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Guidelines for Authors
The Editor
Joakim Swedenborg
Course Director
Academy of European Law
Metzer Allee 4
D - 54295 Trier
www.era.int
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Contents
Articles, essays, dissertations and other legal papers in the field of Public and Private European Law are eligible for publication in ELSA SPEL. Contributions concerning the implementation of European Law in national legal orders are also welcome.
Length
Submissions are eligible for publication provided that they fall within the range of approximately 4.000 to 10.000 words, but longer pieces may be considered.
Footnotes
Footnotes should be numbered consecutively throughout the text with superscript numerals and appear at the end of the text and before the bibliography.
Summary
A brief summary of the article not exceeding 300 words should be submitted together with the article.
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Citations and Abbreviations to be Used
| Court of Justice of the European Communities |
Court of Justice |
| Court of First Instance |
In full, or C.F.I. |
| European Court of Human Rights |
Court of Human Rights |
References to the EC Treaty should use current numbering without the old numbering unless that is needed to provide for ease of understanding. If reference to the former numbering is needed, it should be given as follows: Article 48 (now 39) E.C. or Article 39 (ex 48) E.C. as appropriate.
Cases are cited as follows:
Case C-412/93 Leclerc-Siplec [1995] E.C.R. I-179
Case T-504/93 Tiercé Ladbroke v. Commission [1997] E.C.R. II-923
Unreported cases should be cited using the date of judgment.
References to the Official Journal are as follows:
[2001] O.J. L1/1 or [2001] O.J. C1/1
Otherwise, authors are asked to use the approved form of citation of legal materials common in the country or jurisdiction of the field(s) of law discussed in the article.
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Submission
Contributions should be sent to ELSA International, 239 Bvd. General Jacques, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. E-mail: elsa@brutele.be
Contributions must be in English.
Contributions by student-authors will be more seriously considered for publication if an obtained grade or academic recommendation is submitted together with the article.
Contributions already published or being submitted for publication elsewhere will not be considered for publication in SPEL.
The author's name, qualification, position, institution, address and e-mail address should be included together with a brief personal introduction.
File Formats
Contributions will be accepted in data format only. Articles can be sent to ELSA International in any version of Word, RTF or simple text as e-mail attachments or on 3 1/2'' floppy disks. No liability is accepted for loss or damage of materials submitted.
Acknowledgments
The editor will acknowledge submissions as quickly as possible. Wherever possible contributors should supply an e-mail address which will facilitate communication. As far as possible a definite decision on publication will be given within six weeks of submission. Articles accepted for publication will be published in the next issue of the journal. A submission which is provisionally accepted subject to suggested amendments will be published where such amendments have been made to the satisfaction of the editor.
Copyright
Copyright in all contributions accepted for publication remains with the authors, and ELSA International acquires publication rights. Authors are free to re-use their own material but if all or any part of published material is reproduced elsewhere, the author should acknowledge Selected Papers on European Law as the original place of publication.
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