JAMES WILLARD HURST PRIZE

The Law and Society Association awards this prize for the best work in sociolegal history published in previous calendar year.  The annual (biennial from inception in 1982 through 2002) award is presented at the Association's Annual Meeting and consists of a certificate and $500, which may be shared among multiple awardees.  Contributions to the prize fund are tax exempt.

In the spirit of Willard Hurst's own work, the field of sociolegal history is  broadly defined to include the history of interrelationships between law and social, economic, and political change; the history of functions and impact of legal agencies, legislative and administrative as well as judicial; the social history of the legal profession; and similar topics.  The Association seeks studies in legal history that explore the relationship between law and society or which illuminate the use, functions, and cultural meaning of law in society.  Preference is normally given to books, but articles and monographs of exceptional quality may also be submitted. The Association discourages submissions of purely doctrinal studies in the evolution of appellate case law. Textbooks, case books and edited collections are not eligible for the prize.

The 2008 Hurst Prize Committee includes David Konig, chair (Washington University), Margot Canaday (Princeton University), Jennifer Mnookin (University of California, Los Angeles), Harry Scheiber (University of California, Berkeley), Blanca Silvestrini (University of Connecticut), and Mark Tushnet (Harvard University).

Nominations for the 2008 prize are due December 15, 2007.  Send one copy of the nominated work to each member of the committee (6 in all), at the following addresses. For further information contact LSA@lawandsociety.org or the 2008 committee chair, David Thomas Konig, dtkonig@artsci.wustl.edu.

David Thomas Konig

Washington University School of Law

Anheuser-Busch Hall

Campus Box 1120

St. Louis, MO 63130

Margot Canaday

6922 Prince Georges Avenue

Takoma Park  MD 20912-5414

Jennifer L. Mnookin

School of Law

UCLA

Box 951476

Los Angeles CA 90095-1476

Harry N. Scheiber

Law School

University of California

Boalt Hall SPC 7200

Berkeley CA 94720-7200

Blanca G. Silvestrini

Department of History

University of Connecticut

241 Glenbrook Road U-103

Storrs Mansfield CT 06269-2103

Mark Tushnet

1416 Holly Street NW

Washington DC 20012-1526