The European Journal of Legal Studies invites submissions from professors, practicioners, and students. In particular, we welcome articles demonstrating a comparative, contextual and interdisciplinary approach to legal scholarship.
Articles have to be submitted in electronic format to submissions.ejls@eui.eu
If it is not practicable to send an electronic copy, articles may be submitted in hard copy to:
The Editor-in-Chief
European Journal of Legal Studies
c/o EUI, Law Department,
Villa Schifanoia, Via Boccaccio 121,
50133 Florence – Italy.
Footnotes must conform to The Oxford Standard for Citation Of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). The latest edition of OSCOLA is available for downloading under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike2.0 UK: England & Wales License from here. The name of the author and contact details should appear only on a separate cover sheet to facilitate objective, anonymous evaluation.
The Journal is committed to multilingualism and accepts submissions in any European language. However, authors are requested to submit an abstract in English., French, German, Spanish or Italian.
The EJLS has a rigorous and transparent editorial policy to ensure that contributions meet the highest academic standards. The article review procedure is guided by the principles of impartiality and anonymous peer-review.
Submissions are first screened by EJLS’ Managing Editors, who then notify the authors within 3 days from submission as to whether the submission has been accepted and passed on for the peer-review process or rejected. Whenever an article is rejected by the Managing Editors, the author will be notified about the grounds of such rejection.
If the article is passed on for peer-review, it will be assigned to a Review Committee made up of two members of the Editorial Board with specific competence in the subject matter covered by the article under review. The Article Review Committee then has 2 weeks to evaluate the quality of the work and submits a written report to the Editorial Board, recommending the publication without changes, the publication subject to suggested changes or the rejection of the contribution.The entire review process, from submission to final decision, should take no longer than 3 weeks.
Authors are informed of the status of their submissions and, depending on the assessment of the article, are presented with a list of suggestions for improvement or with the reasons for its rejection. A Board member shall liaise with the author to secure anonymity and to provide the assistance the author may require in the finalisation of the article for publication. The author will be given a specified time-frame by the responsible Managing Editor in which to make changes before final submission, including changes related to citation style. As a general guideline, this should be no more than one month from receipt of the decision.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at submissions.ejls@eui.eu shall you have any further questions related to EJLS’ articles submission and review policy.
EJLS ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS AND REVIEW POLICY
Submissions
The European Journal of Legal Studies invites submissions from professors, practicioners, and students. In particular, we welcome articles demonstrating a comparative, contextual and interdisciplinary approach to legal scholarship.
Articles have to be submitted in electronic format to submissions.ejls@eui.eu
If it is not practicable to send an electronic copy, articles may be submitted in hard copy to:
The Editor-in-Chief
European Journal of Legal Studies
c/o EUI, Law Department,
Villa Schifanoia, Via Boccaccio 121,
50133 Florence – Italy.
Footnotes must conform to The Oxford Standard for Citation Of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA). The latest edition of OSCOLA is available for downloading under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike2.0 UK: England & Wales License from here. The name of the author and contact details should appear only on a separate cover sheet to facilitate objective, anonymous evaluation.
The Journal is committed to multilingualism and accepts submissions in any European language. However, authors are requested to submit an abstract in English., French, German, Spanish or Italian.
Review Mechanism
The EJLS has a rigorous and transparent editorial policy to ensure that contributions meet the highest academic standards. The article review procedure is guided by the principles of impartiality and anonymous peer-review.
Submissions are first screened by EJLS’ Managing Editors, who then notify the authors within 3 days from submission as to whether the submission has been accepted and passed on for the peer-review process or rejected. Whenever an article is rejected by the Managing Editors, the author will be notified about the grounds of such rejection.
If the article is passed on for peer-review, it will be assigned to a Review Committee made up of two members of the Editorial Board with specific competence in the subject matter covered by the article under review. The Article Review Committee then has 2 weeks to evaluate the quality of the work and submits a written report to the Editorial Board, recommending the publication without changes, the publication subject to suggested changes or the rejection of the contribution.The entire review process, from submission to final decision, should take no longer than 3 weeks.
Authors are informed of the status of their submissions and, depending on the assessment of the article, are presented with a list of suggestions for improvement or with the reasons for its rejection. A Board member shall liaise with the author to secure anonymity and to provide the assistance the author may require in the finalisation of the article for publication. The author will be given a specified time-frame by the responsible Managing Editor in which to make changes before final submission, including changes related to citation style. As a general guideline, this should be no more than one month from receipt of the decision.
Please do not hesitate to contact us at submissions.ejls@eui.eu shall you have any further questions related to EJLS’ articles submission and review policy.