Information for Authors
1. Submission and Preparation of Articles
It is preferred that articles for consideration should be sent as an email attachment (Word or Word compatible) to the Assistant Editor, Rosemary McCabe Human Rights Law Centre, School of Law, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. Articles of between 10,000 and 15,000 words are preferred but shorter or longer articles may be considered. These should be original, unpublished work and not under consideration for publication in another journal. The final decision on publication rests with the Editorial Board after submissions are refereed on the basis of anonymity. Substantive changes proposed by referees/editorial board will only be made in consultation with the author.
The first page must give: title of paper, contributor names, and the full address (including email) of the author designated to receive proofs/correspondence, and total word count. An abstract of no more than 150 words should be included with all submissions. Pages should be in numbered sequence. The name of the author(s) should appear at the beginning immediately under the title, with an asterisked footnote giving the present position of the author(s) and an address (including email) for contact by readers, together with any desired acknowledgements. Headings should be to journal style. British spelling of English-language is used. Footnotes should be kept brief as possible and used primarily for reference purposes; explanatory notes are discouraged. Scripts and disks will not normally be returned unless special arrangements have been made. Submissions should be original unpublished work and not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
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2. Citations
Where in doubt, authors should provide as full a citation as possible.
Human Rights Law Review should be cited as (2003) 3 Human Rights Law Review 91.
Articles
Mowbray, 'The European Convention on Human Rights: Report of the Evaluation Group and Recent Cases', (2002) 2 Human Rights Law Review 127.
Graefrath, 'Reporting and Complaint Systems in Universal Human Rights Treaties', in Rosas and Helgesen (eds), Human Rights in a Changing East/West Perspective (London: Pinter, 1990) 290 at 295.
Books
Harris, O'Boyle and Warbrick, Law of the European Convention on Human Rights, 2nd edn (London: Butterworths, 2000) at 67.
Treaties and Cases
US v Dann, 572 F2d 222 at 226 (9th Cir 1978).
IACtHR, Mayagna (Sumo) Awa Tingni, Judgment of 31 August 2001, at para 149.
3. Style
Quotations of more than about 30 words (unless in footnotes) should be indented from the text without quotation marks. Single quotation marks should be used (with double quotation marks for quotations within quotations).
Dates should be cited thus, 10 January 2000.
Footnotes: use ibid. for reference to the previous footnote and for subsequent references 'Authors surname, supra n X at Y'.
4. Submission and Preparation of Recent Developments
Short notes (around 5000 words) on recent developments should be sent as an e-mail attachment to the Recent Developments Editor, Sangeeta Shah, School of Law, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. Requirements as for articles above (including author's identification and citation). Submissions should follow journal style for articles.
5. Submission and Preparation of Book Reviews
Book reviews of between 1,500 and 3,000 words should be sent as an email attachment (Word or Word compatible) to the Book Reviews Editor, Sandesh Sivakumaran, School of Law, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK. Requirements as for articles above (including author's identification and citation). Reviews may cover more than one publication if appropriate. Headings should follow journal style, for example:
N. Chomsky, ROGUE STATES: THE RULE OF FORCE IN WORLD AFFAIRS (London: Pluto Press, 2000, 252 pp, ISBN 0 7453 1708 1, Paperback £10.99)
6. Proofs
Authors will receive a PDF proof of their article by email and it is essential that a current email address is supplied with all articles. Proofing instructions will accompany the PDF file but the proof should be checked immediately upon receipt and return as per covering instructions. Only essential corrections should be made at this stage.
7. Offprints
Article contributors will receive free url access to their paper and may claim 25 gratis offprints by completing and returning the offprint form to the publisher. Further offprints may be ordered at a charge as shown on the form. Orders from the UK will be subject to a 17.5% VAT charge. For orders from elsewhere in the EU you or your institution should account for VAT by way of a reverse charge. Please provide us with your or your institution’s VAT number.
8. Copyright
Manuscripts submitted will be expected to contain original work and should not have been published in abridged or other form elsewhere. It is a condition of publication in the journal that authors assign copyright to Oxford University Press. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material in other publications provided that Human Rights Law Review is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance.
9. Author Self-Archiving/Public Access Policy From May 2005
Author Self-Archiving policy page.
10. Conflict of Interest Policy
Please click here for information about the Conflict of Interest policy.