Chinese Journal of International Law
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Submissions
and Book Reviews
(1)
As from around 12 March, all
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Yee: sienhoATchinesejil.org.
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Conditions
for submissions: When submitting a manuscript, each author
represents that the submission is original and does not contain any unlawful or
plagiarized materials, and, if the submission is accepted, assigns all
copyrights to the Journal. The Journal does not require exclusive submission.
If the paper is simultaneously submitted to other journals, the author shall
inform the Editor-in-Chief of this fact. The review process can be very long.
The first peer-review is usually completed within 8-12 weeks, but sometimes may
take shorter, or longer, in some instances longer than 6 months. No royalty will be paid. Furthermore, each
author represents that he or she has done a substantive check of all
authorities and citations and that the submission is properly supported by
these sources.
The Chinese JIL Style
Guide (and More)
http://www.chinesejil.org/style.htm;
version 20100214); template: www.chinesejil.org/template.doc
(open this document, then in the “file” menu hit “save as” and you will be able
to save this document in a location in your computer)
Rule 1. (i) Overall
policy. A peer-reviewed journal, the
Chinese Journal of International Law
(Chinese JIL) attempts to present papers of high quality, without regard to
the status of the author; nor do we have a word limit as such. We prefer papers with rigorous analyses. Our overall style policy is: clarity,
simplicity and consistency within each individual article. These rules are designed so that a reader can
immediately understand the footnotes without carrying with him or her a book of
style such as the US Bluebook to consult.
We strongly recommend strict compliance to promote overall
efficiency. We also ask that your
abstract should summarize your main
arguments, for ease of review and dissemination. For all contents: https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil
.
(ii) Conflicts
of Interest. Authors are required to observe the generally
accepted practice on disclosure of conflicts of interest (for info: https://academic.oup.com/pages/authoring/journals/preparing_your_manuscript/conflicts_of_interest
).
Rule
Rule
1a(1). Copyright and other rights. When submitting a manuscript, each author represents
that the submission is original, contains NO defamatory material and infringes
NO existing copyright. The author shall
inform the Editor-in-Chief if the paper is simultaneously submitted to other
journals, in which case the Journal may decide not to review the manuscript. Copying
language from other materials without quotation marks plus proper footnoting is
prohibited, as violations of Rule 1a as well as Rule 1a(1). An illustration of
this violation is for an author to copy the language of another author, without
quotation marks, then in the footnote simply cite to that author’s work only.
Rule
1b. Innovative ideas and analyses; “pre-emption check”. Normally a good
journal will attempt to publish papers with innovative ideas and analyses. This
is however not always possible and so our Journal
will publish very good ideas, very good analysis and very good source
(especially first-hand) materials (such as a survey on Chinese practice in
international law), usually not seen elsewhere. As a general journal aiming to
stay here for a long time, we prioritize solid and innovative analyses that
have staying power over hot topics. Interested authors are invited to conduct a
“pre-emption check” on their proposed ideas and analyses to see whether
they have been preempted by an earlier publication (that is to say, already
proposed in an earlier publication). If so, yours will not be innovative
anymore. We recommend two databases for this “check”: the Peace Palace Library
Catalogue which contains entries for articles as well as for books from around
the world, and WESTLAW (a full text database containing materials from the
English speaking world, perhaps primarily from the USA). This check should be
on materials already published in the particular journal for which your paper
is written and also on the general literature.
A good paper should take account of the general literature as well as
the materials already published in the journal for which your paper is
intended. Usually if you have not read more than 15 articles from our Journal,
you may not have a good feel about the kind of papers we favor.
Rule
1b(1). Research teamwork. We disfavor
publishing works by one member of a research team on a topic and of content
similar to that of an earlier or simultaneous publication by another member of
that research team. Substantial differences between the two works are required
to justify publication. An author whose submission may give rise to this issue
should notify the Editor-in-Chief in advance.
Rule
1c. “Best evidence” rule. Rule 1c(a). When giving sources for a
position or a quotation, the best evidence rule should be applied; that is to
say, the point or quotation should be directly supported by the sources given.
The sources should be the “primary” sources or first-hand sources. Resort to second hand or third hand support is
prohibited where first hand sources are available. Example 1: The State of Eden proclaims that
it is an archipelagic state on March 13, 2008. (Footnote 1: 2777 Gazette of Eden (2008), 201 (A
prohibited footnote would be: Footnote 1: John Doe, The Legal Regime of
Archipelagic State, Chinese JIL (2008), 201)). Example 2: Mao Zedong said,
“Don’t shoot prisoners.” (Footnote 1: Mao Zedong, 2 Selected Works (1977), 322
(A prohibited footnote would be: Footnote 1, Yang Dong, Chinese
Revolutionaries, 9 Chinese JIL (2010), 77)). Rule 1c(b). When “primary” sources or first-hand sources are not
available or not readily available, second hard support may be resorted but the
footnotes should make this clear by noting “as quoted in [second hand sources]”
or “as reported in [second hand sources]” (where appropriate). For example, Mao
Zedong said, “Among all the Chinese dishes, I liked Dongpo
Pork most.” (Footnote 1, As quoted in Edgar Snow, Red Star over China (1940),
39.)
Rule
1d. Accuracy and “substantive cite-checking”. Every
quotation must be footnoted and every resort to official and other materials
must be precise and accurate. The
authors are required to do “substantive cite-checking” to ensure that all
arguments are properly and accurately sourced and referenced, and up to date, before
submitting their manuscripts. That is to say, a
serious effort must be made to ensure that each citation (including every
cross-reference) is correct in terms of substance and form (such as title of
the item, journal or book, or other matters), and every statement in the paper
is supported by the sources in terms of substance, and up to date (taking
account of the latest development up to the time of completion of the paper as
stated in the bio footnote or publication of the paper, if no date is given). Every
author is required to consider how his or her footnotes properly support the
statements in the main text, sentence by sentence, and to ensure that they do
so.
Rule 2. Use of template and format. We ask
everyone to use this template (www.chinesejil.org/template.doc;
open this document, then in the “file” menu hit “save as” and you will be able
to save this document in a location in your computer) with all the settings
undisturbed (these include: page setup; footnote style; text style). If you cannot download it, email: sienhoATchinesejil.org
for a copy. Please use “normal” or “base
text” style throughout the piece. The
footnote style includes a hanging indent feature. After the footnote number, please press
“space” once, and then press “tab” to ensure formatting. Many thanks for your cooperation. However, if, for some reason, you cannot use
this template, you may submit your paper in another format in the
beginning. Some general points on the
template and format:
(1)
Fonts in main body text. Use “Garamond 11.5
point”. Use italics for case names (in
(2)
Font in header: Garamond 9 point. No footer is used.
(3)
Fonts in footnotes. Use regular “Garamond 11
point”. Do not use any special fonts such as italics or underlining for case
names, titles of articles, journals or books; simply use the regular font.
This applies to titles of articles in foreign languages. N.B., use italics only
for emphasis and for foreign phrases within an English title. If an entire
title is in French, the entire title should be in regular font. (This policy on
font is from Columbia LR, which is liberating. Scholars should not spend too
much time on attractions such as beautiful fonts.)
Rule
Rule 2b. Last name of a Chinese author when placed
first (in the main text, footnotes, header or footer). As we know, Chinese people generally place
their last names first, first names last.
In order to make this apparent to those not familiar with Chinese names,
this Journal attempts to capitalize the entire last name of when it is placed
first, for example, WANG Tieya. This rule applies throughout a paper. When a Chinese author uses the Western style
and places his or her last name last, it will be treated in the same way as a
Western name, for example, Haopei Li.
Rule
3. Structure of the paper. We
apply this Mandatory Style to the title and section headings. The structure of a normal paper consists of
(1) Abstract and (2) the Body. We use
footnotes, NOT endnotes. The structure
of the paper should normally be as follows:
LIN Zexu
Abstract [no more than 300
words, succinctly summarizing your main arguments, not just mentioning the
questions to be treated]
The
Utopia doctrine asserts that Utopia as an ideal can promote peace, stability
and human flourishing. A utopia is an
imagined civic polity consisting of 3 main elements: transparency; legitimacy;
and mass appeal. A utopian goal may help
to improve the world but may drive the world mad. To take full advantage of the doctrine,
conscientious policy-makers may want to take it easy and not engender
exaggerated sense of exuberance. [For
actual examples from the Journal, go
to: https://academic.oup.com/chinesejil/issue
]
[The
body of text shall use this style:]
I. Introduction
II. The
concept of utopia
II.A. The basic
elements of the concept
II.B. The origin
of the concept
II.B.i. The first use of the term
II.B.i.a. The oddity of it all
II.B.i.b. The inside story
II.B.ii. It will all be fine
II.B.ii.a. It will all be good for the
future
II.B.ii.b. Possible pitfalls to guard
against
III. The
practical implications in the international context
IV.
Conclusion
Rule
(1)
The main title is centered.
(2)
All headings are “left-justified”, without any
indentation.
(3)
An auto-biographical footnote should be numbered
*; if possible, please give your email address in this footnote, so that
readers can contact you for discussion.
(4)
Other footnotes start with 1. No end notes are used.
(5)
There is NO page limit. Shorter pieces can be reviewed more
quickly. The Journal has published papers as long as 68 pages, and as short as
2 pages. The most important factor is quality. Rigor may require length. But reflect on the famed letter writer’s
apology to the recipient that “I am sorry I do not have time to write you a
shorter letter”.
Rule
3b. Date of your paper and subsequent
changes. In the auto-bio
footnote, please state the date on which the paper is completed (normally the date
on which the Journal and the author
agree that the paper is already for type-setting by the publisher). Because of the tremendous costs involved in
changing materials after type-setting, at the page-proofing stage, the authors
are not supposed to make substantial substantive changes. Rather, you are supposed to correct mistakes
only. Subsequent developments may be
briefly noted, or briefly discussed in the form of a post-script at the end of
this paper or in a footnote at the end of the paper. We request that the author notify the
Editor-in-Chief of any material substantive changes made at page-proofing
stage.
Rule
Rule 3d. Book reviews. Book reviews
shall not follow the structure given above, but must follow this style guide as
much as possible, otherwise. A book review should have no more than 1500 words (strictly
enforced) and should be lightly footnoted, if at all. We recommend
that a book review try to present the contents of the book first, understand
its “design”, engage the arguments in it in the light of its genre and on its
own terms in the first instance and then present the reviewer’s own critique.
No more than two reviewers would be allowed for any book, and in the case of
two reviewers, the reviewers should explain why there is a need for two. A
sample book review can be found here: www.chinesejil.org/bai.pdf.
Reviewers are reminded of the need to be fair and of possible liability issues,
see discussions in Sienho Yee, Book Review Lawsuits and Book Review Standards:
An Editorial Comment, 10 Chinese Journal of International Law (2011), 171-172
(free access: www.sienhoyee.org/yeebookreviewlawsuits.pdf).
Reviewers are reminded of our rules against conflicts of interest, prohibiting
any blood or intimate relationships, immediate supervisor/supervisee
relationships (professor/supervisee; boss/immediate subordinate), or small work
group memberships (same law school, same institute, etc.) between the person
reviewing a book and the author of that book. Authors of books for review
should NOT directly contact any potential reviewers; they may send inquiries to
the Editor-in-Chief at: sienhoATchinesejil.org. Reviewers should also contact
the Editor-in-Chief before deciding to review a book. (For policy and style,
etc., see: https://www.chinesejil.org/bookreviewpolicy.doc
)
Rule 4. Quotations.
We use double quotes (single quotes within double quotes),
like: “God said, ‘Let there be light.’”
However, single quotes are used if they are in the original text quoted.
Rule
Rule
4b. Alteration in quotations. Any alteration to a quote (anything changed
or added to a quote by the author including adding paragraph or page numbers)
that is placed within a normal quotation or a block quotation must be indicated
by “[ ... ]”, not “( ... )”. For example, “This is not too nice.
[Para.10.]” (If the addition of “para
Rule 5. Footnoting.
Every quotation must be footnoted. The authors are reminded
of “Rule
Rule
Rule 5b. Sample citations in footnotes:
(1)
UN Charter, art. 2(4).
(2)
ILC Draft Articles on State Responsibility, art.
48.
(3)
(4)
VCLT, above n.3, art. 31.
(5)
Sovereignty over Mars (
(6)
China—Publications, WTO AB Report, WT/DS363/AB/R
(21 Dec. 2009), para.99; Panel Report, WT/DS363/R (9 Aug. 2009), para.9.
(7)
Tom S. Mor, Opinio Juris Is Not Necessary, in: Li Haopei (ed.), Sources (1975), 10 (commenting on Johnny
Musketeer) [N.B.: in edited works, citations must be to the individual
chapters, with authorship clearly indicated as in this example for each
chapter, not just the editor].
(8)
Tom S. Mor, ibid., 11.
(9)
Tom S. Mor, Opinio Juris Is Probably Necessary, 101
Columbia LR (1995), 21, 104-05 (“no one is willing to say expressly that it is
not necessary”).
(10) Tom S. Mor, Opinio Juris
Is Now Necessary, 99 Chinese JIL (2101), 999, 1011 n.888.
(11) Tom S. Mor, Opinio Juris
Is Now Necessary, 99 Chinese JIL (2101), para.23.
(12) Tom S. Mor, 5 Chronicles of Other People’s Opinion (1999), 249.
(13) GA Res
99999 (2993).
(14) Gug v. Hug,
888
(15) Tom S. Mor, above n.5, 888. (Never use “loc. cit., 2.” or “op.
cit.,
(16) Tom S. Mor, below n.222, and text thereto. (Never use “loc. cit.,
2.” or “op. cit.,
(17) On
natural law, see below Part I.B.ii., and text to
nn.33-39.
(18) Christine
Gray, The New Bush Doctrine, 1 Chinese JIL (2002), 444
(www.chinesejil.org/gray.pdf).
(19) Christa White,
The Old Boy’s Doctrine: Complete Bankruptcy of Prevention, 99 Chinese JIL
(2100), 222.
(20) LIN Wenzhong, The Bush Doctrine, 99 Zhongguo
Faxue [
(21) LIN Wenzhong, Zhongguo Gaige [The
Reforms in
Rule
(1)
Volume numbers always precede immediately the
title of the book or journal: Shabtai Rosenne, 3 Law and Practice (1997), 1400.
(2)
Dates of publication are always in parentheses
(except when citing to ICJ Reports which should be, as used by the ICJ itself,
in this format, “ICJ Reports
(3)
Page numbers: always put a comma before a page
number.
(4)
Internal references to different sections of the
author’s own article must be made to Parts, or Sections, or texts to footnotes
(not to page numbers) in order to avoid confusion in typesetting. Furthermore,
the whole name of the author, rather than just the last name should be spelled
out (e.g., Tom S. Mor, above n.5, 888).
(5)
Citations to web documents should are as simply
as possible, and placed in parentheses, and without the hyperlink placed in it.
E.g., Christine Gray, The New Bush Doctrine, 1 Chinese JIL (2002), 444
(www.chinesejil.org/gray.pdf). [There is
no need for http; “available at”, etc.; the date of the visit is important as
TIME is of the essence.] Please try to
specify paragraph numbers when page numbers are not available from an htm file.
(6)
First name, middle initial and last names in
footnotes: (a) when citing to an author for the first time, always try to give
the first name and middle initials of any individual (we are often surprised
that people who have the same last names also like to have the same first
names); (b) when referenced to another footnote, then just last name is
sufficient.
(7)
Book chapters: use “in:” to indicate the book:
Tom Mor, Opinio
Juris, in: Li Haopei (ed.), Sources (1975), 45.
(8)
Between the main title and a subtitle, there should
be a “:” (example 5(b)(19).
(9)
Journals and books published in Chinese should be
specified in Chinese pinyin and then followed by an English translation in
brackets (examples 5(b)(20) and 5(b)(21)), but the titles of articles published
in Chinese need only be specified by their English translation. This rule aims to avoid confusion resulting
from using only the English translation of titles of books and journals.
Rule
5d. Citations to paragraphs. Whenever an
original paper or document contains paragraph numbers, every citation to parts
of that paper or document must indicate the paragraph numbers.
Rule
5e. Biographical footnote. In the biographical footnote, to
be numbered *, the author is encouraged to provide his or her current
affiliation and corresponding email address, to indicate the date of completion
of the paper, and also to indicate any other info regarding the paper such as
acknowledgement for funding, provided that such should always be simple and
reasonable (the Editor-in-Chief has the right to decide what is reasonable in
this regard).
Rule 6. Titles of individuals. You are required to make a distinction
between the capacities in which an individual expresses an opinion. This rule is necessary because such differing
capacities have differing impacts on the formation of international law.
Rule
Rule
6b. For official persons, specify titles. When a view was put forward by an individual
in his or her official capacity, the official title must be indicated. For example, (1) In
Rule 7. Cases. Follow official
citations except that if the case is from a national court, add the name of
the State before the name of the Court before the date, e.g., (UK H.L. 2002).
It is preferable to have the full case name at least once in your article. When a case name appears in the main text,
it should be italicized. In the footnotes, however, it should be in regular
font.
Rule
Rule
7b. WTO cases. In these cases, usually a subject matter is
given; there is NO “A v. B” in the title. A dash (–) is used. A short form
citation can be: China—Publications, WTO AB Report, WT/DS363/AB/R (21 Dec.
2009), para.99; Panel Report, WT/DS363/R (9 Aug. 2009), para.9. A long form is:
China–Measures Affecting Trading Rights and Distribution Services for Certain
Publications and Audiovisual Entertainment Products (China–Publications), WTO
AB Report, WT/DS363/AB/R (21 Dec. 2009), para.99.
Rule 8. Official documents. Follow
the official citations used in these documents. Use: “GA Res” for General
Assembly resolution; “SC Res” for Security Council resolution.
Rule 9. Abbreviations. Try to follow
the official abbreviations if available.
Do not use periods in the abbreviations of titles and organizations, but
use periods in the abbreviations of Latin phrases. For example, use “e.g.” for
“for example”; but use “UN” (not U.N.) for “United Nations”. Some commonly used abbreviations follow:
(1)
“ICJ” for “International Court of Justice”;
(2)
“ICC” for “International Criminal Court”;
(3)
“ITLOS” for “International Tribunal for the Law
of the Sea”;
(4)
“ICTY” for “International Criminal Tribunal for
the Former
(5)
“ICTR” for “International Criminal Tribunal for
(6)
“ILC” for “International Law Commission”;
(7)
“ILA” for “International Law Association”.
Rule
Rule
9b. Abbreviations
within a paper. Abbreviations that
are frequently used within a paper but not easily understood by an educated
non-specialist and those abbreviations for terms used in a language system
other than English should be listed in
the auto-bio footnote (E.g., In this paper, the following abbreviations are
used: ABC, for “American-born Chinese”; AFP, “Agence
France Presse”; AJDA, “Actualités
juridiques de droit administratif”;
EFEO, “Ecole française d’Extrême
Orient”; IDI, “Institut de droit international”; MSH,
“Maison des Sciences humaines”; PUF, “Presses universitaires de France”; RIDP, “Revue internationale
de droit public”; RSC, “Revue de sciences criminelles
et de droit pénal comparé”;
RUDH, “Revue universelle des droits de l’homme”).
Rule 10. Journal titles. When
abbreviating journal titles, keep the unique components of a title but
abbreviate the other words in it. For example, use “Chinese JIL” for “Chinese
Journal of International Law”; “Cambridge LJ” for “Cambridge Law Journal”;
“Harvard JIL” for “Harvard Journal of International Law”; “Revue Belge DI” for “Revue Belge de
droit international”; “Max Planck YUNL” for “Max Planck Yearbook of United
Nations Law”; etc. This rule is intended to make it possible for a reader to
spot the title of journals without referring to list of abbreviations, etc.
Rule
(1)
“LR” for “Law Review”;
(2)
“JIL” for “Journal of International Law”;
(3)
“JTL” for “Journal of Transactional Law”;
(4)
“JILP” for “Journal of International Law and
Policy”;
(5)
“CL” for “Comparative Law”;
(6)
“YIL” for “Yearbook of International Law” or
“Year Book of International Law”;
(7)
“JLS” for “Journal of Legal Studies”.
Rule
10b.
As exceptions to this Rule 10 on journal titles, you may (but need not) use the
following:
(1)
“AFDI” for
“Annuaire français de Droit international”;
(2)
“AJIL” for “American Journal of International
Law”;
(3)
“BYIL” or “BYBIL” for “British Year Book of
International Law”;
(4)
“Chinese JIL” for “Chinese Journal of
International Law” ( Please note that the Chinese JIL does not use “CJIL” as
its abbreviation);
(5)
“EJIL” for “European Journal of International
Law”;
(6)
“FMPRC” for “the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the People’s Republic of
(7)
“EPIL” for “Encyclopedia of Public International
Law”;
(8)
“Hague
Lectures” or “Recueil des Cours” or
“RCADI” for “Recueil des Cours de l’Académie de la Haye (RCADI)” or “Collected Courses of the Hague Academy of International
Law”;
(9)
“ILM” for “International Legal Materials”;
(10) “ICLQ”
for “International and Comparative Law Quarterly”;
(11) “ILR”
for “International Law Reports”;
(12) “UNYB”
for “United Nations Yearbook”;
(13) “ICJYB”
for “International Court of Justice Yearbook”;
(14) “ICTYJR”
for “ICTY Judicial Reports”;
(15) “ILCYB”
for “Yearbook of the International Law Commission”;
(16)
“NJW” for
“Neue Juristische Wochenschrift”;
(17)
“RGDIP” for
“Revue générale de droit international public”;
(18) “UNJYB”
for “United Nations Juridical Yearbook”;
(19) “YIHL”
for “Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law”.
Rule
11. Unregulated situations. Apply a rule that governs the situation that
is closest to an unregulated situation.
Comments are invited to: sienhoATchinesejil.org.
[End.]
This style guide has been
prepared by Sienho Yee for the Chinese
Journal of International Law.