Author Guidelines
FORM AND PREPARATION OF MANUSCRIPTS
1. The articles can be submitted in English or Spanish, letter-size page, numbered and fully legible, font Times New Roman, size 12, no spacing, and with an extra space between paragraphs.
2. The Studies should have between 7000 to 15000 words; the Case law reviews, between 5000 to 12000 words; and the Books review, between 1000 to 3000 words. In all cases incuding footnotes and references.
3. It should be headed by the full title in English, bold capitals. Then add a Spanish translation, in lowercase italics. Immediately below it must include the author’s full name and her/his institutional affiliation, indicating city and country of the institution. Then, It has to include an abstract, between 75 to 150 words; and three to five keywords. In English and Spanish. Both abstract and keywords have to be in English and Spanish (resumen y palabras clave).
4. The titles and subtitles for the main divisions of the article should be clear and concise properly related the contents thereof without underlined whatsoever.
5. As for the divisions of the text and its listing is recommended up to four levels, numbered with Roman numerals, Arabic numerals, uppercase and lowercase, followed by endpoint or parentheses, as exemplified below:
I. SECTION TITLE (first level) (bold, uppercase, with Roman number followed by dot).
1. Subsection title (second level) (bold and italics, lowercase except the first letter, with Arabic numeral followed by dot).
A) Subsection title (third level) (Versailles and italics, lowercase except the first letter, with capital letter followed by closing parenthesis).
a) Subsection Title (fourth level) (italics, lowercase except the first letter, with lower case letters followed by closing parenthesis).
6. No listing the sections relating to the introduction, conclusions, bibliographical list, judicial rules and norms, should only be provided with the same format as the titles of the chapters, but no numbers or letters.
7. You do not use bold, except for titles as explained above. Neither use underlining. Italics will be used only to highlight a word or sentence from work or notes. Similarly, it is recommended italics in titles of books and periodicals, for titles of sources, to transcribe text sources (eg. articles of a code or law or paragraphs of a sentence and words in another language).
8. It will be used a citation system with footnotes numbered consecutively and adjusted to the standards adopted by the Journal.
RULES FOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
The citation system adopted by the Journal corresponds to the standards of the International Standardization Organization, ISO 690 and ISO 690-2, in relation to their equivalent issued by the Chilean National Standards Institute: NCH1143.Of1999 Documentation - Bibliographic references - Content, form and structure, and NCH 1143/2.Of2003 Information and documentation - Bibliographic references - Part 2: Electronic documents or parts thereof, which have been declared official Chilean Standard by Resolution n° 75 of 1999 of the Ministry of Economy, Diario Oficial, 24 February 1999 and Resolution n° 92 of 2003 of the Ministry of Economy, Diario Oficial, 13 March 2003, respectively.
Bibliographic references: At the end of the work will be a list of all references effectively cited or referred under the title “Bibliography cited”. The list must be sorted alphabetically according to the last name of the author, with its year of publication in parentheses. If there are two or more works by the same author published in the same year, they must be distinguished in parentheses by small letters a, b, c, etc. after the year of publication and inside the parenthesis. The last names of the author will be written in Versailles and name in round. In no case can be cited two different literature sources in a single reference. In this list, reference books contain an indication of the total number of pages, and the reference to journal articles and chapters of books will display the page numbers start and end.
In every reference, the authors’ last names will be written in Versailles and the title in italics. Finally, into a parenthesis there must be included the city of publication, publisher and number of edition in case there is more than one.
The references of journal articles and book chapters will indicate the numbers of beginning and ending. French indentation will be used. Books titles and periodical publications in a foreign language will indicate the original language.
Examples:
A. Books reference: Adams, Randolph G. (1958): Political Ideas of the American Revolution (Third edition, New York, Barnes Noble Inc.).
Elements: Author (s) (either institution or person), / (year of publication): / title of the publication (in italics) / (edition number (except for the first one), place of publication, publisher).
B. Translations reference: Akehurst, Michael (1972): Introducción al Derecho Internacional (Trad. Manuel Medina Ortega, Madrid, Alianza Editorial).
Elements: Author (s) (either institution or person), / (year of publication): / title of the publication (in italics) / edition number (except the first) / (Trad. translator name, number of edition if it corresponds, place of publication, publisher).
C. Books chapters reference: Aguilar Cavallo, Gonzalo and Maldonado Paredes, Antonio (2008): “Extradición y crímenes internacionales: El caso Fujimori ante la justicia chilena”, en Llanos Mansilla, Hugo and Picand Albónico, Eduardo (coords.), I Estudios de Derecho Internacional, libro homenaje al profesor Santiago Benadava (Santiago de Chile, Editorial Librotecnia) pp. 145 – 184.
Elements: Author (s) of the chapter / (year of publication): / “title of chapter” / en / name of the author (s) or coordinator (s) of the book, when it differs from the author of the chapter or article (indicating his capacity as editor (s) or coordinator (s) / book title (in italics) / (place of publication, publisher) / chapter pages.
D. Periodical’s articles reference: Waldron, Jeremy (2005): “Foreign Law and the modern Jus Gentium”, Harvard Law Review, vol. 119 n° 1: pp. 129 – 147.
Elements: Author (s) / (date) / “Article tittle” / title of the journal (in italics) / volume and number: / pages.
E. Electronic documents reference: Bassiouni, M. Cherif (2005): “Jurisdicción universal para crímenes internacionales: perspectivas históricas y práctica contemporánea”. Available at <http://www.publicacionescdh.uchile.cl/Libros/18ensayos/Bassiouni_JurisdiccionUniversal.pdf>, date of access: May 22, 2007.
Elements: Author (s) / (date) / “Document Tittle” / Available at: <link> / date of access: Month day, year.
Legislation: After the list of bibliographic references, there must be included a list of all legal or regulatory references, entitled “Legislation cited”. This list is limited to the statutes effectively quoted or referred in the work. The must be sorted alphabetically, from lowest to highest number, if applicable. If it is applicable, it will be indicated the number, the official title and publication date (day, month and year).
Examples:
Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, U.S.C.A. Constitution, first volume, pp. 1-5, 4 July 1776.
Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, League of Nations, 16 December 1920.
Cases: After the legislation reference lsit, there must be included a list of all sentences actually quoted or referred to in the work, entitled “Cases law cited”. The sentences were ordered by the court with alphabetical and chronological approach. If there are several statements in the same court and same tear, they shall be ordered alphabetically according to the name of the parties. The reference shall mention: The court / name of the parts in italics (if it is a civil judgment), name of the accused (in the case of criminal judgment), case name (if it is an international judgment), the name by which requirement is known (if it is Constitutional Court judgment) / year of the judgment (round brackets) followed by a colon (:) / date (day, month and year) / n ° role, serie n° or equivalent / source location.
Examples:
Internacional Court of Justice, Legal Consequences for States of the Continued Presence of South Africa in Namibia (South West Africa) notwithstanding Security Council Resolution 276 (1970) (1971): June 21, 1971, advisory opinion. Available at <http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/index.php?p1=3&p2=4&k=a7&case=53&code=nam&p3=4>, accessed: March, 26 2012.
Permanent Court of International Justice, Lotus case (1927): September 7, 1927, Series A n° 10. Available at <http://www.worldcourts.com/pcij/eng/decisions/1927.09.07_lotus.htm>, accessed: March 26, 2012.
Footnotes: Footnotes must be numbered in Arabic characters and they must be inserted in a superscript format, which will include references or short citations to works, norms and jurisprudence.
A. Brief bibliographic references: Abbreviated references in books, magazine articles and other formats will be noted in the footnote: only the first author's last name (in Versailles), year (in parenthesis) and the number or numbers of the page or pages accurate in the cited reference appears. It is recommended not to make references to jobs that have not been addressed directly by the author, either critically or at their approaches. Readers can check the full details of the reference in the Bibliography cited list at the end of work (described above). If a work has three, four more authors, cite all authors in the reference list end. In the footnotes page is written only the first author followed by et al., Year of publication and page respectively.
In case citing two or more works by different authors in the same reference, write the names and respective years of publication, separated by a comma.
Examples:
Works by one author: Manson (1978) p. 52.
Works by two authors (surnames are joined by the conjunction and): Fix-Zamudio and Valencia (2003) p. 247.
Works with three or more authors: Gallardo et al. (1990) p. 20.
More than one work with same author and year of publication: Guzmán (2005a) p. 12.
B. Brief legislation references: It shall indicate the number (of tittle) of the statute and the year of publication.
Example: Ley nº 20.431 de 2010.
C. Brief case references: The footnotes of jurisprudence shall indicate the name of the court, the name of the parties (in italics), the year of the sentence and its role n°, series, file or its equivalent (in parentheses), page, paragraph, or considering. Thus, readers can check the full details of the judgment in the list of Case cited at the end of the work.
Example: Permanent Court of International Justice, Lotus case (1927, Series A n° 10) p. 14.
D. Other references: In the case you used other references that are not bibliographic, legislation or case las, they will be indicate only in footnote, indicating author, title reference and source location.
Example, news: “Chubut enfrenta el peor incendio forestal que se haya registrado en Argentina”, La Nación: Argentina, 26 de febrero de 2015. Available at: <http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1771568-chubut-enfrenta-el-peor-incendio-forestal-de-la-historia-de-argentina>, fecha de consulta: 2 julio 2016.
Presentation of graphs, tables, figures and images: Within the body text can only be included images, tables and graphics related to the subject of the paper.
A. Tables: The tables will be in Word format, with a concise title and be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals, capital letters using bold. Example: TABLE N° 1, TABLE N° 2, TABLE N° 3. Additional observations will be included at the bottom of the table, will organized in columns and rows.
B. Figures (graphics and photos): It will be considered figure any kind of graphic material than is not a table (chart, graph, photograph, drawing, etc.). The figures are made in .jpg (minimum resolution 350 dpi (dots per inch) and max. size 15 cm. wide x 18 cm. high; all items must be legible; between 8 and 14 points. List all Figures consecutively with Arabic numerals in the text, using bold capital letter. Example: FIGURE N° 1, FIGURE N° 2, FIGURE N° 3. In the text, the figures are referred to by their numbers. Example: As shown in Figure n° 1 or see Figure n° 2.
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