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The American Bankruptcy Law Journal is the oldest continuing scholarly publication on the topic of bankruptcy and insolvency law, dating back to 1926. The ABLJ is unique in at least two respects.
The ABLJ editorial staff is comprised entirely of sitting bankruptcy judges. Our editors bring a combination of pragmatism and scholarship to the editing process no other journal can provide. In addition, in 2002 the Journal became the first and only journal focused on bankruptcy law to provide formal peer review. Leading bankruptcy scholars and judges perfrom those reviews. The peer review process is double blind; the author and the peer reviewer never learn each other’s identity. Once assigned, the peer reviewer is asked to give the Editor in Chief a recommendation as to whether to publish and suggest possible changes or supplements to the article. These comments are shared with the author.
All articles submitted for publication are reviewed initially by the Editor in Chief, who determines whether the article merits peer review. The combination of peer review and judicial editing ensures that articles published in the Journal are of the highest quality. The final publication decision falls to the Editor in Chief.