Submission Guidelines
Submissions to the Journal of Contract Law are accepted on a rolling basis. They must be a Microsoft Word document. PDF files or links to external sites are not accepted.
Submissions must be in their final form, not a draft. We recommend that submissions follow the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities as closely as possible.
Please email submissions to Catherine.Zemann@lexisnexis.com.au.
Style Guidelines
The Journal of Contract Law follows the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA).
All accepted papers will be edited according to OSCOLA style. We encourage authors to align their submissions with the OSCOLA style as closely as possible. While adherence to the OSCOLA style is not a factor in the selection process, accepted papers must comply with these guidelines before publication.
Authors are given the opportunity to review edited proofs before their paper is published.
No fees are charged for manuscript processing.
Word Limits
The Journal of Contract Law enforces the following word limits:
Original research articles: 16,000 word limit, including footnotes. An abstract with a 150 word limit must be included.
Short case notes: a strict 2,000 word limit, including footnotes.
Book reviews: a strict 2,000 word limit, including footnotes. Only book reviews on research monographs that focus on an area related to contract law will be considered.
Submissions should contain footnotes not endnotes.
Graphics
Limit the use of graphics, tables, graphs, images and diagrams to essential instances. All graphics will be adjusted to meet LexisNexis printing standards and may not appear exactly as originally submitted.
Licence and Warranty
By submitting you warrant that the Work will be an original work, has not been published before, including in any online publications, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere, and that the Work is not defamatory and will not infringe the intellectual property or moral rights of any other person.
By submitting the Work, you warrant that you are the owner of the copyright in the Work and you hereby grant LexisNexis an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to publish and reproduce the Work or any part of it.
All authors will be required to sign a Contributor Agreement agreeing to the above Terms and Conditions in order for their submission to be considered for publication.
Peer Review and Publication Ethics
The Journal of Contract Law employs a blind peer review model. This ensures the identity of both the author and the reviewers remain anonymous, promoting impartiality and objectivity in the review process. Not every submission progresses to peer review and may be declined upon consultation with the Editors and Editorial Board; authors will not receive detailed feedback if their submission does not progress to peer review.
LexisNexis is committed to upholding the highest standards of ethical behaviour in the act of publishing. LexisNexis journals adhere to guidelines, based on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Best Practice Guidelines.
Open Access
There is a 24-month embargo period on all published work from the date LexisNexis first publishes the work. After this period authors can share their published journal article via their Social Science Research Network (SSRN), their non-commercial personal website or blog, their university’s website or on other non-commercial open access repositories.
Authors may reproduce abstracts of the approved version or published version, provided that an acknowledgement that work is published by LexisNexis and the full legal citation is included in the acknowledgement.
For a comprehensive overview refer to LexisNexis’ Content Sharing Policy.
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Editors
Dr Ryan Catterwell is a commercial barrister at Howard Zelling Chambers and an adjunct senior lecturer at the University of Queensland.
Dr Nicholas Tiverios is a commercial barrister at Fourth Floor Chambers and an Adjunct Associate Professor in Private Law at the University of Western Australia.
Editorial Board
The Hon Kevin Lindgren AM KC (Australia)
Professor Rick Bigwood (University of Queensland, Australia)
Professor Andrew Stewart (University of Adelaide, Australia)
Professor Charles Rickett (Auckland University of Technology, NZ)
Professor Catherine Mitchell (University of Birmingham, UK)
Professor Tracey George (Vanderbilt University, USA)
Professor Andrew Robertson (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Professor Katy Barnett (University of Melbourne, Australia)
Professor Solène Rowan (Kings College London, UK)
Mr Adam Kramer KC (English Bar)
Dr Janet O’Sullivan (University of Cambridge, UK)
Dr David Winterton (University of Sydney, Australia)