Submitting material for publication

Manuscripts of articles should be addressed to:

Manuscripts of articles should be addressed to Professor Christopher Rodgers at Newcastle Law School, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 21-24 Windsor Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK
Tel. +44(0) 191 222 7624      Fax +44(0) 191 212 0064
Email c.p.rodgers@ncl.ac.uk

Opinions should be addressed 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

The manuscript should be supplied, typed double-spaced (including the footnotes) as an email attachment in Word format.

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.


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