Contributions
should conform to the Legisprudence style
guidelines shown below.
1. TEXT
Text
- The text is to be left in the style Normal.
Foreign words
- Foreign words need to be italicized.
2. FOOTNOTES
Page Span
The Page span needs to be as follow:
- the last two decimals of the page numbers are always written down (eg 111-12).
- the hundred number can be omitted in the second page number when the pages are in the same hundred. If the hundred changes, the second number has to include the hundred value. (eg, 111-212).
3. METHOD OF REFERENCING
BOOK TITLES:
- A von Hirsch and A Ashworth, Principled Sentencing: Readings on Theory and Policy, (Oxford, Hart Publishing, 2nd edn, 1998), 23-30.
TRANSLATED BOOKS:
- H Blumenberg, The Legitimacy of the Modern Age, R M Wallace (tr), (Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1983).
CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES:
- Z Bankowski and N MacCormick, "Legality without Legalism", in W Krawietz, ea (eds), The Reasonable as Rational. On Legal Argumentation and Justification. Festschrift fuür Aulis Aarnio (Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, 2000), 181-195.
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
- H L A Hart, "Positivism and the Separation of Law and Morals" (1957-1958) 71 Harvard Law Review, 593-629.
OFFICIAL REPORTS:
- Commission of the European Communities, European Governance: A White Paper, COM (2001) 428 final, 25 July 2001.
CASES:
- Case names should be in italics (Hart v Hart, including 'v' (no full point). Cases should be cited, whenever possible, using the accepted neutral form of citation.
For example:
Home Office v Dorset Yacht Co Ltd [1970] AC 1004 (HL)
- References to cases of the European Court of Justice should include case number and European Court Reports (ECR) citation (if available). For example:
Case T-65/33 Christy v Mulliner [1994] ECR II-323
Case 4/73, Nold v Commission [1974] ECR 491, para 51.
- Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights should always be cited using the relevant reference in the official reports (Series A) and, if possible, also the European Human Rights Reports.
For example:
Young, James and Webster v UK Series A no 44 (1982) 4 EHRR 38.
Campbell and Cosans v United Kingdom (App no 7511/76, 7743/76) (1982), 4 EHRR 293, para 36.
Baranowski v Poland (App no 28358/95) (2000) (ECHR 8 March 2000), para 51.
- Abbreviations of book titles, chapters in edited volumes, journal articles, official reports, and case names after the first full citation has been given:
Z Bankowski and N MacCormick, "Legality Without Legalism", supra, n 1, 186.
CROSS-REFERENCES:
- When referring to your article use 'article' instead of 'paper' and 'Section A' instead of 'Part 1'.
- The use of 'ante', 'post', 'op cir', 'loc cit', should all be avoided. 'Id' and 'Ibid' is permitted where the reference refers to the preceding note.
WEBSITES:
- Websites are quoted with the the URL for electronic references is followed by "accessed on [date]":
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk (last accessed on 12 May 2007).
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