eLaw Journal: Murdoch University Electronic Journal of Law
Layout and Formatting
Template
Please note that all important words in the document title and in headings should have an initial
capital letter as should the names of author(s).
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Document Title
Font Style: Arial Headings Bold
Font Size: 14 Point
Alignment: Centre
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Author(s) Name(s)
Font Style: Arial Headings
Font Size: 12 Point
Alignment: Centre
The name(s) of the author(s) must be followed by a footnote asterisk*; this footnote asterisk*
will be the first in the footnote sequence (before footnote 1) and will contain a note of the
institutional affiliation of the author(s) with their full postal and email addresses. When
multiple authors are involved, indicate to which author correspondence should be directed.
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Document Abstract
Font Style: Times New Roman
Font Size: 10 Point
Alignment: Justified Paragraph with 1cm left and 1cm right indent
For items submitted to the Refereed Articles or Working Papers sections, an abstract of
between 100 and 150 words is required.
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Document Headings
Font Style: Arial Headings Bold
Font size: 12 Point
Alignment: Left
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Heading Level One
1.1
Heading Level Two
1.1.1 Heading Level Three
Heading Level Style: An Arabic numeral followed by a full stop and another
Arabic numeral; the Arabic numerals are inserted manually followed by one
tab space before the heading text.
The use of headings is encouraged. They should be used as signposts to help the reader (and
the writer) identify the different sections of the piece of writing. Headings and their levels
should be used to represent the relative importance of the particular section of the writing.
Short sections are easier to summarise in an informative heading than long sections. Do not
overuse heading levels: most sections are unlikely to require more than three heading levels.
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Document Body Text
Font Style: Times New Roman
Font Size: 12 Point
Alignment: Justify
Single space the lines with 0 point spacing before and after. Leave a line between paragraphs
and do not indent the first word of a new paragraph. Indent quotes of more than three lines in
a block and do not use quotation marks. Do not italicise quotes.
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Footnotes
Font Style: Times New Roman
Font Size: 10 Point
Alignment: Left
Create footnotes using the automatic footnote generator in your word processing program.
Single space the lines with 0 point spacing before and after. For citation style advice, see our
AGLC Referencing Style Guide Summary
http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/find/citation/mucitationbrief.pdf.
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