Journal of Law and Politics
Encyclopedia
The Journal of Law & Politics was founded in 1982 by students at the University of Virginia School of Law
. Among the faculty advisers supporting the Journal
were then-professor and current Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
. The journal publishes scholarly articles and essays from academic authors as well as practicing lawyers. In 2005 the journal hosted a major symposium entitled "Democracy in Action?: The Law and Politics of Local Government."
University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law was founded in Charlottesville in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson as one of the original subjects taught at his "academical village," the University of Virginia. The law school maintains an enrollment of approximately 1,100 students in its initial degree program...
. Among the faculty advisers supporting the Journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
were then-professor and current Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Gregory Scalia is an American jurist who serves as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice...
. The journal publishes scholarly articles and essays from academic authors as well as practicing lawyers. In 2005 the journal hosted a major symposium entitled "Democracy in Action?: The Law and Politics of Local Government."