AIMS AND SCOPE

The journal aims to publish articles on the application of computer technology to the law (including, for example, document drafting, litigation support, expert systems, communications, case-flow management) and on computer law (covering, for instance, intellectual property rights, computer misuse, computer contracts, liability for defective systems and the legal implications of emerging new technologies, such as telebanking, electronic data interchange, smartcards and so forth). Contributions that bring together both these fields will be particularly welcome. Neither the Editors and Editorial Board nor the publishers accept responsibility for the views authors express in their contributions.

SUBMISSION

As of 27th April 2009, all articles must be submitted online through Manuscript Central

Once you have prepared your manuscript according to the instructions below, please visit the online submission website.

Authors are required to state that the piece submitted has not been sent to any other journal.

Authors will be notified as soon as possible of the Editors' decision on the acceptability of their paper. The General Editors, Managing Editor and Regional Editors will be happy to advise in advance on the suitability of a synopsis of the proposed article.

PREPARATION

Manuscript files should be submitted in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. They should include the author's details, including title and job description and affiliations as these are to appear in the Journal; address, telephone, fax and E-mail details. Each paper should contain an Abstract no longer than 150 words.

When the files are ready, please follow the Online Submission instructions.

STYLE REQUIREMENTS

Single rather than double quotation marks should be used. Names of cases should appear in italics with the full reference as a footnote if the case name appears in the text. Journal articles should be cited as follows:

• Reed, `EC Antitrust Law and the Exploitation of Intellectual Property Rights in Software' (1992) Jur. J. 431.

Books should be cited as:

• Tapper, Computer Law (Longman: London 1989)

Headings should appear as follows:

• 1 Main heading:
  1.1 Sub-heading
  1.1.1 Sub-subheading

Headings below the sub-subheading level are discouraged. If absolutely necessary they should appear in italics without any numbering.

FOOTNOTES AND REFERENCES

Footnotes should be numbered consecutively and should not be embedded within the text. References should be included in the footnotes. Authors are responsible for checking the accuracy of all footnotes and references.

PROOFS AND OFFPRINTS

Authors will receive proofs of their article for correction. No major changes are permissible at this stage and alterations should be limited to typographical errors only. Authors should return corrected proofs to the Publisher within 48 hours of receipt. Offprints may be purchased using the order form.

LANGUAGE EDITING

Particularly if English is not your first language, before submitting your manuscript you may wish to have it edited for language. This is not a mandatory step, but may help to ensure that the academic content of your paper is fully understood by journal editors and reviewers. Language editing does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted for publication. If you would like information about one such service please click here. There are other specialist language editing companies that offer similar services and you can also use any of these. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.

COPYRIGHT

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 allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible. In assigning copyright, Authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication. To download a copy of the licence to print form click here.

AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING/PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY FROM MAY 2005

For information about this journal's policy, please visit our Author Self-Archiving policy page.