2015 Year-in-Review Guidelines for Contributing Authors
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The document provides guidelines for authors contributing to the annual publication "The Year in Review" produced by the Section of International Law of the American Bar Association. It outlines requirements for submissions including formatting them as a U.S. law journal article, inclusion of proper citations, and a maximum length of 7,000 words or less per committee contribution. The deadline for committee editors to submit all articles is December 1, 2015.
![Scope: The objective of The YIR project is to produce an article from each committee that
covers only the most important topical developments of the preceding year within the
committee’s area of international law. In addition to reviewing the substantive and procedural
legal developments within the committee’s area, it is also expected that the committee
authors, as experts in their fields, will provide readers with a sense of context about these
developments. Many readers will already be familiar with the developments under discussion;
many, however, will not. The aim of each article should be to provide not only a factual review
of the developments, but also a sense of their significance.
Attribution: At the beginning of each article will appear the names of the authors of that
article. At the end of the list of authors there will be a footnote briefly indicating author
affiliation and, should individual committees so wish, indication of which section(s) within the
article each author was responsible for contributing. In order to save the allotted 7,000 word
space, the author's name WILL NOT be repeated in a footnote at the start of the section which
that author drafted.
Citation: Clear, precise, and comprehensive citation is essential. The citation standards for
U.S. law journals are uniquely rigorous. When in doubt, provide a reference. Examples of
citations to nonU.S. sources is below. The IHRC prefers contributing authors use The
Bluebook Uniform System of Citation.
Authors, particularly those not trained in U.S. law schools, are highly encouraged to
familiarize themselves with these standards through the examples below. Failure to include
adequate citation may result in a submission not being published.
III. SPECIAL NOTE ON CITATION TO NONU.S. SOURCES
When citing to nonU.S. statutes, citation must be given either to the official code or to the
official journal or gazette in which the legislation may be found, including date, page and
volume number. Similarly, when citing to nonU.S. case law, citation must be given for the
official case reporter, if available, or other nonofficial source.
Example of Correct Citation for Legislative Developments – Provide a Citation to
Each Section and Subsection which Supports the Assertions Made about the
Legislation:
China’s new, revised Company Law (Revised Company Law) became effective on January 1,
2006, and fundamentally changed several areas of business regulation in China. The Revised 1
Company Law enables PRC residents, for the first time, to form a singlemember limited
liability company, and lowered to two the number of promoters needed to form a company
limited by shares. Further, the revised law lowers to RMB¥30,000 the minimum registered
capital requirement to form a limited liability company, and lowers to RMB¥500,000 the
minimum registered capital requirement to form a company limited by shares. 2
Example of Correct Citation for Judicial Developments – Provide a Page
Reference for All Holdings and Quotations:
Particularly controversial was the ICTY’S judgment against Momčilo Krajišnik, a former
member of the Bosnian Serb leadership convicted on September 27, 2006, of persecutions,
1
[Company Law], (Presidential Order No. 42, issued Oct. 27, 2005, effective Jan. 1, 2006,) (P.R.C.),
translated and reprinted in CHINA LAW & PRAC. 2330/05.10.27
2
Id. § 24 (for limited liability companies); § 79 (for companies limited by shares).](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/yirguidelinesy2015-16contributingauthorsversion-151127010330-lva1-app6892/85/2015-Year-in-Review-Guidelines-for-Contributing-Authors-2-320.jpg)
![extermination, murder, deportation, and forced transfer of nonSerb civilians. The 3
controversy surrounds Krajišnik’s acquittal on charges of genocide and complicity in genocide.
The judgment noted the crimes alleged met “the requirements of the actus reus for genocide” 4
but held that the evidence did not show that the crime of genocide formed part of a common
objective of the joint criminal enterprise, nor that “any of these acts were committed with the 5
intent to destroy, in part, the BosnianMuslim or BosnianCroat ethnic group, as such.” 6
Example of Correct Citation for Commercial, Policy & Political Developments –
Provide a Citation to Public Resources:
On December 13, 2005, Trinidad and Tobago became the first member state of the Caribbean
Community and Common Market, CARICOM, to ratify the Caribbean Treaty on Mutual Legal 7
Assistance in Serious Criminal Matters (the Treaty), a Caribbean Single Market and Economy
(CSME) instrument signed on July 6, 2005. To date, the Treaty has attracted nine 8 9
signatories. The Treaty’s entry into force is contingent on ratification by five states. The 10 11
purpose of the Treaty is to increase cooperation in mutual legal assistance among Caribbean
countries in respect of serious criminal matters and to combat criminal activity. 12
Second Example of Correct Citation for Commercial, Policy & Political
Developments – Provide a Citation to Public Resources:
The Australian Mergers and Acquisitions market has been very strong in 2006, to a large
extent fuelled by a boom in private equity activity. The retail and energy sectors have been 13
the largest source of M&A work to date. The unsuccessful U.S. $13.7 billion proposal to
acquire Coles Myer by a private equity consortium led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co was
perhaps the highest profile of this year, though the U.S. $6.08 billion merger of Suncorp 14
3
Prosecutor v. Krajišnik, Case: IT0039T, Judgement, (Sept. 27, 2006), available at
http://www.un.org/icty/krajisnik/trialc/judgement/krajud060927e.pdf.
4
Id. ¶ 867.
5
Id. ¶ 1091.
6
Id. ¶ 867.
7
The regional grouping of the Caribbean Community and Common Market, established under the Treaty of
Chaguaramas, dated July 4, 1973, came into being on August 1, 1973, and is comprised of Antigua and
Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St.
Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. See Treaty
Establishing the Caribbean Community, opened for signature July 4, 1973, 946 U.N.T.S. 17, 12 I.L.M. 1033
(entered into force Aug. 1, 1973), available at http://www.sice.oas.org/trade/caricom/caricind.asp
[hereinafter Treaty of Chaguaramas].
8
See Lillian CrawfordAbbensetts et al., International Legal Development in Review: 2004, Regional and
Comparative Law, 39 INT’L LAW. 591, 59294 (2005); Lillian CrawfordAbbensetts, et al., International Legal
Development in Review: 2005, Regional and Comparative Law, 40 INT’L LAW. 541, 54254 (2006).
9
See Caribbean Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Serious Criminal Matters, July 6, 2005, available at
http://www.caricomlaw.org/docs/MLAT.pdf [hereinafter Caribbean Mutual Assistance Treaty].
10
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname,
and Trinidad and Tobago. See Status of Acceptance and Incorporation of CSME Related Legal Instruments
(Jan. 2006), Caribbean Community Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, available at
http://www.caricomlaw.org.
11
Caribbean Mutual Assistance Treaty, supra note 10, art. 28.
12
Id. art. 2.
13
See Michael Smith, Australia M&A Wave Builds as Buyout Firms Circle, REUTERS, Jan. 23, 2007,
http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSSYD27057920070123.
14
Raphael Minder and Sundeep Tucker, Coles Myer Rejects KKRled Approach, FT.COM, Sept. 6, 2006,
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4e2c779e3d7811dbbd600000779e2340.html.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/yirguidelinesy2015-16contributingauthorsversion-151127010330-lva1-app6892/85/2015-Year-in-Review-Guidelines-for-Contributing-Authors-3-320.jpg)
2015 Year-in-Review Guidelines for Contributing Authors
- 3. extermination, murder, deportation, and forced transfer of nonSerb civilians. The 3 controversy surrounds Krajišnik’s acquittal on charges of genocide and complicity in genocide. The judgment noted the crimes alleged met “the requirements of the actus reus for genocide” 4 but held that the evidence did not show that the crime of genocide formed part of a common objective of the joint criminal enterprise, nor that “any of these acts were committed with the 5 intent to destroy, in part, the BosnianMuslim or BosnianCroat ethnic group, as such.” 6 Example of Correct Citation for Commercial, Policy & Political Developments – Provide a Citation to Public Resources: On December 13, 2005, Trinidad and Tobago became the first member state of the Caribbean Community and Common Market, CARICOM, to ratify the Caribbean Treaty on Mutual Legal 7 Assistance in Serious Criminal Matters (the Treaty), a Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) instrument signed on July 6, 2005. To date, the Treaty has attracted nine 8 9 signatories. The Treaty’s entry into force is contingent on ratification by five states. The 10 11 purpose of the Treaty is to increase cooperation in mutual legal assistance among Caribbean countries in respect of serious criminal matters and to combat criminal activity. 12 Second Example of Correct Citation for Commercial, Policy & Political Developments – Provide a Citation to Public Resources: The Australian Mergers and Acquisitions market has been very strong in 2006, to a large extent fuelled by a boom in private equity activity. The retail and energy sectors have been 13 the largest source of M&A work to date. The unsuccessful U.S. $13.7 billion proposal to acquire Coles Myer by a private equity consortium led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co was perhaps the highest profile of this year, though the U.S. $6.08 billion merger of Suncorp 14 3 Prosecutor v. Krajišnik, Case: IT0039T, Judgement, (Sept. 27, 2006), available at http://www.un.org/icty/krajisnik/trialc/judgement/krajud060927e.pdf. 4 Id. ¶ 867. 5 Id. ¶ 1091. 6 Id. ¶ 867. 7 The regional grouping of the Caribbean Community and Common Market, established under the Treaty of Chaguaramas, dated July 4, 1973, came into being on August 1, 1973, and is comprised of Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. See Treaty Establishing the Caribbean Community, opened for signature July 4, 1973, 946 U.N.T.S. 17, 12 I.L.M. 1033 (entered into force Aug. 1, 1973), available at http://www.sice.oas.org/trade/caricom/caricind.asp [hereinafter Treaty of Chaguaramas]. 8 See Lillian CrawfordAbbensetts et al., International Legal Development in Review: 2004, Regional and Comparative Law, 39 INT’L LAW. 591, 59294 (2005); Lillian CrawfordAbbensetts, et al., International Legal Development in Review: 2005, Regional and Comparative Law, 40 INT’L LAW. 541, 54254 (2006). 9 See Caribbean Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Serious Criminal Matters, July 6, 2005, available at http://www.caricomlaw.org/docs/MLAT.pdf [hereinafter Caribbean Mutual Assistance Treaty]. 10 Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. See Status of Acceptance and Incorporation of CSME Related Legal Instruments (Jan. 2006), Caribbean Community Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, available at http://www.caricomlaw.org. 11 Caribbean Mutual Assistance Treaty, supra note 10, art. 28. 12 Id. art. 2. 13 See Michael Smith, Australia M&A Wave Builds as Buyout Firms Circle, REUTERS, Jan. 23, 2007, http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSSYD27057920070123. 14 Raphael Minder and Sundeep Tucker, Coles Myer Rejects KKRled Approach, FT.COM, Sept. 6, 2006, http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4e2c779e3d7811dbbd600000779e2340.html.
- 4. Group, Australia's sixth largest bank, with insurance group Promina was just one example of the very robust market. 15 Please keep a copy of the attribution pages of your nonU.S. sources so that if necessary, they may be provided to the SMU Editorial Staff so that citations may be formulated and/or corrected as needed. IV. STYLE CONVENTIONS Word processing format ● Microsoft Word Office 2003 or 2007 Margins ● Top, Bottom, Left, Right: 1”. Gutter: 0” ● Header, Footer: 0.5” Text ● Font: Times New Roman in the main text and footnotes with full justification. ● 12 point font double spaced in main text with no superscripts except for the footnote reference. 12 point font single spaced in the footnotes with no superscripts. ● Use two spaces in between sentences, after colons, and after “Part I,” “A,” etc. ● Indent all paragraphs: 0.5”. ● Paginate: Bottom center, 11 point type. ● Block all quotations that are 50 or more words, single space, indent left and right 0.5”. ● Bullets: single space within bullets, double space between bullets, indent left and right 0.5”. For all case names (in text, but not footnotes): use italics—do not underline. ● Place commas and periods within quotation marks. Use curly quotation marks. Headers Title: Titles must be in all caps and in bold font (2 spaces after). There is a uniform style for the titles of The YIR articles. The title of each article is simply the name of the committee, e.g., INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS; INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW; AFRICA; ASIA AND PACIFIC. Footnotes ● First footnote (author’s ID) use an asterisk. ● 12point, fully justified. (Footnote number: 12 point, not superscript). Spacing: 0.5 tab after footnote number. Single space each footnote. ● Italicize: partial case names (i.e., subsequent reference), “infra,” “supra,” and “id.” Also italicize “see” or “see also” unless used in a middle of a sentence. ● Do not italicize full case names (i.e., first reference) in footnotes. ● Use “See” before citations unless you are citing to a direct quotation. V. SAMPLES ● The Year in Review 2014: Environment, Energy & Resource Law ● ALL PREVIOUS YIR PUBLICATIONS 15 Australia's competition regulator clears 20 bln aud Suncorp/Promina merger, FINANZNACHRICHTEN.DE, Dec. 20, 2007, http://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten200612/artikel7484982.asp