In 1958, Harvard University Press published the first volume of NOMOS, the yearbook of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy.
Edited by Carl Friedrich, and entitled Authority, it began a series of annual volumes published or currently in production. These thematic collections have been staples of political and legal philosophical scholarship and in many cases have become the first place for scholars to turn on any given theme. The essays continue to be a valuable resource for interdisciplinary research and undergraduate and graduate education. The volumes from 1977 (NOMOS XVII) to 2020 (NOMOS LXIII) are available on JSTOR and HeinOnline. (There is generally a two- to three-year lag (or "moving wall") between publication of the volumes by New York University Press and when they become available on JSTOR and HeinOnline.)
NOMOS has included work by some of the leading political and legal theorists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from a wide range of ideological and methodological perspectives, including Danielle Allen, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Jon Elster, Richard Epstein, Lon Fuller, Jean Hampton, Catharine MacKinnon, Frank I. Michelman, Robert Nozick, Martha Nussbaum, Richard Posner, John Rawls, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Judith Shklar, Cass Sunstein, Jeremy Waldron, Michael Walzer, Sheldon Wolin, and Iris Marion Young.
Over the years, the General Editors of NOMOS have been:
ed. Carl J. Friedrich, 1958
ed. Carl J. Friedrich, 1958
ed. Carl J. Friedrich, 1960
ed. Carl J. Friedrich, 1962
ed. Carl J. Friedrich, 1962
eds. Carl J. Friedrich and John W. Chapman, 1963
ed. Carl J. Friedrich, 1964
ed. Carl J. Friedrich, 1966
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1967
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1968
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1969
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1970
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1971
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1972
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1974
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1975
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1977
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1977
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1978
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1979
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1979
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1980
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1981
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1982
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1983
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1984
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1985
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1986
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1987
eds. J. Roland Pennock and John W. Chapman, 1988
eds. John W. Chapman and J. Roland Pennock, 1989
ed. John W. Chapman and Alan Wertheimer, 1990
ed. John W. Chapman, 1991
eds. John W. Chapman and William A. Galston, 1992
eds. John W. Chapman and Ian Shapiro, 1993
ed. Ian Shapiro, 1994
eds. Ian Shapiro and Judith Wagner DeCew, 1995
eds. Ian Shapiro and Russell Hardin, 1996
eds. Ian Shapiro and Will Kymlicka, 1997
eds. Ian Shapiro and Robert Adams, 1998
eds. Ian Shapiro and Lea Brilmayer, 1999
eds. Ian Shapiro and Stephen Macedo, 2000
eds. Stephen Macedo and Yael Tamir, 2001
eds. Stephen Macedo and Iris Marion Young, 2003
eds. Stephen Macedo and Allen Buchanan, 2004
eds. Stephen Macedo and Melissa S. Williams, 2005
eds. Terry Nardin and Melissa S. Williams, 2005
eds. Melissa S. Williams and Jeremy Waldron
eds. Henry S. Richardson and Melissa S. Williams
ed. James E. Fleming
ed. Melissa S. Williams
ed. James E. Fleming and Sanford Levinson
ed. James E. Fleming
eds. Sanford Levinson, Joel Parker, and Paul Woodruff
ed. James E. Fleming and Jacob T. Levy
ed. Sanford V. Levinson, Joel Parker, and Melissa S. Williams
ed. Jack Knight
eds. Jack Knight and Melissa Schwartzberg
ed. Jack Knight
ed. Jack Knight and Melissa Schwartzberg
eds. Jack Knight and Melissa Schwartzberg
ed. Melissa Schwartzberg
ed. Melissa Schwartzberg and Daniel Viehof
ed. Melissa Schwartzberg and Philip Kitcher
ed. Melissa Schwartzberg and Eric Beerbohm