Founded in 1978, the Third World Law Journal is a unique legal periodical that fills the need for a progressive, alternative legal perspective on issues both within the United States and in the developing world. The Journal's scope includes issues affecting underrepresented populations, human and civil rights, immigration, women's and children's issues, and issues of disproportionate economic impact. Published twice annually, the Journal contains articles by outside authors, student notes, and student book reviews. The founders of the Journal envisioned it as a forum for discussing legal issues affecting people, cultures, and institutions that share a common history of colonialism, oppression, under-representation, and marginalization in the political and economic processes. Third World problems are a complex matrix of social, economic and political crises confronting minority groups, indigenous cultures and under-industrialized nations.
The Journal's 30-member staff (15 second and 15 third-year students) is comprised of individuals with diverse backgrounds and interests. It is a group dedicated to offering insightful treatment of contemporary legal issues that are frequently overlooked by other legal publications. Past topics have included truth commissions in El Salvador and Guatemala, English as the official language, sexual orientation law in South Africa and Zimbabwe, and the 50 years since the trials at Nuremberg.
Rosalind Kaplan, Manager for Law Review Publications and John Gordon, Administrative Assistant, two full-time permanent support staff, provide technical assistance, guidance and typesetting for the reviews. General review information or questions regarding article submissions, permission to reprint, subscription information, and purchasing back issues may be directed to Ms. Kaplan or Mr. Gordon at the following: telephone (617) 552-8557; fax (617) 552-2615, (617) 552-4098; or email bclawrev@bc.edu.
Articles can be sent via disk, email or hard copy. To submit a hard copy, address it to:
The Boston College Third World Law Journal is published semi-annually at Boston College Law School, 885 Centre St., Newton MA 02459. Subscription prices: $14.00 (plus $6.00 for foreign mailing). Single issues $6.00 (plus $1.00 for foreign mailing). Subscriptions will be renewed automatically unless the Journal is notified otherwise. Back issues may be ordered from Wm. S. Hein & Co., 1285 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14209 (716/882-2600).