E.C. article update
My pragmatic defense of the Electoral College has been linked on Rick Hasen's Election Law Blog.
Speaking of which: it seems that, if my paper does get an offer of publication from a law review or journal, I'll have at least a little bit of time to revise and edit it before making my final submission. And of course, as I mentioned before, if it doesn't get an offer, I'll be revising it extensively and then re-submitting in the spring. So, for those who wanted to be "beta-testers," your input is still most welcome. Same goes for anyone else with suggestions, criticisms, etc. You can download it from SSRN, or if that doesn't work for you, e-mail me at irishtrojan [at] gmail.com and I'll be happy to send you a copy.
Well, I admit that I'm not that far into the paper yet (75 pages is too much for me to read at 8:45 in the morning, lol) but what I've read so far is excellent, Brendan. Good luck getting it published!
Posted by: Trisha | Sep 17, 2007 8:45:50 AM
You might want to consider trying to cut some pages -- or a lot of pages. One of the biggest impediments to publication is going to be its length.
Posted by: domerlaw2006 | Sep 17, 2007 1:19:10 PM
Actually, it seems to be at the lower end of the typical range for the major law reviews. For example, I believe the spreadsheet I have (from NDLS) says Yale Law Review submissions should be between 25,000 and 35,000 words, and mine is just over 25,000. Not that I'm expecting to get published in the Yale Law Review, but that's just to give you an idea. Law review articles apparently tend to be quite long. This was news to me, but it was also good news. :) If you think that's wrong, though, let me know - I'm just going based on the information that I have.
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Sep 17, 2007 2:43:12 PM
Some more examples here. NYU and Texas want between 20,000 and 35,000 words; Michigan, UCLA and Virginia want less than 25,000; Georgetown, Duke, Penn and Northwestern want less than 35,000; Columbia wants less than 32,000; Wisconsin wants 37,000 or less; etc.
Ponit is, the guidelines vary, but 25,556 (that's what mine is, with footnotes) certainly does not seem to be an outlandish number.
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Sep 17, 2007 2:47:43 PM
Very commendable, to be linked by the Election Law Blog.
But gee, I'm surprised these guys haven't linked to you yet, one would think they'd be Eager to publicize your paper :) Waw haw haw ;>
Posted by: Joe Loy | Sep 17, 2007 5:27:02 PM
There's no such thing as the Yale Law Review. HTH
Posted by: | Sep 17, 2007 10:08:13 PM
Heh. I knew that. XOXO.
Posted by: | Sep 17, 2007 10:22:03 PM
I only suggest it because, while I'm certain that it's an excellent paper, law journals have to make choices all the time and when it comes down to giving 25,000 words of space to an established scholar with a long reputation or to a recent law school grad, the choice is obvious. I suspect (but do not know) that if your paper is shorter, you're more likely to get more consideration when journals have space for something to "fill out" an issue.
Posted by: domerlaw06 | Sep 18, 2007 11:04:18 AM
It seems that the California Senate Democrats are trying, yet again, to ignore the Constitution ...
With this unConstitutional Amendment ...
Posted by: Alasdair | Sep 18, 2007 4:30:20 PM