Information for Authors
The principal objectives of Statute Law Review are to provide a vehicle for the consideration of the legislative process, the use of legislation as an instrument of public policy and of the drafting and interpretation of legislation. Statute Law Review, was first established in 1980 and is the only journal of its kind within the Commonwealth. It is of particular value to lawyers in both private practice and in public service, and to academics, both lawyers and political scientists, who write and teach within the field of legislation.
Editorial Correspondence (and preliminary enquiries) should be addressed to:
Professor T St. John N Bates
24 Mona Street
Douglas
Isle of Man IM1 2QD
SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Authors should submit manuscripts directly to the editor. Work submitted for publication must be previously unpublished, not under consideration for publication elsewhere and, if accepted, it should not then be published elsewhere in the same form. If previously published figures, tables, or parts of text are to be included, the copyright-holder's permission must have been obtained prior to submission.
PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
Papers must be clearly written in English. Manuscripts should be typed on one side only with double-spacing on A4 or equivalent size paper. Margins of at least 25 mm should be left around all sides of the text. In addition to the full title of the paper, authors should supply a running title of less than 40 characters. The author's name should appear centred under the title. An asterisked (*) footnote should give the author's position, institutional address and (if desired) brief acknowledgements. Degrees and qualifications should not be included. Papers should also be accompanied by an abstract, which summarizes the paper in less than 200 words. Any footnotes or references should appear in numerical order. The footnote number follows any closing punctuation.
DISK SUBMISSION
Authors are encouraged to submit their contributions on disk as well as in paper form. Most PC- and Mac-based word processing packages are acceptable.
PROOFS
Authors will receive proofs of accepted contributions for correction. Corrections should be limited to the absolute minimum; the cost of extensive corrections at proof stage may be charged to the author.
OFFPRINTS AND GRATIS COPY
Twenty-five offprints of the author's article and a gratis copy will be supplied free of charge provided that the offprint order form is completed and returned to Oxford University Press. The order form and scale of charges will be sent with each proof, and if additional copies are required the form should be completed and returned with payment to Oxford University Press by the deadline stated on the form.
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COPYRIGHT
It is a condition of publication in Statute Law Review that authors grant an exclusive licence 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. As part of the licence agreement, authors may use their own material in other publications provided that Statute Law Review is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Oxford University Press is notified in writing and in advance.
AUTHOR SELF-ARCHIVING/PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY
For information about this journal's policy, please visit our Author Self-Archiving policy page.