Instructions
Author’s Guidelines
1. Text
2. Content
3. Citations
1. Text
1.1. Spelling
Spelling should follow Oxford English Dictionary. ELR prefers the use of ise/isation. Please try to use it consistently.
1.2. Headings and Sub-headings
Please try to restrict yourself to three levels of headings.
1.3. Italics
Please use italics to emphasize the following:
1.3.1. The names of cases
E.g. Ryland v. Fletcher (the v for versus should be in roman and not in italics).
Southern Bluefin Tuna case
Rutili judgement
1.3.2. Titles of published books and journals
E.g Goldsmith’s book The Limits of International Law
Erasmus Law Review
1.3.3. Short foreign phrases or individual words
E.g. Cour de Cassation
Please do not emphasize words that have now become part of the English language. E.g. inter alia, prima facie, etc
1.3.4. Words or phrases which the author wishes to emphasize
Emphasis shown by the author in a quoted passage should be explained with: (emphasis added)
If italic emphasis is contained in the original text quoted, it can be emphasized by the author using bold italics and can be explained with: (bold emphasis added).
Where the author wishes to omit an emphasis in a quoted passage, it should be explained with: (emphasis omitted)
1.4. Abbreviations
Please add a full stop after abbreviations.
E.g. ed.
ff.
However, where the shortened form is an acronym in Capitals no full stops are required,
E.g. EEC
CMLR
GB
AJIL
1.5. Punctuations
1.5.1. For quotations please use single inverted commas throughout
Double inverted commas may be used for quotations within quotations. Passages longer than five lines should appear in a separate paragraph and should be indented without quotation marks.
1.5.2. Footnote numbers should appear after the punctuation
E.g. This was stated in Rutili.1
1.5.3. Hyphens and Dashes
Please use short hyphens to join compound words without a space before and after the hyphen, whereas dashes which are used as commas should be long and with a space before and after the dash.
1.5.4. Please use three full stops to indicate omission of words in quotations
The first full stop should be preceded by space, e.g.
The Commission stated ‘in adopting their decision the members of the Commission had available to them … and all the remarks made by the parties in regard to them.’
If there is a complete sentence, please use three full stops followed by the normal full stop close up, e.g.
The commission stated: ‘in adopting their decision the members of the Commission had available to them the provisional minutes of the hearings….’
1.6. Capitalization
1.6.1. In headings
E.g. Introduction to Corporate Governance
1.6.2. In Acronyms
E.g. NATO
EFTA
1.6.3. In Quoted Titles of Books, Articles and Legal Materials
E.g. The Equal Treatment Directive
1.6.4 For specified acts, organs, provisions etc,
E.g. Directive 49/203
Treaty of Rome
Article 213b
1.7. Parentheses
1.7.1. Please use single (parentheses) for remarks and explanations both in the text and in footnotes
E.g. (emphasis added)
1.7.2. [Brackets] should be used in the following cases:
For the year of law reports, e.g.
[1964] AC 855
For modifications and explanatory remarks within quoted passages, e.g.
The Court continued by stating that: ‘... [t]here is no suggestion in the present case that he [the father] is in any way unfit...’
If used in quoted passages, they may be retained.
1.7.3. {Braces} as well as » « should be used only if they are included in quoted passages.
1.8. Lists
For lists please use bullets or numbers. Please be consistent in their use.
2. Content
2.1. Writing Style
Clear and understandable style must be emphasized. Please refrain from writing long, complex sentences or using extremely abstract style. Contributions should be made keeping in mind the international as well as interdisciplinary character of the e-journal.
2.2. Word Limit
Articles for submission to this publication should be 8,000-12,000 words in length and written in English. They should have a wide margin all around and should be typed in word. The article will be published subject to peer-review.
The article must be accompanied by a list of keywords as well as an abstract of approximately 250 words. Published articles will appear with an abstract.
2.3. Contributions to the Erasmus Forum should be written in the form of essays of up to 2,500 words.
2.4. The length of each contribution set out above includes references.
3. Citations
The rules for italics and punctuations set out in the author’s guidelines are the same for text in footnotes.
3.1. Books
I.A. Shears, Starke’s International Law (1994), at 17
3.2. Articles
N. Krisch, ‘The Pluralism of Global Administrative Law’, 17 European Journal of International Law (2006), 3, at 5
My suggestion: N. Krisch, ‘The Pluralism of Global Administrative Law’, 17 European Journal of International Law 3, at 5 (2006)
(the volume number of the periodical should precede the title of the periodical).
3.2.1. Articles in books
M. Jones, ‘Global Governance’, in J. Smith and R. Brown (eds), Global Administrative Law: The Pluralism (2005) 73, at 82.
3.3. Unpublished theses etc.
R. Andrews, ‘Fortified Europe’ (LLM thesis on file at the EUR, Rotterdam)
3.4. Subsequent references
Subsequent references to the same work should be referred to as follows:,
Kingsbury, above n. *, at 12.
If the same reference is cited many times it may be referred to as a short title. In this case, the abbreviation should be cited at the first reference, namely The European Convention on Human Rights, [hereinafter European Convention]. Thereafter:
Article 12 European Convention.
Please avoid ‘Op. cit.’.
‘Ibid’ and ‘Id’ are used where there are two or more consecutive references to the same work. Please do not use the abbreviations Vol. and p.
3.5. Citation of EC Documents and Texts
3.5.1. Court of Justice
ECJ cases should be quoted from ECR alone. If they have not yet been published in the ECR they may then be quoted from CMLR.
3.5.1.1. The case can be referred to with the full name as published in the ECR
E.g. Case 14/68, Walt Wilhelm and others v. Bundeskartellamt, [1969] ECR 1, at 3
or using an abbreviated version if universally used.
E.g. Case 14/68, Walt Wilhelm and others, [1969] ECR 1
3.5.1.2. You can refer to specific passages by
· recital (Rec) for the judgment, e.g. Rec 14 of judgment;
· paragraph for the AG opinion if it has numbered paragraphs,
· and pages in all other cases.
In case of very recent judgments, authors may also refer to the page numbers, recitals and paragraph numbers of the French version of ECR, which appears several months earlier than the English one.
3.6. Council, Commission and European Parliament Documents
These can be cited using legislation type, number and then publication details from the Official Journal (OJ) of the European Communities.
E.g. Council Regulation 1612/68, OJ 1968 L 257/2
EP Resolution of 29 May 1990, OJ 1990 C 157/3
3.7. Citation of ECHR Documents and Texts
3.7.1. European Convention on Human Rights
E.g. Article 6(3)(a) ECHR
or, if the text makes clear that the reference is to the ECHR, simply
Article 6(3)(a)
In footnotes ‘article’ may be abbreviated as ‘Art.’.
3.7.2. European Commission of Human Rights
E.g. Application 5935/72 v. FRG, DR 39, 46
W. v. United Kingdom (1983), DR 32, 190, 192
Austria v. Italy, YB 4, 116, 140
3.7.3. European Court of Human Rights
E.g. Ireland v. United Kingdom, ECHR (1978) Series A, No. 25, 90
In cases where the applicant's name is not disclosed (e.g. X. v. United Kingdom) it is indispensable that the application number or at least the year be quoted in all references.
3.8. Citation of International Legal Documents and Texts
3.8.1. Treaty
3.8.1.1. Source
E.g. Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 23 May 1969, 8 ILM 1969, at 679.
If the same treaty is referred to many times it may be referred to as a short title. In this case, the abbreviation should be cited at the first reference, namely the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, [hereinafter Vienna Convention].
3.8.1.2. Form
E.g. Article 13(1) (a), Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
In footnotes, ‘Article’ may be abbreviated as ‘Art.’. E.g. Art. 13(1) (a) Vienna Convention
3.8.2. Resolutions
3.8.2.1. General Assembly
E.g. GA Res. 832 (IX), 18 December 1954
From the 31st session the session number is cited in Arabic numbers
E.g. GA Res. 41/133, 4 December 1986
3.8.2.2. Security Council
SC Res. 181, 7 August 1963
or
SC Res. 181 (1963)
3.8.2.3. ECOSOC
First and second session
E.g. ECOSOC Res. 1/8, 15 February 1946
ECOSOC Res. 2/24
Until 1978 (63rd session)
E.g. ECOSOC Res. 801 (XXX), 21 December 1966
From 1978
E.g. ECOSOC Res. 3, 4 May 1981
or if no date is indicated
E.g. ECOSOC Res. 1981/3
3.9. Cases
3.9.1. International Court of Justice
Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970), ICJ Reports (1971) 12, at 14
3.9.2. Permanent Court of International Justice
Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions, 1924 PCIJ Series A, No. 2.
3.10. Electronic Sources
Authors may refer to electronic sources by naming the website between <>
E.g. <http://european-convention.eu.int/>
A date should be provided for the citation when the document citation itself does not carry one. If no date can be provided please add a last visited date.
<http://www.ejil.org/journal/Vo120/No1/art1.> (last visited 27 Sept., 2007)
4. Submission Rules
4.1. Date of Delivery
Unless by special agreement, the final date for submission of manuscripts cannot be extended.
4.2. Medium of Delivery
Please send the contributions in Microsoft Word format as an e-mail attachment to info@erasmuslawreview.nl
