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H-Law, we have the following announcement:
After seven years of exceptional service, David Tanenhaus has decided to
step down as editor of the Law and History Review, which is sponsored
by the American Society for Legal History and published by the Cambridge
University Press. The ASLH Publications Committee invites applications
for the position. Applicants should be members of the Society who are
accomplished legal historians, have the intellectual range to work with
manuscripts from different periods and regions in legal history, and are
conversant with both law and history. The departmental or institutional
support required for the position is usually modest.
The editor's responsibilities include soliciting manuscripts in all
fields of legal history, shepherding submitted manuscripts through the
peer review and editorial processes, working with the journal's print
and electronic publisher Cambridge University Press, and maintaining
collaborative relationships with the journal's Editorial Board and the
Board ASLH Board of Directors. Production management is the
responsibility of the Cambridge University Press. Appointment is for an
initial five-year term.
Interested scholars should send an electronic version of their current
c.v. and a statement of what they would like to accomplish as editor of
the journal by March 30, 2012, to the Chair of the Publications
Committee: Michael Grossberg. Inquiries about the position should be directed to the same email address or by phone at: 812-855-3882.
Thanks, David, for your service and dedication. We are all in your debt!
