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Author Guidelines
GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS
African Journal of Criminal Law and Jurisprudence (AFJCLJ) has the objective of publishing peerreviewed
papers dealing strictly with issues on criminal law and criminal jurisprudence which are of
relevance to Africa, Africans, and scholars of Africa. AFJCLJ appears once a year in September. It is
published online and in print. The Journal is abstracted and indexed with Google scholar and other
major indexing outfits. It provides a forum for legal scholars and jurists to report research findings for
policy making through innovative and advanced methodologies. Well researched and original papers
on topical subject matters, and which extend the frontiers of knowledge with a view to solving
developmental problems are hereby welcome.
Guidelines to Authors
1. Language
The language of the manuscript must be English (either American or British standards, but not the
mixture of both).
2. Length of paper
The length of the paper should not exceed 7000 words excluding tables, figures, references and
appendices (if any). Articles should be typed in 1.5 line spacing (footnotes and references should appear
in single line spacing) on one side of A4 paper only with wide margins. Authors are urged to write as
concisely as possible, but not at the expense of clarity.
3. Title Page
The title page should include: (i)The name(s) of the author(s), (ii) A concise and informative title,
(iii)The affiliation(s) and address (es) of the author(s), (iv)The e-mail address, and telephone numbers
of the corresponding author.
4. Abstract
Please provide an abstract of 150 to 200 words which must include the objectives of the study,
methodology, findings/results, method of data collection and summary of recommendations. The
abstract should not contain any undefined abbreviations or unspecified references.
5. Keywords
Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.
6. Subdivision of the article
Divide your article into clearly defined and numbered sections. Subsections should be numbered 1, 2.
(then 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2), 1.2, etc). The abstract is not included in section numbering.
7. References
Author(s) should adhere strictly to the following referencing and documentation style:
Books by one author
C O Okonkwo, Criminal Lawin Nigeria (2nd Ed, Ibadan: Spectrum Books Ltd, 2002) p.3.
Books by multiple authors
MN Peters& J Hospers, How to Investigate a Crime (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2012) p.9.
Chapters in Edited Books
S Kelly, ‘Allocutus’ in B Denis (ed), The Essence of Sentencing (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2012) p.3.
Journal Articles
P Edwards & J Shorter, ‘Defence of Unwilled Act’ (2014) 4 SJ, 304
Articles in magazine and Newspapers
F Bindell, ‘The Essence of Locus Standi’, Newsweek, November 11, 2014, p.40
Articles on the Internet
S Butler, ‘Standard of Proof in Criminal Trial’ (2013) 3 Web J Current Legal
Issue.<http://webjdeli.ncl.ac.uk/2013issue3/cooper3.html> accessed on 5 April 2015
Law Reports
Chukwuma v The State [1993] 4NWLR (pt 287) 288
Unreported Cases
Ahmed v FRN (Unreported Charge No FHC/ABJ/M/210/2013, ruling delivered on 3/8/2006 by B.F.M.
Nyako, J. at Federal High Court, Abuja FCT Division.
Statutes
The citation of section 61, sub-section 3, paragraph b of the Evidence Act 2011, should read as follows:
Evidence Act 2011 s. 61 (3) (b).
Statutory Instruments (Secondary/Delegated Legislation
Employer’s Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Regulations 1998 SI 1998/2573
Unpublished Works:
G Uzoechie, ‘Dress Code in Universities’, A Paper delivered at the UNIZIK 1st Public Lecture on 12th
December, 2014, p.5.
Subsequent References
If referring for a second, third or more time to a previously cited work, it is not necessary to repeat all
details in full. Assuming you cited ‘MN Peters& J Hospers, How to Investigate a Crime (London: Sweet
& Maxwell, 2012) p.9’ earlier in footnote no. 5, and you wish to cite the work again in footnote no. 10,
simply write: MN Peters& J Hospers (n. 5) p…
Submission of Manuscripts
The interested contributors are to submit their manuscripts/papers to [email protected] and copy to
[email protected]. Papers are received all through the year.
Submission Preparation Checklist
As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
- The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
- The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
- Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
- The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
- If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
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