Author Guidelines and Style Sheet
I. Submission
Manuscripts should be submitted via email to [email protected] or uploaded on ExpressO
(http://law.bepress.com/expresso/). Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format (any
version).
II. General terms of publication
All articles are subject to initial verification by the Editorial Board, and are subsequently sent out to
two independent reviewers for double blind-peer review. The review process is described in more
detail in the separate document “Review procedure”.
All authors of articles accepted for the publication will receive a free copy of the issue after printing.
Submissions should not exceed 20,000 words (including footnotes), although in exceptional cases
PYIL may accept longer works. The Editorial Board assesses manuscripts on a rolling basis. It will
consider requests for expedited review in appropriate instances (for example, pending acceptance for
publication from another journal).
Authors of submitted works must reveal the input by third persons in the creation of the submitted
work, and describe the scope and form of their participation as well as their professional or
institutional affiliation.
The Editorial Board wishes to stress that “ghost-writing” and/or “guest authorship” are considered to
be manifestations of unscrupulous and/or dishonest academic professionalism, and in the event it
discovers any such instances or evidence thereof it will report the same to the appropriate organs
(employing institutions, professional scientific or academic organisations, editorial boards, etc.).
III. Formatting
1) Abstract
Please include an abstract (max. 200 words) at the beginning of an article.
2) Text
Main text: Times New Roman, font size 12, 1.5 spacing
Footnotes: Times New Roman, font size 10, single spacing
3) Footnotes
PYIL requires footnotes (not endnotes) with subsequent numbering; the initial footnote shall be
indicated with ‘*’ and include a short biographical information about the author(s) specifying
his/her academic degree and affiliation. Please put a period at the end of each footnote.
4) Headings and subheadings
Headings and subheadings should be in bold and numbered with Arabic numerals (Times New
Roman, font size 12). Please do not use italics. Both Introduction and Conclusion should be
without any numbering. Only the first letter of a heading and subheading should be capitalized.
For example:
Introduction
1. Standard of review in WTO law – in general
2. Standard of review in WTO law – specific issues
3. Standard of review under specific WTO agreements
3.1 Trade remedy agreements
3.1.1. Anti-Dumping Agreement
3.1.2. SCM Agreement
3.2. TBT and SPS Agreements
Conclusion
IV. Introductory signals in footnotes
Please use the following introductory signals:
•
E.g. - cited authority provides direct support for the proposition but there are other authorities
which also support the proposition
•
See - cited authority clearly supports, but not directly states the proposition given
•
See also - cited authority constitutes additional material that supports the proposition
•
Cf. - cited authority states a proposition different from the main proposition but sufficiently
analogous to lend support
•
See generally - cited authority presents helpful background material related to the proposition
•
Contra - cited authority directly contradicts a given point: opposition
•
But see - cited authority either contradicts the stated proposition implicitly or contains dicta
that contradict the stated proposition
•
But cf. - cited authority contradicts the stated proposition by analogy
•
Cf with - to compare two or more authorities that reach different outcomes as to a stated
proposition.
V. Referencing (literature)
Titles of books and articles shall be provided in the original language with the English translation in
the brackets. The place of publication of a book shall be provided in original language (e.g.
Warszawa).
Please use the following mode of referencing:
1) Books
M. O'Connell, The Power and Purpose of International Law, Oxford University Press, New York:
2008, p. 1
J. Goldsmith & E. Posner, The Limits of International Law, Oxford University Press, New York:
2005, p. 15
2) Articles
N. McNelis, The Role of the Judge in the EU and WTO: Lessons from the BSE and Hormones
Cases, 4(1) Journal of International Economic Law 189 (2001), p. 1
3) Articles in collections
G. Abi-Saab, The Appellate Body and Treaty Interpretation, in G. Sacerdoti, A. Yanovich & J.
Bohanes (eds.), The WTO at Ten – The Contribution of the Dispute Settlement System (Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge: 2006), p. 1
4) Articles in newspapers
M. Bosacki, Polska bez ochrony przeciwrakietowej (Poland without missile defence), Gazeta
Wyborcza 27.08.2009
5) Unpublished materials
J. Hendry, Unitas in diversitate: on legal cultures and the Europeanisation of law, Phd thesis
(2009), on file with author
6) Working papers, reports, etc.
M. Scheinin, Law and security: facing the dilemmas, EUI Working Paper, 2009/11
7) Other materials from internet if they do not qualify under any other position
Shami Chakrabarti, The End of Innocence (Lecture at the Centre for Public Law in Cambridge
2004) http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/resources/articles accessed 20 February 2005
8) Cross-references
not immediate: McNelis, supra note 20, p. 15
not immediate with multiple authors: Goldsmith et al., supra note 2, p. 10
immediate to the same page: Ibidem
immediate to a different page: Ibidem, p. 20
VI. Referencing (legal materials)
Please use the following mode of referencing:
1) EU legal materials
Treaties: please provide only a name of the relevant treaty without any details concerning the
official publication or date of its adoption (e.g. Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty))
Secondary EU law: Directive 2006/123/EC of 12 December 2006 on services in the internal
market, [2006] OJ L 376
ECJ and CFI judgments: Case T-344/99 Arne Mathisen AS v Council [2002] ECR II-2905
Commission decision: Moosehead/Whitbread [1990] OJ L100/32
2) ECHR legal materials
Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention
on Human Rights, as amended)
ECHR judgement: O'Halloran and Francis v United Kingdom (15809/02) Grand Chamber, ECHR
29 June 2007, available at <http://www.echr.coe.int>
3) WTO legal materials
Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, opened for signature 15
April 1994, 1867 U.N.T.S. 493 (entered into force 1 January 1995)
Panel Report, European Communities – Customs Classification of Frozen Boneless Chicken Cuts,
Complaint by Brazil, WT/DS269/R, adopted 27 September 2005, as modified by Appellate Body
Report WT/DS269/AB/R, WT/DS286/AB/R, DSR 2005:XIX, 9295, para. 7.153
Appellate Body Report, United States – Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000,
WT/DS217/AB/R, WT/DS234/AB/R, adopted 27 January 2003, DSR 2003:I, 375, para. 296
4) Other international law materials
Treaties: as a general rule the PYIL prefers references that include UNTS (United Nations Treaty
Series)
coordinates.
The
UNTS
database
is
available
at
http://treaties.un.org/Pages/UNTSOnline.aspx?id=1 (e.g. Convention Relating to the Status of
Refugees (adopted 28 July 1951, entered into force 22 April 1954) 189 UNTS 137)
Alternatively you may also cite as following (using, however, only official webpages): United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 November 1989, available at
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/crc.htm
Bilateral treaties can be quoted through reference to the relevant domestic Official Journal
International Court of Justice: Corfu Channel Case (UK v Albania) (Merits) [1949] ICJ Rep 4.
Alternatively you may also cite as following (using, however, only the official ICJ webpage):
Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall (Advisory Opinion) 2004, available at
http://www.icj-cij.org/icjwww/idocket/imwp/imwpframe.htm
5) National legal materials
Titles of laws shall be provided in the original language with the English translation in the brackets.
The translation may be omitted in case of French, German and Spanish legal acts.
Polish legal materials: Ustawa Prawo prywatne międzynarodowe (Private international law), Dz.
U. 1965, Nr. 46, poz. 290 as amended; Wyrok Sądu Najwyższego (Judgement of the Supreme
Court), dated 5 November 2008, III SK 7/08, unpublished
Other national legal materials: please provide information on the official journal in which an act
was published. In case of judgments, both a type of a decision (e.g. judgement, order, etc.) and the
name of a court (e.g. Supreme Court) should be provided in original with the English translation in
the brackets. Please also include a date of a decision and its reference number.