing and Proofreading for Law & Social Inquiry
We offer three levels of manuscript editing depending on what your manuscript needs. Each is described below so you can choose the service that fits where your draft is right now.
Grammar and usage, awkward phrasing, repetition, and passive voice corrected, then clarity, concision, sentence structure, transitions, and tone, with your style manual applied throughout and a final proofread. For authors whose argument and structure are settled.
Clarity, emphasis, and paragraph structure: topic sentences, transitions, and sentences reordered within a paragraph, with every fact and claim kept as you wrote it. Includes copy editing and a final proofread.
Spelling, punctuation, typos, capitalization, grammar, and usage corrected with minimal wording changes, for manuscripts that have been edited and need a last check before submission to Law & Social Inquiry.
Cambridge's author instructions cover length, abstracts, and citation. If you have reviewer comments from an earlier submission, send them with your manuscript and we will address each one. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.
Our legal editing services include law review editing, line editing, Bluebook citation checking for form, and journal formatting. Academic proofreading covers the final read. If English is your second language, see English language editing for researchers. We also prepare articles for Law & Society Review and the Journal of Legal Education.
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Our editors do not have access to your manuscript until an order is placed.
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Reach our editorial team directly to discuss your manuscript, your Law & Social Inquiry submission timeline, or which service is right for your project. Initial consultations of up to 15 minutes are complimentary.
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