Information for Authors

The Journal of International Economic Law welcomes contributions of articles, notes and book reviews related to international economic law.

Format and style

Articles should normally range from 5,000 to 10,000 words and should be prefaced by an abstract of less than 200 words. Book reviews and notes should in general not exceed 2,500 words. Authors are invited to follow the journal’s style sheet. Authors may also wish to download the 'WTO dispute settlement reports citations and the GATT dispute settlement reports citations.

Unfortunately the Journal does not have the resources to provide English language editing services for authors. Therefore authors are strongly encouraged to carefully revise their manuscripts before submission. We have had to decline submissions in the past because of English language problems.

Manuscripts must be typed in the style of the Journal (see style sheet and a recent issue) on one side only of the paper (preferably A4), double spaced, with a margin of at least 2.5cm on the left hand side. Footnotes, indicated by superscript figures in the text, should be used for listing references. Tables and figures should be attached on separate sheets at the end of the manuscript and their location indicated in the text.

Authors are asked to use mathematics only when its application is a necessary condition for achieving the stated objective of the paper. When mathematics is used, the necessity for doing so should be explained, and the major premises in the argument and its conclusions should be made intelligible to a reader without a background in mathematics. Wherever possible, authors are encouraged to put the mathematical portions of their arguments into an appendix.

Peer review process

The Journal of International Economic Law is a peer reviewed journal. The review process is divided in two stages. Manuscripts are first appraised by the editor-in-chief. If the subject, quality, and content of the manuscript are apparently appropriate for publication in the Journal, the manuscript is sent out to other members of the editorial board for a detailed review. At that stage, authors are contacted and required to provide written assurance that their manuscripts have not been published and will not be committed elsewhere until the JIEL editors have completed their assessment. The Journal of International Economic Law aims at completing the review of manuscripts within two months from the date of receipt. However, we regret that due to the high number of submissions we receive this goal cannot always be accomplished.

Submissions

Please send an electronic version of your manuscript by email to the Editor, at

jiel@law.georgetown.edu

The Editor may consider a hard copy; however, the response will take longer. In such cases, please send one hard copy of your manuscript together with a diskette to:

          The Editor
           Journal of International Economic Law
           c/o Georgetown University Law Center
           600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
           Washington DC 20001
           USA

The Editor will acknowledge the receipt of your manuscript as soon as possible.

Copyright

Authors may use their own material in other publications provided that the Journal is acknowledged as the original place of publication. Unless otherwise expressly indicated in a particular work published in the Journal, photocopying is permitted beyond that permitted by section 107 and 108 of the US Copyright Law regarding fair use, for course use in any public or private institution of learning provided that: (1) copies are distributed at or below cost, including reasonable commercial cost of assembling and duplicating; (2) the author and the Journal are identified on the copies; and (3) proper notice of copyright is affixed to each copy. Other reproduction may occur only by prior written permission of the publisher or by licence.  For more information see http://www.oxfordjournals.org/access_purchase/rights_permissions.html.  To the extent permitted by fair use laws individual scholars may make a copy of particular works in the Journal for their own research or teaching use only.