Publication process

12pt. – 1.5 spaced, font: Calisto MT or Tahoma (TBD).

Transform the footnotes into endnotes [LINK]

We will use the Bluebook citation style for all the pieces. You can have some links over the internet and tutorials on how to cite. I just pasted them here to ease the process.

We will use the Bluebook citation style for all the pieces. You can have some links over the internet and tutorials on how to cite. I just pasted them here to ease the process. 

 

Authors must follow the Bluebook citation style; some parts are available here: 

 

Reports: Always in small caps. BB R. 15.1. 

Annual Report 2010-2011, Ctr. For Individual Rts. 19 (2011). 

 

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Complete guide: https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/2-800 

 

Working paper - articles titles: Italicized. R15.1(d)/ 17.4 (old version BB) 

Ex. Zev J. Eigen & Yair Listokin, Do Lawyers Really Believe Their Own Hype and Should They?: A Natural Experiment (Yale Law & Econ. Res. Paper No. 412, 2011), https://ssrn.com/abstract=1640062 

 

Small caps: Use small caps and abbreviations for law reviews and journals.  

Ex2. Yuval Karniel & Stephen Bates, Copyright in Second Life, 20 Alb. J.L. Sci. & Tech. 433 (2010). 

 

No volume: If the journal does not have a volume use the year as the volume number. 

Ex3. Frank H. Easterbrook, Substance and Due Process, 1982 Sup. Ct. Rev. 85, 114. 

 

 

  • US Case Law: https://www.law.cornell.edu/citation/2-200 

Case law: Italicized  

ex. Czapinski v. St. Francis Hosp., Inc., 2000 WI 80, 236 Wis. 2d 316, 613 N.W.2d 120. 

 

 

 

Text  

  • Rule of Thumb:  if the sentence is a bit awkward, but the meaning is clear, leave it “as is.” 

  • Use serial commas (e.g., one, two, and three). 

  • Any number under 100 write out, any number 100 and over, use numerical symbol. 

o  Unless discussing statistics or percentages, then use numerical symbols. 

  • Use the percent sign (%) for percentages and dollar sign ($) for dollars. 

  • Use U.S. spelling (i.e., do not use “labour,” “colour,” “specialise,” etc.) unless, of course, it’s used in a quotation. 

  • Heading order is as follows: 

o   I. 

  •  A. 

  •  1. 

o   a. 

  • i.  

  • Punctuation inside quotation marks where necessary. 

  • NEVER change anything in quotation marks. Of course, if you found the original source and it was incorrect, please do change it and bring it to my attention so that we can decide to alert the author. 

  • Use en dashes (–) for numeric sequences (e.g., 255–56, not 255-56); do this by clicking Ctrl+ - (the dash in the number pad on the left of the keyboard). 

  • Use em dashes (—) in text, rather than hyphens; do this by clicking Ctrl + Alt + - (the dash in the number pad on the left of the keyboard). 

  • Write fractions as hyphenated words (e.g., “one-half” rather than “½”). 

  • Footnotes at end of the sentence and always after final punctuation. 

  • Put footnotes in the middle of the sentence if citing two different sources within the same sentence. 

  • Quotations: 

o   If 50+ words, it’s an indented quote; if not, it’s a quote within paragraph. 

o   NEVER begin a quotation with an ellipses. 

o   If taking out a section in middle, use three periods (. . .) with space before and after each period. 

o   If taking out text at end of sentence, use four periods with first dot next to final word (e.g., “To be or not to be. . . . Whether ‘tis nobler. . .”). 

  • Unless used as an adjective, type out the name of countries: 

o   For example: 

  •  “The labor laws are changing in the United States.” 

  •  “U.S. labor laws are changing.”