Legal Journal “De Jure”
General Style Guide
ELSA Athens
2014/15
GENERAL RULES
Articles may be submitted in Greek, English, French or German.
Documents are submitted in electronic form by e-mail attachment at the following
address: [email protected] (subject line should read: De Jure – submission).
Along with the submitted document, authors are kindly requested to provide their full
names, capacities and contact details.
STYLE
TEXT FONT & SIZE
Garamond, 12 and all texts should be one-spaced. Using bold or italics is prohibited,
unless you directly quote another writer.
DATES
Please use dots between days, months and years. Also please use 0 and the respective
number for one-digit months (e.g. 01.12.2014)
STRUCTURE
It is important to number parts and chapters correctly. Authors should clearly
arrange their contributions into chapters and sections using the following system:
I, II, III, …
A, B, C, …
1, 2, 3, …
a, b, c, …
i, ii, iii, …
Next to the respective numerical sign, please put the title of the work without period at
the end. Additional section levels below the fifth should be avoided.
FOOTNOTES
The first footnote referring to the author’s identity (and any other relevant information)
is indicated by an asterisk and is separated by a blank line from subsequent footnotes. A
double asterisk pointing to the second footnote is used for the second author, and so on.
FONT & SIZE
Garamond, 10.
TEXTBOOKS
Single author
P. Stone, EU Private International Law, 2nd edition, 2010, p. 143.
Cross-citation is made as follows: Stone, op. cit., p. 200.
Multiple authors
K. Kagami, “The Systematic Choice of Legal Rules for Private International Law:
An Economic Approach” in J. Βasedow /T. Kono/ G. Rühl, An Economic
Analysis of Private International Law, 2006, p. 15
Cross-citation is made as follows: Kagami, op. cit., p. 20.
ARTICLES
H. Thirlway, “The International Court of Justice 1989-2009: At the Heart of the
Dispute Settlement System?”, Neth. Int'l L. Rev., 2010, p. 347.
Cross-citation is made as follows Thirlway, op. cit., p. 349.
INTERNET REFERENCES
http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php [ 01.09.2014]
CJEU/GC (ex ECJ/CFI)
Published until 30.11.2009
ECJ, 19.11.1991, C – 6/90 & 9/90, Francovich and Bonifaci v Italy,
ECLI:EU:C:1991:428, para. 22.
CFI, 28.06.2005, T-158/03, Industrias Químicas del Vallés v Commission,
ECLI:EU:T:2005:253, para. 71-78.
Published after 01.12.2009
CJEU, 04.11.2014, C-157/13, Nickel & Goeldner Spedition, ECLI:EU:C:2014:2145,
para. 28.
CJEU, 22.05.2014, C-35/12 P, ASPLA v Commission, ECLI:EU:C:2014:348, para.
40.
GC, 05.112014, T-362/10, Vtesse Networks v Commission, ECLI:EU:T:2014:928,
para. 59.
ECHR
ECHR, Applications nos. 29381/09 and 32684/09, Case of Vallianatos and Others v.
Greece, 07.11.2013.
NATIONAL CASE LAW
Citations to case law and legislation should follow the manner used in the
country of origin.
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EU
OJ 2006 L [or C] 34/12.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC
Official Gazette of the Hellenic Republic Α΄ 23/12.02.2003