Introduction from Series Editor

• Pages: xi
• Date: 15 January 2013
• Published date: 15 January 2013
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1059-4337(2013)0000060004
• Author: Austin Sarat

INTRODUCTION FROM SERIES EDITOR

This volume marks an important milestone in the publication history of

Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, our 60th volume and for me personally,

the 50th volume which I have edited or co-edited. During this time

interdisciplinary legal studies have mushroomed, now including scholars

from law faculties, the social sciences, and the humanities. Throughout its

history, the objective of Studies has been to provide a vehicle for the

publication of scholarly articles within the broad parameters of inter-

disciplinary legal scholarship. While other law-related publications publish

within a single domain: the humanities; social science; or legal doctrine,

Studies seeks to bridge those divides.

We encourage submissions from a broad range of legal scholars and

welcome articles exemplifying different theoretical perspectives and meth-

odological approaches. And, long before globalization was fashionable,

Studies had already established itself as a venue for scholars from many

different parts of the globe.

Finally, as this particular volume on citizenship and the meaning of

identity in the context of the law exemplifies, Studies combines theoretical

sophistication and policy relevance, while never sacrificing the former for

the latter. I look forward eagerly to a future in which Studies continues to

lead the way in the development of a distinctively international and

interdisciplinary brand of legal scholarship.

Austin Sarat

Editor

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