Benin Journal of Public Law welcomes articles in Public Law for consideration by the Editorial Board with a view of publication. Preference will be given to informed articles, which deal succinctly with issues which are important, current and clearly defined. The writing style should be clear, lucid and devoid of both jargon and colloquialism. Manuscripts should be carefully checked for errors.
Three hard copies of as articles and a diskette copy should be sent to:
The General Editors
Benin Journal of Public Law, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law,
University of Benin,
P.M.B. 1154
Benin City, Nigeria.
The Editorial Board will consider articles, which comply with the Following:
SPELLING
British English spelling, not American.
DATES
May 7, 2003. Not 7th May, 2003, the 7th May, 2003 or May 7th 2003. Dates attached to legislation need not be preceded by commas: Penal Code Law 1963.
CITATIONS
Books: Author (surname and initial), title (in italics), place of publication, publisher and date of publication, page number(s) without p or pp. All words in the book-title should have capital initials, except minor form-words (to, on, by, and, a, an, the). Example: Banda, K, African Perspective on International Law, Lagos, Panaf, 1999, 29.
Articles: Author (as above), title of article (in double quotes), year of volume, number of volume, title of journal in full (in italics),
page number(s) without p or pp. Example: Banda, K, “Customary Arbitration in Nigeria and Ghana: A Critique,” (2000) 15 University of Benin Law Journal, 36.
Cases: Names of cases should be in italics followed by year, name of law report and page. Example: Tunde v Nelson (1934) 2 WACA 84; Gilbert v Chong [1987] 5 NWLR (part 34) 39.
FOOTNOTES
Should be at the bottom of each page of text and should be numbered serially from 1 to the end continuously. Please do not use endnotes.
COPYRIGHT
It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright to the Faculty of Law, University of Benin. This ensures that requests from third parties to reproduce articles are handled efficiently and consistently and will also allow the article to be as widely disseminated as possible.
GENERAL
Manuscripts must be typed in duplicate, with double spacing and on one side of the page only. Please supply a PC-compatible disk as well.