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         •  By submitting a manuscript for publication, authors are deemed as having confirmed that they are the corresponding author and that the editors may retain their e-mail address for the purpose of communicating with the authors about the work.  Authors are also deemed as having agreed to notify the editors immediately if their contact information changes.

         •  Upon receipt of accepted manuscripts, authors will be invited to complete a Copyright Licence to Publish form.

         •  Authors must grant an exclusive licence to the Thailand Journal of International Law. Any requests from third parties for reproduction of the works will be handled solely by ILAT.  Authors may use their published work in any other publications, provided that the Journal is indicated therein as the original place of publication, and that ILAT is notified in writing in advance.

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         •  The  permission  to  reproduce  copyright  materials  for  print  and  online  publication  in perpetuity must be obtained from the rights-holder and, if necessary, paid for by authors, the written evidence of which must be made available to the editors.

         •  In the case of a copyrighted prose work, the editors recommend that permission be obtained for the use of extracts exceeding 400 words, a series of extracts totalling more than  800  words,  of  which  any  one  extract  is  more  than  300  words,  or  an  extract comprising one-quarter of the work or more.  In the case of poetry, permission should be obtained for the use of an extract exceeding 40 lines; a series of extracts totalling more than 40 lines, or an extract comprising one-quarter or more of a complete poem.

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A.  Manuscript format and structure

         •  All manuscripts should be submitted in standard A4 format in 12 point, Times New Roman font with double-spacing in the text body, and in 10 point, Times New Roman font with single-spacing in the footnotes and quotations.

         •  The first page of the manuscript must indicate the title of the work, the name of the author(s), the full address (including e-mail address) of the correspondent author, and the total word count.  The name of the author(s) should appear at the beginning immediately under the title, with an asterisk footnote indicating the current position of the author(s) and the full address for potential contact from readers.

         •  Articles should provide an abstract of 200 – 300 words, and 3 – 6 relevant keywords at the beginning after the name of the author(s).

         •  Notes and Thailand Features should provide 3 – 6 relevant keywords at the beginning after the name of the author(s).

         •  In articles, a table of contents must be added, without page numbers, for the clarification of the structure of the works.

         •  Acknowledgements and details of non-financial support should appear at the end of the text, and not in the footnotes. Personal acknowledgement should precede those of institutions or agencies. Acknowledgements of funding bodies and declarations regarding conflicts of interest should be given in separate ‘Funding’ and ‘Conflicts of Interest’ sections, respectively.

         •  Footnotes must be numbered in sequence. In Articles and Notes, they should be used primarily for reference purposes. In Thailand Features and Book Reviews, they should be used only for essential references. The authors alone are responsible for checking the accuracy of all footnotes and references.

         •  The quotation of decisions and legislation should be accompanied by a footnote in the original language.

         •  Tables should be typed with double-spacing but without redundant space. Each table should be placed on a separate sheet and numbered consecutively, using Arabic numerals. There should be a title above each table. Where necessary, a short explanation may also be given in a footnote.

B.  Headings

         •  The title should be centred, and in all caps and 16-point Times New Roman font.

         •  The name of the author should be centred, and in title-case, and small-caps.

         •  There should be no more than three levels of headings. The format should be as follows:

             -  Heading level 1 should be in Roman numeral prefix, title-case, small-caps, 13-point Times New Roman font, and centred.

                 Eg:  I.   DEVELOPING   HUMAN   RIGHTS   MECHANISMS   IN   ASEAN: PROCESS AND PROGRESS

             -  Heading level 2 should be in alphabetical prefix, sentence-case, italics, and centred.

                 Eg: A. The terms of reference of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on
Human Rights

             -  Heading level 3 should be in numerical prefix, sentence-case, italics, and flush-left.

                 Eg: 1. Drafting processes and background

C.  Citation

         •  The Journal uses the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA), 4th edition, which is available online (click here).  There is a section dedicated specifically for international law sources in Part IV of the OSCOLA 2006, which is also available online at (click here). Cross references should be written in the following form: ‘above n (footnote number), pinpoint reference’.

         •  In footnotes, ‘Ibid’ should be used to refer to the immediately preceding source only.Where the preceding footnote contains multiple sources, the use of ‘Ibid’ should be avoided.

D.  Language and style

         •  Authors  are  required  to  use  British  English  spellings,  following  the  Oxford  English Dictionary or the Collins English Dictionary.  Where there is a choice, the endings ‘-ise’ and ‘-isation’, rather than ‘-ize’ and ‘ization’, are preferred.

         •  Initials and abbreviations should not be followed by a full stop.  ‘ICJ’, for instance, can stand for ‘International Court of Justice’.  ‘Versus’ in cases is also ‘v’.

         •  Non-standard abbreviations should be defined at the first occurrence and introduced only in the case of multiple uses.

         •   Authors should use ‘art’, rather than ‘article’, both in the text body and footnotes.

         •  Italics should be used to emphasise words or phrases, and for the name of cases, title of books or periodicals, short, non-English words, and the like.

E.  Notes for book/article reviews

         •  The  title  must  indicate  the  details  of  the  book/article(s)  under  review  which  should include author’s name, title, publisher, place of publication, year of publication, number of introductory pages (in roman numerals) and pages, and price (if available).

             Eg: Unity in Connectivity? Evolving Human Rights Mechanisms in the ASEAN Region. By Vitit Muntarbhorn. Brill/Nijhoff, Hague, 2013. vii + 256. €115.00

         •  The details of the reviewer should be placed at the end of the review.

         •  References to the book/article(s) under review should be given in the text body, and not the footnotes.  References to any other sources should follow OSCOLA.

             Eg: Professor Muntarbhorn provides a lucid summary of the development in
Thailand (pp 59 – 79).