AUTHORS’ GUIDELINES

The JLMI publishes three issues per year. Two are based on a call for papers. The third is a special issue focused on international and comparative approaches to trade law. 

The JLMI only accepts unpublished manuscripts. Prior publication in the form of a working paper or on SSRN is acceptable. 

All articles are subject to a peer-review process by two independent, anonymous expert reviewers.

In preparing the manuscript, please follow the following formatting rules. 

To ensure anonymity of submission, please send two separate files, one with the author(s) details, and one without.

JLMI only publishes articles in English.  JLMI uses British English, so this spelling should be used consistently throughout the text. For example, the ‘-ise’ form should be used for words such as ‘modernise’, ‘civilise’, ‘organise’, and the ‘-se’ form for ‘analyse’.

JLMI adopts the OSCOLA as a style reference ( short version; full guide).

The manuscript should be sent with the Author’s name and surname, and an Abstract of no more than 800-1000 words.

The manuscript should be accompanied by a summary (please see the headings and format features below).

If the title of the manuscript has more than 37 characters (including spaces), Authors should send a second title within these parameters in the accompanying email. One subtitle is allowed. 

The manuscript should be sent in a Microsoft Word© document. Typically, the JLMI accepts contributions within the range of 10.000 to 15.000 words, including footnotes, but both shorter and longer articles will be considered.

The heading of the paragraphs and subparagraphs should be in capital letters, numbered 1. 1.2, 2. 2.1 etc. in sequence.  

Authors should use the font Trebuchet MS and the following font sizes:

• 20 for the title; 
• 16 for the subtitle;
• 14 for Author’s name and surname, and for the heading of the paragraphs;
• 12 for the heading of subparagraphs and for all the text;
• 10 for the abstract, JEL Classification and summary
• 9 for the footnotes (including the initial affiliation footnote).

Only footnotes are allowed. Notes should be numbered automatically. Please, do not use endnotes. 

The text and footnotes should be fully justified. Interline spacing should be multiple 1,15. Headings and subheadings should have interval of 20pt before them and 6pt after. 

Page numbers should be put in the middle of the page, size 12. 

In preparing the manuscript according to the above instruction, please respect the following format:

1.Name and Surname: size 14, bold and italicised, aligned on the left, only the initials to be capitalised

2. Title: size 20, centred, capitalised

3. Subtitle: size 16, centred, capitalised

4. Abstract: 

            i. Heading of the abstract: “Abstract”, size 10, bold and italicised, justified, only the initial to be capitalised

            ii. Text of the abstract: size 10, justified

5. JEL Classification: size 10, justified

6. Summary:

       i. Heading of the summary: “SUMMARY”, size 10, bold, justified, capitalised;

        ii. Text of the summary: size 10, justified

7. Heading of paragraphs: size 14, bold, aligned on the left

8. Heading of subparagraphs: size 12, bold

9. Footnotes: size 9, justified

10. Text of the article: size 12, justified, with first line indent of 0,5 cm

Please see the following example: 

It is preferable if styles are applied to headings and subheadings (respectively Heading 1 and Heading 2, if you use Microsoft Word© as a text editor).

Please avoid isolated subparagraphs (i.e., do not have a subparagraph 1.1 if you do not also have a subparagraph 1.2)

Please consider scanning your document for potential viruses before sending it, especially if you included images or other content from the internet.

The code of the colour used is 160 10 28 / #a00a1c.