Asian Journal of Comparative Law
The Asian Journal of Comparative Law (AsJCL) is the leading forum for research and discussion of the law and legal systems of Asia. It embraces work that is theoretical, empirical, socio-legal, doctrinal, or comparative that relates to one or more Asian legal systems, as well as work that compares one or more Asian legal systems with non-Asian systems. The AsJCL seeks articles which display an intimate knowledge of Asian legal systems, and thus provide a window into the way they work in practice. The AsJCL is an initiative of the Asian Law Institute (ASLI), an association established by 13 leading law schools in Asia and with a rapidly expanding membership base across Asia and in other regions around the world.
The AsJCL is dedicated to publishing manuscripts that provide innovative, high quality, authentic, and impactful research. The Journal takes pride in having an unparalleled team of editors based primarily in Asia who are leaders domestically and internationally in a wide variety of domains and jurisdictions. The combination of our exceptional editorial team, high quality peer-review system, reputation as the leading forum for Asian legal studies.
MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION GUIDELINES
This page provides authors with details on policy, copyediting, formatting, and layout requirements for final manuscript submission to the AsJCL. All submissions must conform to the submission guidelines outlined below. Failure to do so may result in the submission being rejected.
I. EDITORIAL POLICY
Unpublished material: Submission of a manuscript implies that the work described is not copyrighted, published, or submitted elsewhere, except in abstract form. The corresponding author must ensure that all authors approve the manuscript before its submission.
Ethical conduct of research: The authors must describe and confirm safeguards to meet ethical standards.
Conflict of interest: When authors submit a manuscript, they are responsible for recognizing and disclosing financial and/or other conflicts of interest that might bias their work and/or could inappropriately influence his/her judgment. If no specified acknowledgement is given, the Publishers assume that no conflict of interest exists.
Declaration of funding: A declaration of sources of funding must be provided (if applicable). Authors must state the full official name of the funding body and grant numbers specified.
Copyright: The policy of the Asian Journal of Comparative Law is that authors (or in some cases their employers) retain copyright and grant National University of Singapore a licence to publish their work. In the case of gold open access articles this is a non-exclusive licence. Authors must complete and return an author publishing agreement form as soon as their article has been accepted for publication; the journal is unable to publish the article without this. Please download the appropriate publishing agreement here.
For open access articles, the form also sets out the Creative Commons licence under which the article is made available to end users: a fundamental principle of open access is that content should not simply be accessible but should also be freely re-usable. Articles will be published under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY) by default. This means that the article is freely available to read, copy and redistribute, and can also be adapted (users can “remix, transform, and build upon” the work) for any commercial or non-commercial purpose, as long as proper attribution is given. Authors can, in the publishing agreement form, choose a different kind of Creative Commons license (including those prohibiting non-commercial and derivative use) if they prefer.
II. COPYEDITING/LANGUAGE EDITING
All manuscripts must be written in clear and concise English. Spelling should be in British English and should use serial commas (ie ‘a, b, and c’ instead of ‘a, b and c’). Please note that while the AsJCL and Cambridge do provide a light copyedit of manuscripts for this journal, authors remain responsible for being their own copyeditors.
A. CONTENT AND STRUCTURE
- Manuscripts should be submitted as Word, docx, or rtf.
- If your manuscript contains special characters, equations, etc, please make sure to also supply a PDF version as a reference file. This will be used to ensure any formatting issues introduced during the submission process can be corrected accurately.
- Please supply figures embedded in the text where relevant, as well as in separate files (see Section H below).
III. JOURNAL HOUSE-STYLE
A. ACCEPTED PIECES, INCLUDING LENGTH
The AsJCL publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles of around 10,000-15,000 words in length, including footnotes, and book reviews between 1,000 and 2,000 words in length. The Journal does not publish case notes or shorter comments.
B. TITLE AND ABSTRACT
Contributions should have a title which is both concise and descriptive. Titles to articles should be centred in bold, italicized, and have title capitals.
C. ABSTRACT
All articles should be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words in 10 point Times New Roman, not italicized, and indented both left and right by 0.25" or 0.5 cm.
D. NAME AND AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Contributors are requested to supply their full name in whatever convention they personally prefer, not necessarily adopting the first name followed by last name convention (eg John Gillespie, Kon Sik Kim, Xue Hanqin, BS Chimni).
Autobiographical details should appear as the first footnote of each contribution [as an asterisk (*)], and include as separate sentences: (i) the contributor’s professional qualification(s); (ii) current title and institutional affiliation; and (iii) (in parentheses) the institution(s) at which they were earned or jurisdictions in which they apply. Acknowledgements (if any) may also be included.
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Title of Article: Subtitle of Article Given name Surname* Institution, Country/Region Email address Abstract goes here ________________________________ *Advocate & Solicitor (Singapore). Professor, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. I wish to thank A, B, and C for comments on an earlier draft. |
E. HEADINGS
Do not number headings. Keep to the three levels as below:
<First level> Introduction
<Second level> International terrorism as a trigger for ‘bad’ norm dynamics
<Third level> Securitization theory: Security speech and its context. [Text continues]
F. TEXT
The use of abbreviations and acronyms is permitted provided they are defined the first time they are used (eg. the Asian Journal of Comparative Law (AsJCL) or the Asian Law Institute (ASLI)). Full stops should not be used in abbreviations.
It is permissible to use a short author method of citation, for instance: As noted by Smith,1… with the accompanying footnote reference.
Quotations of up to three lines of text should be incorporated into the body of the text and enclosed in single quotation marks. Quotations within short quotations take double quotation marks.
Quotations longer than three lines in the body of the text should be set off as block quotations. Block quotations should be in 10 point font, not italicized, and indented both left and right by 0.25" or 0.5 cm.
Foreign words and phrases should be italicized in the text (but not within quotations) and a translation should be provided immediately afterwards in brackets or in a footnote, if required.
Case titles, any non-English text, and titles of books or movies should be set in italics.
Titles of articles should be set within single quotation marks.
To indicate text you wish to emphasize, use italics (rather than bold text or underlining).
G. REFERENCES / FOOTNOTES
The AsJCL adopts the legal citation formats set out in the Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA), the sole exception being that the name of scholarly journals and publishers should be spelled out in full in full citations. If in doubt, authors should consult OSCOLA (4th edition 2012, Hart Publishers). Some guidance is provided below and a quick reference guide is also available here:
www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/files/oxlaw/oscola_4th_edn_...
Citations, references, and sources should be fully set out in footnotes to the text (not as endnotes or in-text citations). Some examples are provided below.
Citations of cases should give the name of the case, the neutral citation (if appropriate), the volume and first page of the relevant law report, and where necessary the court. If the name of the case is given in the text, it is not necessary to repeat it in the footnote:
R (Roberts) v Parole Board [2004] EWCA Civ 1031, [2005] QB 410
When citing legislation, a footnote is not required if all of the information the reader needs about the source is provided in the text. Where the text does not include the name of the Act or the relevant section, this should be provided in a footnote:
Human Rights Act 1998, s 2
References to books should be in the format:
John Owen Haley, Authority Without Power: Law and the Japanese Paradox (Oxford University Press 1992)
References to chapters in edited volumes should be in the format:
Kevin YL Tan, ‘As Efficient as the Best Businesses: Singapore’s Judicial System’, in Jiunn-rong Yeh & Wen-Chen Chang (eds), Asian Courts in Context (Cambridge University Press 2014)
References to journal articles should be in the format:
Bryan Mercurio and Daria Kim, ‘Foreign Direct Investment in the Pharmaceutical Industry: Why Singapore and not Hong Kong’ (2015) 10 Asian Journal of Comparative Law 235
References to newspapers and other news sources should be in the format:
Caroline Davies, ‘War Crimes Suspect "Has Fled to Britain"’ The Daily Telegraph (London, 28 December 1999) 5
References to internet sources should be in the format:
Caroline Davies, ‘War Crimes Suspect "Has Fled to Britain"’ (The Daily Telegraph, 28 December 1999) <http: www.telegraph.co.uk> accessed 28 January 2014
Footnotes must appear at the bottom of the page on which they are referenced rather than at the end of the paper. Excessively long footnotes are better handled in an appendix.
H. TABLES, FIGURES & GRAPHS
General requirements
All illustrations must be of reproduction-ready quality and in EPS, TIF, or JPG format. They will be reduced in size to fit, whenever possible, the width of a single column.
Lettering of all figures within the article should be uniform in style (preferably a sans serif typeface like Helvetica) and of sufficient size (ca 8 pt). Uppercase letters A, B, C, etc should be used to identify parts of multi-part figures. Cite all figures in the text in numerical order.
Indicate the approximate placement of each figure. If figures are embedded within the text body of the manuscript, please submit these figures in separate files as well. Any figures which are not embedded in the text should be referenced in the text and submitted in separate files.
Only figures (graphs, line drawings, photographs, etc) should be labelled as ‘figures,’ not tables or equations.
Halftone figures
Figures (both grayscale and colour) should have a minimum resolution of 300 dpi and be of good contrast. Authors are welcome to submit colour illustrations; online publication of colour figures is free of charge.
Line drawings
Line drawings must be of reproduction-ready quality. Please note that faint shading may be lost upon reproduction. When drawing bar graphs, use patterning instead of grey scales. Lettering of all figures should be uniform in style. A resolution of 1200 dpi is recommended.
Figure legends
Provide a short descriptive title and a legend to make each figure self-explanatory on separate pages. Explain all symbols used in the figures. Remember to use the same abbreviations as in the text body.
Permissions
It is the authors’ responsibility to obtain permission to reproduce original or modified material that has been previously published. Any permissions fees are the responsibility of the author(s).
Tables
Number tables consecutively using Arabic numerals.
Tables should appear in the document near where they are referenced in the text. Provide a short descriptive title, column headings, and (if necessary) footnotes to make each table self-explanatory. Refer to tables in the text as Table 1, 2 etc. Use Table 1, etc in the table legends.
Tables must not be displayed as images.
I. MATHEMATICS AND EQUATIONS
Roman letters used in mathematical expressions as variables must be italicized. Roman letters used as part of multi-letter function names should not be italicized. Subscripts and superscripts must be a smaller font size than the main text.
Type short mathematical expressions inline. Longer expressions must appear as display math, as must expressions using many different levels (eg, such as fractions).
Ensure that Equations are typed or created with a plug-in, such as Word Formula Editor or MathType. Mathematical expressions must not be displayed as images.
Important definitions or concepts can also be set off as display math.
Number your equations sequentially and insert a blank line before and after each equation.
Equation numbers may be on the right or left, however, make sure to be consistent in this.
When proofing your document, pay particular attention to the rendering of the mathematics, especially symbols and notation drawn from other-than-standard fonts.
J. BOOK REVIEWS
Book reviews must start with the citation of the book at the top of the first page in the format: Title of book, Author(s)/editor(s) (Place of publication: Publisher, year of publication) [no of pages. Hardcover/softcover: price].
All enquiries about placing a book review or having a book reviewed in the Journal should be directed to Khairiyah binte Abu (Khai) at [email protected].
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Asian Data Privacy Laws: Trade and Human Rights Perspectives by Graham Greenleaf. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. xlii + 579 pp. Hardcover: £115.00. Text of book review reviewed by Simon Chesterman National University of Singapore |
Policy on prior publication
When authors submit manuscripts to this journal, these manuscripts should not be under consideration, accepted for publication or in press within a different journal, book or similar entity, unless explicit permission or agreement has been sought from all entities involved. However, deposition of a preprint on the author’s personal website, in an institutional repository, or in a preprint archive shall not be viewed as prior or duplicate publication. Authors should follow the Cambridge University Press Preprint Policy regarding preprint archives and maintaining the version of record.
English language editing services
Authors, particularly those whose first language is not English, may wish to have their English-language manuscripts checked by a native speaker before submission. This step is optional, but may help to ensure that the academic content of the paper is fully understood by the Editor and any reviewers.
In order to help prospective authors to prepare for submission and to reach their publication goals, Cambridge University Press offers a range of high-quality manuscript preparation services, including language editing. You can find out more on our language services page.
Please note that the use of any of these services is voluntary, and at the author's own expense. Use of these services does not guarantee that the manuscript will be accepted for publication, nor does it restrict the author to submitting to a Cambridge-published journal.
Competing Interests
All authors must include a competing interest declaration in their title page. This declaration will be subject to editorial review and may be published in the article.
Competing interests are situations that could be perceived to exert an undue influence on the content or publication of an author’s work. They may include, but are not limited to, financial, professional, contractual or personal relationships or situations.
If the manuscript has multiple authors, the author submitting must include competing interest declarations relevant to all contributing authors.
Example wording for a declaration is as follows: “Competing interests: Author 1 is employed at organisation A, Author 2 is on the Board of company B and is a member of organisation C. Author 3 has received grants from company D.” If no competing interests exist, the declaration should state “Competing interests: The author(s) declare none”.
Authorship and contributorship
All authors listed on any papers submitted to this journal must be in agreement that the authors listed would all be considered authors according to disciplinary norms, and that no authors who would reasonably be considered an author have been excluded. For further details on this journal’s authorship policy, please see this journal's publishing ethics policies.
Author affiliations
Author affiliations should represent the institution(s) at which the research presented was conducted and/or supported and/or approved. For non-research content, any affiliations should represent the institution(s) with which each author is currently affiliated.
For more information, please see our author affiliation policy and author affiliation FAQs.
Supplementary materials
Material that is not essential to understanding or supporting a manuscript, but which may nonetheless be relevant or interesting to readers, may be submitted as supplementary material. Supplementary material will be published online alongside your article, but will not be published in the pages of the journal. Types of supplementary material may include, but are not limited to, appendices, additional tables or figures, datasets, videos, and sound files.
Supplementary materials will not be typeset or copyedited, so should be supplied exactly as they are to appear online. Please see our general guidance on supplementary materials for further information.
Where relevant we encourage authors to publish additional qualitative or quantitative research outputs in an appropriate repository, and cite these in manuscripts.
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