Chinese Journal of International Law
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process. The first peer-review is
usually completed within 8-12 weeks.
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 gives the
Journal the right of first refusal and, if the submission is accepted, assigns,
without further contract, all copyrights to the Journal. If the paper is
simultaneously submitted to other journals, the author shall inform the
Editor-in-Chief of this fact. The Journal may decide not to review such a
submission. 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 (online
at: 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. Overall policy. The Journal attempts to present papers of
the best quality. 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.
For a free sample issue online, go to: http://chinesejil.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol4/issue1/.
Rule
Rule 1b. Innovative ideas and
analyses. 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 materials
(such as survey on Chinese practice in international law). However, those who
pursue innovative ideas and analyses, however, are invited to conduct a “pre-emption
check” on your 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 (http://catalogue.ppl.nl/IMPLAND=Y/SRT=YOP/LNG=EN/)
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.
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
Rule
1d. “Best evidence” rule. Rule 1d(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 1d(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 1e. 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,
and gives the Journal the right of first refusal. 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.
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
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 10.5
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 [this consists of the questions discussed and your answers,
no more than 130 words]: 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 a real example from the
Journal, hit: No case exists objections procedure; or
go to the OUP site
to see all.]
[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
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 3000 words. 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. A sample book review can be found here: www.chinesejil.org/bai.pdf.
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, n.3 above, 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).
(8)
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”).
(9)
Tom S. Mor,
Opinio Juris
Is Now Necessary, 99 Chinese JIL (2101), 999, 1011 n.888.
(10) Tom S.
Mor, Opinio
Juris Is Now Necessary, 99 Chinese JIL (2101),
para.23.
(11) Tom S.
Mor, 5 Chronicles of Other
People’s Opinion (1999), 249.
(12) GA Res
99999 (2993).
(13) Gug v.
Hug, 888
(14) Mor,
above n.5, 888. (Never use “loc. cit., 2.” or “op. cit.,
(15) Mor,
below n.222, and text thereto. (Never use “loc. cit., 2.” or “op. cit.,
(16) On
natural law, see below Part I.B.ii., and text to
nn.33-39.
(17) Christine
Gray, The New Bush Doctrine, 1 Chinese JIL (2002), 444
(www.chinesejil.org/gray.pdf).
(18) Christa White, The Old Boy’s Doctrine: Complete
Bankruptcy of Prevention, 99 Chinese JIL (2100), 222.
(19) LIN Wenzhong, The
Bush Doctrine, 99 Zhongguo Faxue
[
(20) 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.
(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 is
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)16).
(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)(17) and
5(b)(18)), 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 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
(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.