GENERAL INFORMATION
Submissions of Articles, Legislation Reviews, Case Comments and Book Reviews are invited and should be completed in Submission of articles.
The Journal does not have any article submission charges, neither article processing charges (APCs).
Contributions must be the authors’ own and original work and not have been submitted to or published in any other written or electronic means.
Authors should submit first the abstract of their contribution to be analysed by the Editorial Board.
After the notification confirming the abstract admission (by email), authors should submit the full draft (by email) to be subjected to a double-blind peer-review process. Regarding the blind peer-review process, authors are advised to use the third person to refer to previous work. For example, authors should avoid expressions like 'we/the authors have previously demonstrated', even if they cite the reference on a footnote as they would do for any other author.
All submissions must observe the deadlines indicated in Call for papers.
Contributions should also observe the following rules:
I. Text and footnotes structure and formatting
1. Minimum length a) 50.000 characters (spaces and footnotes included, bibliography not included) for articles;
b) 10.000 characters (spaces and footnotes included) for book reviews.
2. Maximum length
a) 80.000 characters (spaces and footnotes included, bibliography not included) for articles;
b) 20.000 characters (spaces and footnotes included) for book reviews.
II. Abstract
When
submitting the abstract, authors should consider the following criteria:
a)
Title: Times New Roman, 12, bold, centred;
b)
Author(s) identification (Name, Post Code, City, Country and Email): Times New Roman, 12, centred;
c)
Indication of affiliation (University, Faculty and Department): footnote (not numbered), Times New Roman, 10;
d)
Abstract: 200-500 words, Times New Roman, 10;
e)
Keywords: 5 words, Times New Roman, 10.
III. Pre-textual elements
a) Title of the article: Times New Roman, 12, bold, centred;
b) Author(s) identification (Name, Post Code, City, Country and Email): Times New Roman, 12, right justified;
c) Indication of affiliation (University, Faculty and Department): footnote (not numbered), Times New Roman, 10;
d) Abstract: 200-500 words, Times New Roman, 10;
e) Keywords: 5 words, Times New Roman, 10;
f) Abbreviations should be indicated in initial footnote (if necessary): Times New Roman, 10.
IV. Text
a) The text should be written in Word format, Times New Roman, 12, single spaced.
b) Words in foreign language, Latin included, should be in italic, without quotation marks;
c) Citations should be in double quotation marks, and should not be in italic (e.g. “…”).
d) If the quoted author uses quotation marks in the text cited, the author should apply another kind of quotation marks to signal the beginning and the ending of the citation (e. g.: “… ‘…’ …”).
V. Footnotes
a) Footnotes should be written in Word format, continuous numbering, Times New Roman, 10, single space;
b) Words in foreign language, Latin included, should be in italic, without quotation marks;
c)Citation should be in double quotation marks, and not in italic (example: “…”);
d) If the quoted author uses quotation marks in the transcription, the author should apply another kind of quotation marks to initiate and finalize the citation (example: “... ‘...’...”).
VI. Dates
a) Dates should be given in the style 1 January 1993; 1993-94; 1999-2001; 2001-02; 1990s (not 1990’s).
b) References to centuries in the text should be written in full (examples: in the nineteenth century; nineteenth-century legislation; the mid-twentieth century saw a ...; early-twenty-first-century credit crunch).
V. Bibliographic citations and Bibliography
(A Style Guide is available for download here)
