Editors Letter

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/lasr.12162
• Date: 01 September 2015
• Published date: 01 September 2015

Editors Letter

Dear readers,

Please find below a statement, sent to us by Jacques Com-

maille, the current editor-in-chief of Droit et Soci

et

e, on behalf of

his journal’s editorial board and on the occasion of the 30

th

anni-

versary of his journal. We are pleased to grant Professor Com-

maille’s request to print this note. Together with Droit et Soci

et

e,

the Law & Society Review is part of the larger ecology of law and

society scholarship and of the journals that carry it. No doubt,

within that environment, different projects occupy distinct niches,

partly marked by national or language affiliations. Yet, despite

such specialization, they do share a world, rich with overlapping

intellectual and academic agendas. A careful reading of Professor

Commaille’s statement and our editorial introductions to the cur-

rent and the past volumes of the Law & Society Review – and of

the journals of course – reveals both specializations and common-

alities. Cultivating exchanges and mutual awareness can only

strengthen both, the niches and the world we share. We wish

Droit et Soci

et

ea happy anniversary and many happy returns!

Timothy R. Johnson and Joachim J. Savelsberg

Co-editors, Law & Society Review

The significance of an academic journal

Droit et Soci

et

eis celebrating its 30

th

anniversary. This is an

excellent occasion to address the issue that justify the journal’s

existence: you, our readers and contributors. This is a wonderful

opportunity, too, to enter into a dialogue with other international

academic journals evolving in the same branches of knowledge

and pursuing the same goals.

This anniversary is less about celebrating the specific virtues of

one journal, than it is about sharing with other publications the

basis for accomplishing its mission of promoting knowledge-creating

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