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What is Lexicon?
Lexicon
is an electronically
published journal primarily for undergraduates interested in
understanding
the relationships between law, crime, and society. We welcome
submissions by
students, as well as faculty and
legal
professionals who wish to communicate with this audience.
Lexicon
is not an
undergraduate law review. We are premised on the idea that
studying
law, crime, and society is an integral part of a liberal arts education
in
several
senses.
First, educated citizens need an understanding of law and the
social order to comprehend their legal rights and responsibilities, and
to evaluate
the character and performance of our legal regime. Second, the
liberal
arts commitment to investigating and discussing problems critically,
from
multiple scholarly perspectives, provides a valuable and distinctive
way
to study law, crime, and society.
Lexicon
is interdisciplinary.
We accept submissions from varied scholarly, political, disciplinary,
and
stylistic approaches.
What kinds of
work do we
publish?
We are
interested in well researched
and effectively argued essays and articles, so long as these
submissions
are likely to be of interest to an undergraduate audience. This might include:
- Clear
explanations, interpretations,
and analyses of important laws, socio-legal developments, court
decisions,
etc.
- Discussions
of how different
academic perspectives shed new light on significant issues in law or
crime
- Examinations
of the relevant
legal background or social implications of topics of concern to
undergraduate
students pertaining to law or crime (including current events,
popular
culture, etc.)
- Practical
discussions about
how to study or understand law or crime, or about how to pursue
professional
opportunities
in these general areas
We are also
interested in
creative and non-traditional topics and modes of presentation: This
might
include
- Interviews
- Humor
- Articles
or essays that critically
examine or utilize features of the internet (hypertext; audiofiles,
etc.)
and other developing technology
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