Business Law Review: Author Guide

Business Law Review
Author Guide
[A] Aim of the Journal
Business Law Review offers a regular source of practical information for legal practitioners and
researchers dealing with business law on a day to day basis, principally dealing with UK law and the
laws of the other Commonwealth members.
With six issues per year Business Law Review offers readers:
- Analytical articles on topics of current importance, written by experts in the field;

- Current Comment on specific areas of business laws;
- In Parliament section summarising the key legislative developments in UK business law;
- Reviews of the latest publications in areas of business law.
Business Law Review covers all legal aspects of running a business including: banking; business
organisations (including agencies, charities, joint ventures, partnerships, friendly societies, limited
liability partnerships, mutual societies etc.); commercial property; company law (including directors,
insider trading, takeovers and mergers etc.); competition; computers and internet; consumer credit;
consumer protection; contract; crime (e.g. bribery, corporate manslaughter, fraud); data protection;
dispute resolution; employment (including discrimination, tribunals, national minimum wage etc.);
environment and business; financial services and markets; health and safety; insolvency; insurance;
intellectual property (including patents, trade-marks, designs etc.); international trade; pensions;
public procurement; and tax.
[B] Contact Details
Manuscripts should be submitted to Lisa Zoltowska: [email protected]
[C] Submission Guidelines
[1] An article title should be concise, with a maximum of 70 characters.

[2] The article should contain an abstract, a short summary of about 200 words. This abstract will
also be added to the free search zone of the Kluwer Online database.
[3] To further boost the search engine optimization (SEO) of your article, please provide
approximately ten keywords that describe the content of your contribution.
[4] A brief biographical note, including both the current affiliation as well as the e-mail address of
the author(s), should be provided in the first footnote of the manuscript.
[5] Articles should not exceed 12,500 words, unless the contributor is prepared to have the article
split over two issues.
[6] Only articles in English will be considered for publication. Manuscripts should be written in
standard English, while using ‘ize’ and ‘ization’ instead of ‘ise’ and ‘isation’. Preferred reference
source is the Oxford English Dictionary. However, in case of quotations the original spelling
should be maintained. In case the complete article is written by an American author, US spelling
may also be used.
[7] Manuscripts will be returned to the author if the English is below standard. In case of doubt
about the correct use of the English language, authors are advised to have their text checked by
a native speaker before submitting it.
[8] Heading levels should be clearly indicated.
[9] Special attention should be paid to quotations, footnotes, and references. All citations and
quotations must be verified before submission of the manuscript. The accuracy of the
contribution is the responsibility of the author. The journal has adopted the Association of Legal
Writing Directors (ALWD) legal citation style to ensure uniformity. Citations should not appear in
the text but in the footnotes. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively, using the footnote
function in Word so that if any footnotes are added or deleted the others are automatically
renumbered.
[10] Tables should be self-explanatory and their content should not be repeated in the text. Do not
tabulate unnecessarily. Tables should be numbered and should include concise titles.
[11] Figures should be submitted as separate files along with the manuscript, and it is very important
that they are high quality: .tif or .jpg files with a resolution of at least 600 dpi. Image material
that has been downloaded from the internet generally is not acceptable due to low resolution.
[12] Submitted manuscripts are understood to be final versions. They must not have been published
or submitted for publication elsewhere.
[13] Manuscripts should be submitted electronically, in Word format, via e-mail.
For further information on style, see the House Style Guide.
[D] Review Process
[1] Before submission to the typesetter, manuscripts may, if requested for REA purposes, be
reviewed by members of the Board of Editors and may be returned to authors for revision. The
main editor reviews and selects all submitted articles for each issue. Single-blind or double-blind
peer review is available on request.
[2] The journal’s policy is to provide an initial assessment of the submission within thirty days of
receiving the posted submission. In cases where the article is externally referred for review, this
period may be extended.
[3] The Publishers reserve the right to make alterations as to style, punctuation, grammar etc.
[4] In general contributors will receive proofs of their article but are expected to make any essential
corrections within four working days.
[E] Copyright
[1] Publication in the journal is subject to authors signing a ‘Consent to Publish and Grant of Exclusive
License’ form. By signing this Form, authors warrant and represent that their contribution does
not contain infringing, libelous, obscene or other unlawful matter.
[2] Authors are allowed to post their articles on public websites such as SSRN subject to the
conditions set in our Rights & Permissions Guide. In this Guide you can also find which other rights
remain reserved to the author.
[3] The author shall receive for the rights granted a free copy of the issue of the journal in which the
article is published, plus a PDF file of his/her article.
[F] Indexing & abstracting databases
[1] The Journal is indexed in EBSCO Legal Source database.
[G] Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
[1] For more information on Wolters Kluwer’s commitment to protect and maintain the high
standards for all our publications, please read our Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.

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Business Law Review

[A] Aim of the Journal

- Analytical articles on topics of current importance, written by experts in the field;

[B] Contact Details

Manuscripts should be submitted to Lisa Zoltowska: [email protected]

[C] Submission Guidelines

[1] An article title should be concise, with a maximum of 70 characters.

For further information on style, see the House Style Guide.

[D] Review Process

[1] The Journal is indexed in EBSCO Legal Source database.

[G] Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement

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