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Notes for the Contributors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 1999

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Copyright © The Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors, 1999

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Specific page references. Use “p.” where the page reference stands alone, but substitute a comma where a full citation to a case or article is given. Ibid., at p. 436. [1908] 2 K.B. 454, 458.Google Scholar
Cross-references. Use “See note 7 above/below” rather than “supra/infra note 7”.Google Scholar
Articles. Familiar abbreviations (without underlining) may be used for the titles of legal journals. Otherwise give the title in full. F.H. Newark, “The Boundaries of Nuisance” (1949) 65 L.Q.R. 480. Williams, D.G.T., “Developments in British Environmental Law” (1984) 24 Natural Resources Journal 511.Google Scholar
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