Submitting material for publication
ALL MAIN ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS MUST BE MADE USING EDITORIAL MANAGER (SEE BELOW)
Opinions should be sent to Professor Lynda Warren at Ynys Einion, Eglwys Fach, Machynleth SY20 8SX, Wales, UK
Tel. +44(0) 1654 781344 Fax +44(0) 1654 781276
Email lm.warren@btopenworld.com
Books for review should be sent to Christopher Miller, School of Environmental & Life Sciences, (Allerton Building), University of Salford, Salford M6 6PU, UK
Tel. +44(0) 161 295 5726 Fax +44(0) 161 295 2184
Email c.e.miller@salford.ac.uk
Case notes should be submitted to Brian Jack, School of Law, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
Tel. +44(0) 28 9027 3451 Fax +44(0) 28 9032 5590
Email b.jack@qub.ac.uk
or Professor Karen Morrow, Centre for Environmental and Energy Law and Policy,
School of Law, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, Wales
Tel: +44 (0)1792 602623
Email K.Morrow@swansea.ac.uk
Legislation Notes should be sent to Professor Maria Lee, Faculty of Laws,
University College London, Bentham House, Endsleigh Gardens, London WC1H 0EG
Tel. +44 (0) 207 679 1449
Email maria.lee@ucl.ac.uk
All material is accepted on the understanding that it is contributed solely to Environmental Law Review.
Presentation & style information
Manuscripts may be submitted to ELR ONLY through Editorial Manager (www.editorialmanager.com/elr): Submissions by email outside Editorial Manager are discouraged and hard-copy (paper) submissions will not be accepted.
You may, after submission, use the Editorial Manager site to check the progress of your submission, simply log in and follow the links.
On receipt, each article is assigned an identifying number which will be used throughout the review/ revision/ publication process
You will received a notification of that number shortly after submission. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an email containing that number within 7 days of submission, please contact the editor as a matter of urgency.
Authors should prepare, as separate items, the following files: A Cover sheet; A Summary (200 words); The Main Manuscript; All Tables (optional); All figures (optional); All Plates/Photographs (optional). Each of the forgoing will require separate upload during the submission process. Full submission instructions will be found at http://www.editorialmanager.com/elr/guidelines.html
Articles
Articles are up to 7000 words, including footnotes, in length and should contain a 200 word summary.
Opinions
Opinions are up to 1000 words in length. They express a point of view on an issue of general or topical interest.
Case notes
Case notes including foot notes are up to 4000 words in length. They should contain: (a) a brief title to indicate what the case was about. (b) The case name. (c) A short list of key words. (d) A short paragraph outlining the facts. (e) The key elements of the judgment. (f) A commentary which should be a succinct analysis and comment on the case.
If the case note concerns an ECJ case, if appropriate the opinion of the A-G should be covered briefly in a paragraph following the facts.
Book reviews
Book reviews are up to 1000 words in length. Very brief book reviews are also acceptable.
Footnotes
Footnotes should not be collated at the end of the article, but will be published at the foot of each relevant page. Footnotes to the title and author(s)' names should be designated as *, † etc. Footnotes to the text should be designated as 1, 2, 3 etc. and follow any closing punctuation, e.g. …limitations are possible.¹ The asterisked footnote should give the author's position, institutional address and any brief acknowledgements if required.
References
All references should be placed in footnotes. End notes will not be accommodated.
Cases
Cases should be cited in the following forms:
Quick v Taff-Ely Borough Council [1986] QB 809
Case 102/79 Commission v Belgium [1980] ECR 1473
or
Case C-337/89 Commission v UK [1992] ECR I-1613
If specific pages are referred to:
Quick v Taff-Ely Borough Council [1986] QB 809 at 811
No full stops should be used in the journal abbreviation, e.g. All ER, WLR, EGLR etc.
Articles
Roman abbreviations should be used for familiar journals. Otherwise the title should be given in full in italics:
J. Cohen, 'A Theory of the Stability of Punishment' (1983) 64 Journal of Criminal Law 198
Books
The following styles should be used:
M. A. Jones, Textbook on Torts, 2nd edn (Blackstone Press: London, 1989) 234
G. Richard, 'Judicial Intervention' in M. Maguire (ed.), Accountability (Tavistock: London, 1985) 113
Legislation
The following forms should be used: The Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995, s. 3(1)(a)
Conservation (Natural Habitats etc.) Regulations 1994 (SI 1994, No. 2716)
Council (or Commission) Directive 70/157/EEC (OJ L42/16 23.2.70) on waste disposal etc.
but
Waste Disposal Directive when used subsequently in the text
Council (or Commission) Decision C(91)440
Treaty on European Union
Official publications
These should be cited in the form:
Law Commission, Family Law: The Ground for Divorce, Cm 192 (1990) para. 4.5
Cross references
References should be cited in full on the first occasion they are mentioned. Subsequent cross-references should take the following form:
See Walter, above n. 4 at 23
If Walter is referred to in the text after it has been cited for a first time, the cross-reference will be:
Above n. 4 at 23
If the cross-reference is to the immediately preceding note, the reference will be:
Ibid. at 23
Quotations
Quotations within the text should use single quotation marks and quotations within quotations use double quotation marks. If quotations are three lines or more they should be separated out from the rest of the text and should not be enclosed by quotation marks.
Copyright
It is a condition of publication in Environmental Law Review that authors assign copyright to Vathek Publishing. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material provided that Environmental Law Review is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Vathek Publishing is notified in writing in advance.
