Notes to ContributorsContributions should conform to the Law andHumanities style guidelines shown below. 1. Contributions should be word-processed, double-spaced. Contributions must be provided in electronic form, either by email or by post on a clean, new 3.5 inch disk to the address above. The only exception to electronic submission is where this would be impracticable or cause undue hardship. Contributions may be provided in Word or rich text format. Please virus check your disk before submitting it. 2. One hardcopy, double-spaced and printed on A4/letter paper (using one side of the page only), may accompany the electronic version. A hardcopy should be supplied in addition to the electronic version wherever a contribution contains graphs, tables, or any other significant formatting. 3. An abstract of not more than 150 words should be submitted with the contribution. This will appear on Hart Publishing’s website if the article is published. 4. Contributions should usually be no longer than 8-10,000 words. These figures exclude footnotes, which as a guide should not cover more than one-third of the printed page. 5. Contributors' autobiographical details should appear with an * as the first footnote of each contribution, and include the name, position, and institutional affiliation for each author. 6. Legisprudence will not usually consider for publication contributions that have been submitted or accepted elsewhere for publication. The Editors and publisher do not accept any responsibility for loss or damage to the disks or hardcopies supplied. Regretfully, disks and hardcopies cannot be returned. 7. It is the contributor's responsibility to ensure that all references and citations are correct, and that the contribution does not contain any material that infringes copyright or is defamatory, obscene or otherwise unlawful or litigious. 8. Contributors of articles will receive a free copy of the journal issue and a pdf of their article. All contributors may purchase additional copies of the issue directly from Hart Publishing at a 33% discount. 9. As a condition of publication, contributors grant licences to publish to Law and Humanities and the publisher for the purpose of administering rights and permissions in all contributions. These licences include the licence to publish in hardcopy, as well as electronically, by Law and Humanities, the publisher, or by any assignee, for non-profitable and/or profitable purposes. Copyright nevertheless remains the property of the contributor. Style Guide I. General Information: 1. Although Law and Humanities is published in the UK, it is an inclusive journal that invites international contributions. Because some matters such as vocabulary, spelling, and punctuation vary to some extent from one English speaking country to another, no attempt will be made to force artificial standards upon the articles, as long as they are internally consistent (see Stylistic Conventions, Section II). 2. When an article is accepted for publication, authors will be expected to ensure that it complies with the guidelines in this document to the greatest extent possible. Law and Humanities conventions for citations, quotations and other stylistic matters are outlined in sections II and III. The Editors strongly encourage contributors to consult the journal style guidelines when revising accepted articles so as to avoid significant changes to the article at proofs stage. Sample issues and a copy of the guidelines are available on request from the publisher. 3. The Editors reserve the right of final decision on matters of style, grammar, punctuation, citation etc that are not dealt with explicitly in this document. 4. All articles should be preceded by an abstract of approximately 150 words summarising its central theme(s). The abstract should be followed by a maximum of ten keywords to assist indexers in cross-referencing the article. 5. All articles published in Law and Humanities are copyrighted by the journal and the author. A fuller statement of the copyright agreement to which authors must agree, is available on request from the publisher. Papers should be accompanied by a statement that they have not already been published and are not being considered for publication elsewhere and that, if accepted for publication in the Law and Humanities, they will not be submitted for publication elsewhere without the agreement of Hart Publishing. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce in their articles any material enjoying copyright protection. The letter granting such permission should be attached to the manuscript. II. Stylistic Conventions: The house style follows OSCOLA (Oxford Standard Citation for Legal Authorities), which can be downloaded at http://www.competition-law.ox.ac.uk/published/oscola_2006.pdf. Please note the following general guidelines. (a) Full stops indicating abbreviations should be omitted including the "v" for versus in case names). |
