Editorial Apparatus
Editorial policies, submission guidelines, and citation standards.
The standing apparatus by which the Journal is published. The policies are written; the review process is documented; the prior versions are retained in the archive.
§ I
Editorial Policies
The standing principles of the Journal.
I
Scholarly Standards
The Journal publishes work that reads primary authority as written. Articles are expected to cite the controlling instrument and to read it before reading what others have said about it.
II
Editorial Review
Every manuscript is read by the editorial committee for accuracy, citation, and conformance to house style. The committee returns the manuscript with notes; revisions are made before publication.
III
Citation Verification
Every citation in every published article is verified against the controlling source by the Citation Editor before the article enters the issue.
IV
Corrections
Material errors are corrected in the next issue under a standing Corrections heading. The original text is retained; the correction is recorded.
V
Revisions
Substantive revisions to a published article are issued as a numbered revision with a dated entry in the article's revision history. Prior versions are retained in the institutional archive.
VI
Ethics
Authors disclose any interest material to the subject of the manuscript. The Journal accepts no instruction from outside the institution.
§ II
Submission Guidelines
On submitting a manuscript.
The guidelines are informational. The Journal does not presently accept unsolicited submissions; commissions are made by the editorial committee on the recommendation of the Schools.
Manuscripts are commissioned. The editorial committee invites articles, research notes, case notes, and book reviews in consultation with the Schools of the Academy. The commission records the working title, the section, and the issue for which the manuscript is intended.
A submitted manuscript is expected to read primary authority as written, to cite the controlling instrument, and to record the edition consulted. The Journal does not publish commentary on commentary.
The editorial committee returns the manuscript with notes. Revisions are made before the manuscript is set for the issue. The Citation Editor verifies every citation against the controlling source before the article is published.
§ III
Citation Standards
On citing the Journal.
The articles of the Journal are cited by author, short title, volume, page, and year. A DOI accompanies each published article and is registered against the institutional record. The issue is cited by volume and number.
Author, Short Title, 1 Real Law J. 1 (MMXXV).
The Journal
The standing committee reads every manuscript.
The editorial board reviews every article for accuracy, citation, and conformance to house style before it enters an issue.