HERBERT JACOB BOOK PRIZE

The Law and Society Association seeks nominations for the 2008 Herbert Jacob Book Prize, to be awarded for the most outstanding law and society book published in 2007.*  This is an annual award established in 1996 and named in honor of Herbert Jacob in 1997.  Herbert Jacob (1933-1996) was a creative, energetic scholar who took on a wide variety of questions and issues, and whose work is a major contribution to the field.

The competition is open to books published (copyright date) in the calendar year preceding the award year.  Books may be from all fields of, and approaches to, law and society scholarship (excluding only works of socio-legal history which are recognized by the Association’s Hurst Prize). The competition is equally open to work from all stages in the professional continuum, from first books by young scholars, to books that may be capstones to long careers.  Textbooks, case books, and edited collections are not eligible for consideration. The prize includes a plaque and recognition at the 2008 joint meetings of the Law and Society Association and Canadian Law and Society Association, to be held May 29-June 1, Montreal, Canada.

The Jacob Prize Committee includes Marc Galanter, chair (University of Wisconsin), Pamela Brandwein (University of Michigan), Elaine Draper (State University of California, Los Angeles), Richard Markovits (University of Texas, Austin), Ronen Shamir (Tel Aviv University), and Christopher Zorn (Pennsylvania State University).

If you have a book (or books) that you would like to nominate please send six copies, one to each member of the Jacob Prize Committee at the following addresses by December 15, 2007.   For further information please contact the 2008 committee chair, Marc Galanter, msgalant@wisc.edu.

Marc Galanter

109 North Roby Road

Madison WI 53726-4050

Pamela Brandwein

Political Science Program

University of Michigan

5700 Haven Hall

505 S. State Street

Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045

Elaine Draper

1031 25th Street

Santa Monica, CA  90403

Richard Markovits

Law School

University of Texas

727 East Dean Keeton Street

Austin TX 78705-3224

Ronen Shamir

Department of Sociology

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv 69978

ISRAEL

Christopher Zorn

Department of Political Science

Pennsylvania State University 

University Park, PA 16802