Wednesday, January 17, 2018
The Ethics Of Baiting And Switching In Law Review Submissions
Ryan Scoville (Marquette), The Ethics of Baiting and Switching in Law Review Submissions, 101 Marq. L. Rev. ___ (2018):
Sometimes the authors of law review articles engage in a bait-and-switch: they insert exaggerated claims of novelty or significance into their submission to student editors, and then, after securing a satisfactory offer of publication, moderate those claims in drafts made available to colleagues and the public. By doing so, the authors manage to improve their chances at a desirable placement and avoid unscholarly claims before peers.
This symposium essay suggests that baiting and switching is unethical, and then discusses potential ways to address it.
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2018/01/the-ethics-of-baiting-and-switching-in-law-review-submissions.html