Style Sheet for authors preparing texts for the European Journal of International Law Part II: Citation of Treatises and Articles

Part II: Citation of Treatises and Articles

The rules for italics and punctuation set out above are the same for text in footnotes. References should be cited in the following form:

Books:

J. E. S. Fawcett, The Application of the European Convention on Human Rights (1987) 17-68.

Articles:

Van Boven, `The Future of Human Rights in Europe', 1 NQHR (1989) 6

(the volume number of the periodical should precede the title of the periodical). Articles should not cite the author's initials unless there are several authors of the same last name, e.g. M. and D. Waelbroeck.

Articles in books:

Buquicchio-De Boer, `Children and the European Convention on Human Rights', in F. Matscher and H. Petzold (eds), Protecting Human Rights: The European Dimension (1988) 73.

Unpublished theses etc.:

J. Smith, `German Reunification' (LLM theses on file at the EUI, Florence)

Subsequent references to the same work should be referred to as follows:,

Fawcett, supra note *, at 12.

If the same reference is cited many times it may be referred to as a short title. In this case, the abbreviation should be cited at the first reference, namely [hereinafter European Convention]. Thereafter:

European Convention, at 12

`Op. cit.' should be avoided. `Ibid' is used where there are two or more consecutive references to the same work. The abbreviations Vol. and p. should not be used and may be omitted.

Multiple authors Where there are more than three authors only the first author should be cited, e.g.

G. Cohen-Jonathan et al., Droits de l'homme en France (1985).

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