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The African Legal Studies Blog is a platform for anyone interested in historical and current legal developments on the African continent. With a focus on legislation and jurisprudence, complemented by an interdisciplinary approach we seek to create an open space for different perspectives and insights. Our goal is to extend the scope of consideration in the legal arena by analysis of legal developments in Africa.
Submission Criteria
Kindly include all information requested when submitting your paper:
- Working Title
- Your full name
- One or two sentences about your affiliation
- Your social media profiles, should you wish to be tagged
- Relevant links, videos, pictures (embedded/hyperlinked)
- Tags: 5-6
- Indication of word count
- Citation (Style: Oscola Quick Reference Guide)
Submit your contribution to: africanlegalstudies@uni-bayreuth.de
A Few Rules
You are kindly asked to refrain from promoting companies or commercial services through your contributions. Your submission must be your personal work. We take plagiarism very seriously and will terminate our working relationship immediately.
Your submission should consist of around 1000 words. For clearer readability, please include subtitles for the sections of the article. Also, kindly hand in your draft in Word format. You can use software such as Grammarly to pre-check your grammar and spelling before sending your draft.
Once we have received your contribution, our team of editors will review your article. We decide whether to decline or accept any contribution at our sole discretion and inform you about the publication. We reserve the right to request minor editing. While the time for this review process is generally short, please highlight if your article addresses upon an ongoing development, so we can respect the time-sensitive nature of your contribution.
We are looking forward to publishing your contributions on African Legal Studies Blog!