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Author Guidelines

Common standards

The work must be submitted in Word format for Windows (files with .doc or .docx extensions).

The collaborations shall conform to the next format: Margins: top and bottom 2.5 cm – left and right 3 cm, in Trebuchet MS font (10 points) and 1.5 line-spaced; the manuscprits that exceed these sizes may be refused.

The text will include FOOTNOTES. The Bibliographical references at the FOOTNOTES must comply with the iso 690 citation style:

  • Monographs: AUTHOR SURNAME (S), AUTHOR FORENAME. Edition. Title. City: Publisher, Year Published.
  • Chapter of an edited book: AUTHOR SURNAME(S), AUTHOR FORENAME. Chapter Title. In: Author Forename, AUTHOR SURNAME Title. Edition. City: Publisher, Year Published. p. Pages Used.
  • Articles in Journals: AUTHOR SURNAME, AUTHOR FORENAME. Title. Publication Title. Year Published. Vol. Volume number, no. Issue number, p. Pages Used. ISSN.

If the mentioned works were in electronic support, it must be indicated by the words [on line] and the date of access must be added: day month year. For example:

  • Books and monographs on line: AUTHOR SURNAME (S), AUTHOR FORENAME. Title [on line]. Secondary authors. Edition. City: Publisher, Year Published [update date] [accessed date]. Physical description. Range. Availability and access.
  • Chapter of on line books: AUTHOR SURNAME(S), AUTHOR FORENAME. Chapter Title. In: Author Forename, AUTHOR SURNAME. Title. [on line] Secondary authors. Edition. City: Publisher, Year Published. [update date] [accessed date]. p. Pages Used. Availability and access.
  • Articles in on line Journals: AUTHOR SURNAME, AUTHOR FORENAME. Title. Publication Title. Year Published. Vol. Volume number, no. Issue number, p. Pages Used. [accessed date]. Availability and access.
  • Web: AUTHOR SURNAME, AUTHOR FORENAME. Title [online]. Year Published [accessed date]. Availability and access.

A CITED BIBLIOGRAPHY must be included. This bibliography will adhere to style rules for footnotes

If it is a Main Article:

The text must be original.

The article must contain an abstract (no more than 6 lines or 250 words).

It must be accompanied by keywords (no more than 5).

It should also be accompanied by a summary, which should be in accordance with the following rules for numbering headings:

  • - First level (Roman numbering, capital letters and bold).
  • - Second level (Arabic numeration, lower case and bold type).
  • 1.- Third level (Arabic numeration, consecutive, lower case, bold). 1.2.

If it is a Short Contribution:

The text may not be longer than 3,000 words.

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Open Access Policy

Spanish Journal of Legislative Studies publishes under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Spain (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 ES). This licence allows share (copy and redistribute) and adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material), the published works under the following conditions:
  • Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • NonCommercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
  • ShareAlike: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
  • No additional restrictions: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms
 
No charges will be applied to authors for the processing or submission or any instance of the publication process.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • If it is a Main Article: The text is original and has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • The submission file is in Microsoft Word.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • Where available, are added the DOI references.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • If you are submitting a contribution to a double-blind peer-reviewed section of the journal, you must ensure that the review instructions have been followed.

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The autor submitting an article to the Spanish Journal of Legislative Studies accpets the following terms:

  1. The author agrees the authorise its publication under a Creative Commons License
  2. The authors grant the material rightss of exploitation, distribution, public communication, transformation and disseminarion of the accepted work so that Spanish Journal of Legislative Studies may publish it through the channels and print or digital media it considers most appropiate for its dissemination. 

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