Guidelines for Contributors
1. International Trade Law & Regulation (Int. T.L.R.) is a quarterly international journal providing topical analysis on key debates and developments in both public and private aspects of international trade and investment law. It features in-depth articles on topics of interest, shorter opinion pieces on recent developments and emerging issues, and book reviews of recent publications in the field.
All contributions must be in English and contributors should supply their full contact details, including email address, for further correspondence. Please include an abstract of no more than 50 words, describing the contents of the contribution. This abstract will appear on the contents page of Int. T.L.R.
The authors of accepted contributions will receive two complimentary copies of the journal in which their paper appears.
Contributions are welcome under the following headings:
Articles
Articles should analyse a major, current theme of international interest in the field. Articles should aim to discuss a subject with an emphasis on theory, although practical relevance may also be considered. Articles should be between 5,000–8,000 words, though shorter or longer contributions may be considered.
Opinion
In the style of an editorial, the Opinion should be a topical, ideally controversial piece on a recent development in the field aimed at stimulating debate. Opinions are approximately 2,000–3,000 words in length.
Book Reviews
Book reviews should offer a short summary of a recent book (published in the last two years) in the field along with critical analysis and insight. Book reviews are normally between 800 and 1,500 words in length. Please contact lucy.gardner@thomsonreuters.com to discuss a book review or to obtain a review copy.
2. Method of Submission
The contribution should be sent as an email attachment in Microsoft Word together with the abstract, the contributor’s full contact details and the contributor’s biography to:
Katy Sadat, Publisher
katy.sadat@thomsonreuters.com.
Telephone: +44 20 7542 4714.
3. Footnotes should be kept to a minimum and numbered consecutively from 1 onwards. Cases and statutes, etc. should be cited accurately and in the correct format, preferably in the footnotes.
4. Submission of a paper will be held to imply that it contains original unpublished work. Please note that it is the responsibility of the contributor of each paper to collect any permissions and acknowledgements necessary for the paper to be published prior to submission.
5. Copyright in contributions is vested jointly with the contributors and the publishers.