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 use it consistently.
1.2. Headings and Sub-headings
Authors should aim to restrict themselves to three levels of headings.
1.3. Italics
Please use italics to emphasize the following:
1.3.1. The names of cases
For instance:
Ryland v. Fletcher (Note: 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
For instance:
Goldsmith’s book The Limits of International Law
Has been published in the Erasmus Law Review
1.3.3. Short foreign phrases or individual words
For instance:
Cour de Cassation
However, do not emphasize words that have now become part of the English language.
For instance:
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.
For instance:
ed.
ff.
However, where the shortened form is an acronym or abbreviation in Capitals, no full stops are required, for instance:
EEC
CMLR
GB
AJIL
NGO
1.5. Punctuation
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
For instance:
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. For instance:
go-between
Whereas the Panel – consisting of three members – commented on the draft.
1.5.4. Please use three full stops to indicate omission of words in quotations
The first full stop should be preceded by a space, for instance:
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, for instance:
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
For instance:
Introduction to Corporate Governance
1.6.2. In Acronyms and Abbreviations
For instance:
NATO
EFTA
1.6.3. In Quoted Titles of Books, Articles and Legal Materials
For instance:
The Equal Treatment Directive
The Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention: An Overview of Procedures and Jurisprudence
1.6.4. For specified acts, organs, provisions etc,
For instance:
Directive 49/203
Treaty of Rome
Article 213b
1.7. Parentheses and Brackets
1.7.1. Use single (parentheses) for remarks and explanations both in the text and in footnotes
For instance:
(emphasis added)
1.7.2. [Brackets] should be used in the following cases:
For the year of law reports, for instance:
[1964] AC 855
For modifications and explanatory remarks within quoted passages, for instance:
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, brackets 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, use bullets or numbers. Please be consistent in their use.
2. Content
2.1. Writing Style
The ELR prefers a clear and understandable style. Please refrain from writing long, complex sentences or from using an 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 (including footnotes) and has to be written in English.
Articles should have a wide margin all around and should be typed in MS Word.
The article must be accompanied by a list of three to seven keywords; as well as an abstract of maximum 250 words.
2.3. Graphics in articles
Authors may include graphics in an article, but have to ensure they’ve obtain copyright permission (in case of the reproduction of an image); or clearly indicate their own copyright if the graphic in question is their original work.
Authors must send all graphics included in an article in a separate file that accompanies the article text.
2.4. Peer review
Articles will only be published subject to the completion of a successful double-blind peer-review.
3. Citations
The rules for italics and punctuations set out above 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 3, at 5 (2006)
(Note: the volume number of the periodical should precede the title of the periodical).
3.2.1. Articles or chapters in edited 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.
Should the article contain more than one reference to the same author, the year of publication must be added. For instance:
Kingsbury (1999), above n. *, at 12.
If the same reference is cited more than once, it may be referred to in terms of a short title. Note: the short title should be cited after the first full reference, for instance:
The European Convention on Human Rights, [hereinafter European Convention].
Thereafter, e.g.:
Article 12, of the European Convention.
Please avoid the use of ‘Op. cit.’.
‘Ibid’ or ‘id.’ may be used where there are two or more consecutive references to the same work.
Please do not use the abbreviations Vol. and p. or pp.
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 be quoted from CMLR.
The case can be referenced with the full name as published in the ECR, for instance:
Case 14/68, Walt Wilhelm and others v. Bundeskartellamt, [1969] ECR 1, at 3
However, if there is an abbreviated version universally used, this may be used instead.
For instance:
Case 14/68, Walt Wilhelm and others, [1969] ECR 1
Reference 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. For instance:
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
For instance,
Article 6(3)(a) ECHR
Or, if the text makes clear that the reference is to the ECHR, simply:
Article 6(3)(a)
Note: ‘Article’ is always capitalized; also note the absence of a comma between the article and the legislative document.
In footnotes ‘article’ may be abbreviated as ‘Art.’.
3.7.2. European Commission of Human Rights
For instance:
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
For instance:
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
For instance (source):
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 23 May 1969, 8 ILM 1969, at 679.
If the same treaty is referred to more than once, it may be referenced as a short title. Note that the abbreviated title should be cited at the first full reference, for instance:
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, [hereinafter Vienna Convention].
For instance(form):
Article 13(1) (a) Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
In footnotes, ‘Article’ may be abbreviated as ‘Art.’, for instance:
Art. 13(1) (a) Vienna Convention
3.8.2. Resolutions
For instance, General Assembly:
GA Res. 832 (IX), 18 December 1954
Note: From the 31st session the session number is cited in Arabic numbers, for instance:
GA Res. 41/133, 4 December 1986
For instance, Security Council:
SC Res. 181, 7 August 1963
or
SC Res. 181 (1963)
For instance, ECOSOC:
First and second session, as follows:
ECOSOC Res. 1/8, 15 February 1946
ECOSOC Res. 2/24
Until 1978 (63rd session), as follows:
ECOSOC Res. 801 (XXX), 21 December 1966
From 1978 onwards, as follows:
ECOSOC Res. 3, 4 May 1981
And if no date is indicated:
ECOSOC Res. 1981/3
3.9. Other case law
3.9.1. International Court of Justice
For instance:
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
For instance:
Mavrommatis Palestine Concessions, 1924 PCIJ Series A, No. 2.
3.10. Electronic Sources
Authors may refer to electronic sources by naming the website between < >. For instance:
<http://european-convention.eu.int/>
A date should be provided for the citation when the cited document itself does not contain one. If no date can be provided please add a last visited date. For instance:
<http://www.ejil.org/journal/Vo120/No1/art1.> (last visited 27 Sep. 2007)
4. Submission Rules
4.1. Date of Delivery
The final date for submission of manuscripts cannot be extended, unless by special agreement with the Erasmus Law Review Editorial Board.
4.2. Medium of Delivery
Please send all contributions in Microsoft Word format (or in Microsoft PowerPoint format, in case of graphics).
In case of unsolicited articles, send contributions via email to info@erasmuslawreview.nl.
In case of specifically commissioned articles, send contributions via email directly to the relevant issue editor.
