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Universiti Utara Malaysia Journal of
Legal Studies: Worldwide Call for
Papers
Gary Lilienthal, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Law, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia
E-mail: gary@uum.edu.my
Abstract: Please follow these format directions carefully. Papers should be prepared in conformity with
this instruction sheet. They should be sized as an A4 page. The main content should be in ten-point type
and the Times New Roman font. Please refer to the sample document, below. Paper should be between
8000 and 10,000 words, excluding footnotes and bibliography. Your abstract should have the following
elements, and should be no longer than 300 words: (a) significance, timeliness and purpose of the
paper; (b) research question; (c) thesis statement as a theme; (d) methodology, delimitations and
artifacts of the argument; (e) structure of the paper’s argument based on the methodology; (f) research
outcome. The UUM JLS seeks submission for publication of papers on areas within the law, or related
to the law by synthesis with other recognized and scholarly fields. Examples could be (but not be
limited to) Law and Semiotics, Law and Psychology, Law and Medicine, Law and Management, Legal
Theory, Jurisprudence, Law and Rhetoric, Law and Ethics, Law and Philosophy, Law and Government,
Law and Policy, Law and International Studies.
Format Instructions
Margin
The top and bottom margins for the text should be set at 2.54 centimeters. Those for left and right are 2.54
centimeters.
Title
The title of your paper should be in bold face, each substantive word with first letter capitalised, singlespaced, and left justified across the top of both columns of the first page at the font size of Arial bold 24pt.
Authors
The name of author(s), affiliation(s), department(s), city(s), country(s) and e-mail address should be left
justified with initial caps, and with font Arial bold 19pt. Please state which author is the corresponding
author. Submit your paper to gary@uum.edu.my at any time. UUM JLS publishes four times per year.
Headings
All headings should be in bold face. First-level headings should be left justified and indented by one tab
space at the font size of Arial bold 12pt. Second-level subheadings should be set flush left with initial caps
at font size of Arial bold 10pt. Please do not use headings other than these two types. At least a one-line
space should separate these headings from the preceding text.
Abstract
Introduce the paper with an abstract of approximately 300 words. Double indent your abstract and make it
font Time New Roman 9pt. Begin the abstract text with the word “Abstract:” in bold. The abstract should
be single-line-spaced. Your abstract should have the following elements, and should be no longer than 300
words: (a) significance and purpose of the paper; (b) research question; (c) thesis statement; (d)
G Lilienthal, ‘Universiti Utara Malaysia Journal of Legal Studies: Worldwide Call for Papers, ISSN 2229984X’, UUMJLS, vol. 6, no. 1, 2015, pp. 001-003.
methodology, delimitations and artifacts of the argument; (e) structure of the paper’s argument based on the
methodology; (f) research outcome. You should write your abstract last, after the introduction section is
completed. The abstract should have the same structure as the introduction, but not re-use the same
wordage.
Body
Follow the abstract with a first-level heading that introduces the body of the paper. All paragraphs should be
full-justified. Single-space the body of the paper. All body text should be in font Times New Roman 10pt,
single column, single-line-spaced, with a 10pt line-space between paragraphs. This can be set up in the
Microsoft Word Paragraph menu.
Please structure the body of your paper according to these rules. The Universiti Utara Malaysia Journal of
Legal Studies conducts blind peer reviews of submitted papers at the ISI indexation level. Reviewers
provide educational guidance to authors via comment bubbles, so that authors may make the proposed
amendments to improve the paper’s quality for publication. Authors should arrange to run their paper
through an online editor, such as the editor at www.grammarly.com before submission to the UUM JLS.
Papers that use poor communication in English cannot be published and may be rejected for peer review.
The paper should be about 8000 words, excluding footnotes and bibliography. However, larger paper may
be accepted. There should be about 10 bibliographic entries per 1000 words written. This means there
should be about 80 or more bibliographic entries for an 8000 word paper. Bibliographic entries should be
authoritative. Journal articles cited should be from the most authoritative journals in the field. The UUM
JLS encourages qualitative papers.
This section suggests how the peer reviewers might assess submitted papers. The research should state how
it demonstrates its timeliness and its importance. This could be because the problems it is addressing had
been neglected or otherwise represent research gap(s). The paper should clearly state in its introduction the
nature of its significance and originality, and in which contexts. The paper should have a thematic focus. Its
themes should be clearly stated in the introduction, and themes should be followed consistently and
cogently throughout the paper. This will depend on the research question and the thesis statement. The
paper must show a very good relationship to the current literature in the field. This could be done with a
3500 word critical literature review within the body of the paper. The paper must identify research gaps and
address them using underlying theory. There should be separate sections to explain to the reader the nature
of the underlying theory and how it will be applied. The body of the paper should be written in the form of a
chain of argument. This should comprise a chain of propositions, each sustained by evidence obtained from
properly cited and authoritative sources. Argument should have plenty of synthesis using the thesis
statement, and readers should be including in the author’s thinking by liberal and plentiful sign-posting
statements. The paper must show awareness of alternative or competing perspectives, and address them. It
should state the practical implications of all conclusions. The paper’s conclusion must be clearly stated and
must derive directly from synthesized outcomes in the various chains of argument. The conclusion section
must be able to stand alone as a direct and thorough response to the introduction section. The introduction
should follow the structure of the abstract, but in more detail.
Figures and Tables
Figures and tables should be placed as close as possible to where they are cited. First-level headings state
the table or figure number and may be followed by second-level subheadings.
References
All referencing should be in Oxford referencing style, using footnotes and bibliography. The rules for
Oxford Referencing may be obtained at this link: http://www.deakin.edu.au/students/studysupport/referencing/oxford . Please do not use “in-text” referencing styles. Substantial and detailed
footnotes are encouraged, to demonstrate the author’s depth of scholarship. Use the Microsoft Word
software to create footnotes. All footnotes should be in Times New Roman 10pt, left-justified, single-linespaced, with no line space between footnotes. All references should be pin-point references where possible.
Equations
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All equations should be placed on separate lines and numbered consecutively, with the equation numbers
placed within parentheses and aligned against the right margin.
Ti = f(x)
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Appendices
The appendix should immediately follow the body of the paper and precede the Bibliography. If there is
more than one appendix, number each consecutively.
Bibliography
If you have a bibliography, it should include only those references cited in the text of this paper. Therefore,
it should be referred to as “Bibliography”. References should be listed at the end of the paper. Entries
should be numbered in alphabetical order, according to the Oxford Referencing style guide at this link.
Please add the square-bracketed numbers, as shown below, to each bibliographic entry. As an approximate
guide, there should be about 10 bibliographic entries per 1000 words written.
[1] Hsu, JL and Chang, KM, ‘Purchase of clothing and its linkage to family communication and lifestyles
among young adults’, Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, vol. 21, no. 1, 2008, pp. 147-151.
[2] Lonergan, BJF, Method in Theology, Darton, Longman & Todd, London, 1975.
[3] Plummer, JT, ‘The Concept and Aplication of Life Style Segmentation’, Journal of Marketing, vol. 33,
no, 2, 1974, pp. 33-37.