Book Prize Nomination

English-language monographs on public law are eligible for nomination.

The nominated book must have been published in 2023 or 2024. The relevant criterion is the official publication year as stated in the book’s front matter. Nominated books must moreover be the first original edition.

Books already nominated in previous editions of the Society’s Book Prize and books written by members of the Society’s Executive Committee are not eligible.

The following are invited to nominate books, up to a maximum of 5 (five) each:

• Members of the ICON·S Executive Committee
• Members of the ICON·S Council
• Group of at least three ICON·S members
• Book review editors of academic journals
• Scholarly publishers/publishing house

Authors are not eligible to nominate their own books. Furthermore, edited books and books written by members of the Society’s Executive Committee are not eligible for consideration.

The Society especially welcomes nominations of scholarly works by female- and male-identifying scholars. The Book Prize Committee is authorized to consider books that have not been nominated and that it considers particularly worthy of consideration.

The deadline for the submission of nominations is January 15, 2025.

Please note that the nominators must send (or make arrangements with the publisher to send) one hardcopy for each member of the Book Prize Committee directly to each member no later than February 15, 2025. Addresses will be provided shortly after nomination.

E-books or scans can substitute hardcopies with the approval of Co-Chairs Silvia Suteu (s.suteu@ucl.ac.uk) and Chien-Chih Lin (chienchihlin@gate.sinica.edu.tw), in particular, if providing hardcopies poses a considerable financial burden or is otherwise problematic.

For any questions, please get in touch with icons@icon-society.org.