Margaret (Peg) Lourie has served as production editor of the Review since I took over the editorship. Every article that has been published bears the mark of her careful reading and editorial skills. Peg came to the Review with strong academic interests in several subjects but no prior experience in law and social science. Because I value her ideas and thought her reflections after three years of involvement with the Law & Society Review would be of general interest, I invited her to write the editorial introduction to this issue. The descriptions of the articles in this number that follow her introductory remarks are mine. R.O.L.