Instructions for authors
Instructions for Contributors
Asian Journal of Law and Society
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Submissions
The Asian Journal of Law and Society welcomes the submission of research articles from scholars and practitioners on socio-legal questions in an Asian context. Interdisciplinary approaches are particularly encouraged which address law and society issues across Asia. In this respect, the geographical focus of the Journal stretches from East Asia, South Asia and South East Asia to Central Asia.
The Asian Journal of Law and Society will consider the submission of articles varying in length from 5,000 to 7,500 words (short articles – including footnotes) up to 10,000 to 25,000 words (long articles – including footnotes). Review essays up to 10,000 words are also welcome as well as book reviews between 1,000 and 1,500 words.
The Asian Journal of Law and Society adopts a single submission policy.
All articles are double-blind peer-reviewed.
Please visit www.cambridge.org/core/services/open-access-polici... for information on our open access policies, compliance with major funding bodies, and guidelines on depositing your manuscript in an institutional repository.
Authors should submit their anonymized manuscript using the ScholarOne system (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/asianjls). Please add on a separate page before the title page of the same document the full contact details of the author, a bibliographical note of the author containing affiliation details (including country) and acknowledgements, an abstract of 100-150 words and five to six keywords. A references list should be included at the end of the article. Please submit in a single Word (.doc) document (Times New Roman) – 1.5 spacing for text (12 pt), footnotes (sequential numbering – 10 pt) and references (12 pt).
All submissions should respect the style sheet of the Asian Journal of Law and Society.
Language
Articles should be written clearly in English and to a publishable standard. Authors for whom English is not their first language are encouraged to have their articles proof-read by a professional proof-reader or a native English speaker with publishing experience.
Style
Headings: All words in the subheadings are capitalized. No more than four levels of headings should be used (excluding introduction and concluding remarks whose additional level of heading follows the First-Level Heading except for the number):
I. First-Level Heading and Preceded by Capitalized Roman Numerals – Centred
A. Second-Level Heading Italicized and Preceded by Capital Letters – Centred
1. Third-Level Heading Italicized and Preceded by Arabic Numerals – Flush Left
a) Fourth-Level Heading Italicized and Preceded by Lower-Case Letters – Flush Left
Paragraphs: A line space should follow first and second level headings before the start of the text. The first paragraph of each new section should be flush left. Subsequent paragraphs should be left-indented by 0.25" or 0.5 cm.
Spelling: Use British English and Anglicize American English (except for references and quotations).
Numbers and Dates: Spell out up to ten – from 11, use figures. Page references: pp. 345-6 but pp. 456-78 (i.e. do not repeat the last number that is identical, except in the thousands, e.g. 1390-94). Use figures for when followed by "%" and other forms of measurement. For dates, e.g. 1990s, 22 March 2013, etc.
Quotation Marks: Concepts, terms, and short phrases (less than or equal to 40 words) should use double quotation marks. Use single quotation marks within a quotation. Punctuation should be inside the quotation marks, with the exception when a single quotation mark is followed by a double quotation mark, then the punctuation goes in between. Indent quotations of more than 40 words (without double quotation marks) within a separate paragraph using the following style: 10 pt, left-indented and right-indented by 0.25" or 0.5 cm.
Punctuation: For enumerations, please precede the final item with a comma and the serial comma.
Foreign Words: Italicize uncommon foreign words or phrases.
Abbreviations: Use a full stop after abbreviations, for example, e.g., except for familiar abbreviations such as ASEAN, EU, IMF, UN, US, WTO, etc.
Capitalization: Capitalize place names, (geographical parts of) regions, organizations, government agencies, heads of states, important historical events, popular movements, titles of legislation, e.g. New Delhi, Northeast Asia, Political Bureau, President Obama, Second World War, May Fourth movement, etc.
Lists: Lists should be in 12 point Times New Roman, left-indented by 0.25" or 0.5 cm. For numbered lists the format should be as follows:
1. Point 1
2. Point 2
And for bulleted lists:
• Point 1
• Point 2
Tables and Figures
Tables, figures, and other charts should be numbered sequentially and with Arabic numbers and should be included after the references list. It is the author’s responsibility to seek permission to reproduce any materials subject to copyright.
Charges apply for all colour figures that appear in the print version of the journal. At the time of submission, contributors should clearly state whether their figures should appear in colour in the online version only, or whether they should appear in colour online and in the print version. There is no charge for including colour figures in the online version of the Journal but it must be clear that colour is needed to enhance the meaning of the figure, rather than simply being for aesthetic purposes. If you request colour figures in the printed version, you will be contacted by CCC-Rightslink who are acting on our behalf to collect Author Charges. Please follow their instructions in order to avoid any delay in the publication of your article.
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