Submitting material for publication
Manuscripts of articles should be addressed to:
Professor Alan Reed
Sunderland Business School, University of Sunderland, St Peter's Campus, St Peter's Way, Sunderland SR6 0DD, UK
T: +44(0) 191 515 3487 F: +44(0) 191 515 3131
alan.reed@sunderland.ac.uk
Case notes should be submitted to:
Ben Fitzpatrick
Open University Business School, Open University, Michael Young Building, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
T: +44(0) 1908 652 738 F: +44(0) 1908 655 898
b.j.a.fitzpatrick@open.ac.uk
Presentation & style information
Footnotes
Footnotes should 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
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
Abbreviations should be used for familiar legal 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. Richardson, 'Judicial Intervention' in M. Maguire (ed.), Accountability (Tavistock: London, 1985) 113
Statutes
Modern statutes should be cited in the form:
The Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995, s. 3(1)(a)
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 Journal of Criminal Law that authors assign copyright to Vathek Publishing. In assigning copyright, authors may use their own material provided that Journal of Criminal Law is acknowledged as the original place of publication, and Vathek Publishing is notified in writing in advance.
