Editorial Guidelines
- Manuscripts submitted for consideration must not be under consideration or peer review or accepted for publication or published elsewhere and, if accepted, it should not then be published elsewhere in the same form of its publication in the AFRICAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL RESEARCH.
- The authors’ name(s) should appear centred under the title. Articles should be in Microsoft word format, 12 font size and 1.5 line spacing.
- Manuscripts must be clearly written in UK English and should be submitted in electronic format in Microsoft Word to editor@africanjournaloflegalresearch.com
- Submitted manuscripts will be subjected to plagiarism tests and compliance with the Guidelines of the Editorial Team. Authors agree to transfer the copyright of their works to the AJLR as the publisher through an executed Copyright Agreement.
- Authors should strictly respect the intellectual property rights of other authors. Submitted works should not, to the best of author’s knowledge, contain anything which is libelous, illegal or infringes on anyone’s copyright or other rights.
- Manuscripts should also be accompanied by an Abstract, which summarizes the Manuscript in not more than 250 words. The abstract should clearly summarise the manuscripts, research methodology adopted and state the manuscript’s main argument and relevance to contemporary legal issues.
- Manuscripts should be well referenced in automatically generated Arabic numbering footnotes (not endnotes) and must accord with the Oxford University Standard for the
Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA 4th edition) available at www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola
- Articles, case reviews and comments are published as received periodically.
- All correspondences should be directed to the address stated below:
Prof. Omoniyi Bukola Akinola, PhD
Editor – in - Chief
African Journal of Legal Research [AJLR]
Website: https://africanjournaloflegalresearch.com, Email: editor@africanjournaloflegalresearch.com
Phone: +256 – 702815275, +234 – 8033920863
