The Journal of
Environmental Law and Policy
.
Guidelines for
Authors
.
The Journal welcomes articles on all issues of environmental law and
policy both locally and internationally in English which have not been
submitted for publication elsewhere. Articles should not exceed 25 pages of the
Journal (about 12,000 – 13,000 words). A submission of less than 4000 words may
be considered for our shorter article Section.
Papers should be typed, double spaced on one side only of A4 paper;
should be submitted in a CD-Rom or by email to the address below. Footnotes
should be numbered consecutively through the article.
Send to Debo Olagunju: Email: debo.olagunju@yahoo.com Address:
Environmental Law Research Institute, 12 Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos
State, Nigeria.
Style Sheet
The
following style should be used in articles submitted and published in the
Journal of Environmental Law and Policy.
Articles
should be double spaced.
Spelling
Use
English spelling.
Dates
E.g .
12 June 1982 (not June, 12, 1982).
Headings and titles
The
title of the article should appear at the top of the page in bold and capitals:
e.g.
TITLE OF ARTICLE
The
name of the author should appear below the title in capitals and asterisked e.g
.
NAME OF AUTHOR*
Short
bibliographical details of the author should then be provided in a footnote
also with an asterisk at the beginning.
Headings
should appear as follows:
I. FIRST HEADING
A. Sub
heading
1. Sub-sub heading
Footnotes
Articles
should contain footnotes numbered consecutively at the bottom of each page.
Citations
Books should be
cited as name of the author, title of the book in italics, name of publisher,
date in brackets and page: e.g. A. Akoni and G. Wilson, Environment and
Pollution , Sage Publications (1999), 9
Chapters in books: should appear as name of
author, title of chapter in italics, names of authors of the book, title of
book in italics, publisher, date in brackets, page numbers of chapter: e.g. G .
Gbade , An Appraisal of Environmental Legislations in Nigeria , in O.P. Ikah
and E.F . Ighodalo (eds), Environmental Law and Policy in Nigeria , Heinmann
Education Books (1989) 50-63.
Articles: should be cited as name
of author, title of article in italics, volume of journal, title of journal,
date in brackets, page numbers of article, and any page number at which any
quotation is taken from, e.g. A . Sarumi , MDGs and the Protection of
Environmental Rights , 23(1) Human Rights Quarterly (2001) 148-165, at 160
References to previously cited work should use ‘ibid' for those imme
diately above, or for others: ‘A . Gbade , supra note 8.'
Cases: use the English standard
citat ion where appropriate, e.g. Adekola v. Eyimb a (1990) 4 N.W.L.R (Part
146), 632 S.C.
Others
Short quotations should be in quotation “ ” marks within a paragraph ,
unless quotations within a quotation , which should be in single quote ‘ '.
Where a quotation is longer than 30 words, such quotation should be indented in
a paragraph without carrying a quotation mark
Paragraphs should be indented at the start of a new paragraph, with
spare line from one paragraph to the next.
General Note: Please use the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities
(OSCOLA) which may be downloaded free of charge at: http://denning.law.ox.ac.uk/published/oscola.shtml