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The editors will consider for publication manuscripts by contributors from any country. Articles will be subjected to a professional review procedure. The authors should ensure that the significance of a contribution will be apparent to readers outside the specific expertise. Special terms and abbreviations should be clearly defined in the text or notes.
Accepted manuscripts will be edited, if necessary, to improve the journal’s effectiveness of communication. If editing should be extensive, with a consequential danger of alternating the meaning, the manuscript will be returned to author for approval before type is set. Alternatively, the manuscript may be returned to the author to address the deficiencies. In all events, the editors reserve the right, after discussion with the author, to change its acceptance decision for good reason or to move a publication from one issue to later or earlier issue. The editors will not accept unsolicited student-written submission, nor will they consider articles or reports that have been or are to be published elsewhere or materials prepared for one’s clients or business promotion.
Manuscripts, along with a corresponding computer diskette, should be submitted in duplicate, together with a covering letter, to:
- Law
and Business Review of the Americas
SMU Dedman School of Law
3315 Daniel Avenue
Dallas, TX 75275-4330
(214)768-4297 fax(214)768-3946
lbra-eic@list.smu.edu
At the time the manuscript is submitted, written assurance must be given that the article has not been published, submitted or accepted elsewhere. The author normally will be notified of acceptance, rejection or need for revision within 8-12 weeks.
Authors are requested to submit two copies of their manuscript, typed in double space, together with a summary of the contents. Manuscripts may range from 6,000 from 10,000 words, approximately 20-30 pages in length. However, longer articles are accepted based upon topic, quality, and space availability. The title of the article should begin with a word useful in indexing and information retrieval. Short titles are used as running heads. All notes should be numbered in sequential order, as cited in the text, and should be typed in double-spaced on a separate page. Unless for good reason acceptable to the editors, endnotes for legal articles should conform to a uniform system of citation (The Harvard Bluebook, 16th ed..). For nonlegal articles, the citations should be internally consistent within the given article. The author should submit short biographical data including his or her affiliation.