Submissions

Author Guidelines

All works will meet the following guidelines without exception. Any work that does not meet the editorial recommendations will be returned for adjustment before submission to the Editorial Board for review.

Original works will be completed when submitted for publication; no amendments may be introduced unless they are duly justified and authorized by the Editorial Board.  Authors are recommended to read and review the text, particularly focusing on its writing and syntax, and to check bibliographic data, and the spelling of names and acronyms.

General Instructions

Electronic works will be accepted in Microsoft Word format (no PDF files will be accepted).

Articles must be original and unpublished, and written in Spanish. Articles must not include the author’s name or signature so that the works remain anonymized during the entire review process.

Moreover, the authors personal data, institutional belonging, brief CV (up to ten-line long), email address and ORCID profile will be attached separately.

Works will be received through the Open Journal System, which may be accessed through this portal. The submission must meet all system requirements.

To ensure the reliability of the submission peer reviews, all efforts will be made to prevent the authors from knowing the identity of reviewers and vice versa. To this effect, compliance with the following steps will be checked in relation with the text and file properties.
            * The document authors have deleted their names from the text and have avoided any self-reference.
            * In Microsoft Office documents, the author identification will also be deleted from the file properties
               by clicking on the following options. Click on File in the Microsoft application Main Menu: File > Save as >
               Tools (or Options in Mac) >Security > Delete personal information from file properties when saving > Save.

Research Articles

Original and unpublished research articles related to all branches of law, national and comparative will be published, provided they significantly contribute to the development of the different legal disciplines by offering criteria for law analysis and interpretation that are valid and useful to readers.

They should include the title, an abstract of 200-300 words and 4 to 8 key words, all in both Spanish and English.

Length: 20 to 40 pages (approximately 9,000-18,000 words in total).

For guidance purposes, the articles should have the following structure:

- Introduction
- Body
- Conclusions
- Cited Literature
- Cited laws and jurisprudence
- Annexes and/or appendices

Analyses, Chronicles and Commentaries

Analyses, chronicles and comments related to the subject matter and scope of the RJA and which the Editorial Board considers relevant since they offer significant contributions or novelties for the field of legal research and dissemination will be published. Likewise, reviews of academic activities related to the field of law that are important for its dissemination will be included. Works will be accepted in any language. In case they include citations and references, they should follow the rules detailed below.

They should include the title, an abstract of 100-200 words and 4 to 8 key words, all in both Spanish and English.

Length: up to 15 pages (approximately 6700 words in total).

Recensions

Recensions of recently published bibliographical works related to the law field will be published. They should include the bibliographic data of the book to be reviewed: author/s, year of publication, title of the book, city of publication, publisher and book’s total number of pages. In the case of reviewing a specific chapter within a book, the title of the chapter and the beginning and end pages of the chapter should be added.

Length: up to 4 pages (approximately 1800 words in total).

Style

The works submitted will meet the following RJA style guidelines:

* Format
          A4 Size with  25 cm margins at both sides.

* Font:
            Title: Times New Roman 14, bold type, 1.5 line spacing. Text: Times New Roman 12, 1.5-line spacing.

            Exact quotes of more than 40 words: Times New Roman 10, 1.5-line spacing.

            Footnotes: Times New Roman 10, 1.5-line spacing.

            Subtitles (all): Times New Roman 12, bold type, 1.5 line spacing.

            Numbering Style: Correlative in Arabic numerals (Roman numerals are not accepted).

* Justification
            Both the text and titles must be left-justified with no indentation or tabs. No spaces must be left between paragraphs.

            Exact quotes of more than 40 words must be in a different paragraph with a 1.5 indentation of the entire paragraph.

* The diacritical marks in each language must be respected (dieresis, accents, etc.), even in upper case texts. * Phrases must not start with abbreviations or gerunds.

* All images (photographs, tables, illustrations, graphs, etc.) must be quoted in the text, e.g.: (Graph 1) (Table 4).

* All extracts, phrases or words written in a foreign language must be typed in italics. Exception: geographical names; names of entities, bodies, institutions, corporations, etc.; titles of agreements, pacts or treaties, etc.

* References to footnotes are indicated in consecutive superscript Arabic numerals and, when applicable, after punctuation marks. For example: ,³

* The work body must not be underlined nor include bold type. If any word needs to be highlighted, double quotes will be used.

* Abbreviations
            A space will be left following all punctuation marks: A. L. Jiménez (nor  A.L. Jiménez).

            Acronyms must be written in upper case and with no punctuation marks. For example: UBA (stands for University of Buenos Aires).

* Tables, charts and graphs:
            May be generated in Excel or Power Point format, as required, and pasted on the Word file as an image. Moreover,
            the original Excel or Power Point file must be attached to allow for any required correction.

* Illustrations, maps, photographs, drawings:
            Must be pasted on the Word file and submitted in a separate document in any of the following formats: High resolution
            JPG, TIF, PNG, AI, PS.

Quotes and Literature

For quotes and literature references, the RJA follows the guidelines of the APA (American Psychological Association) 7th^a edition. The following examples should be followed:

Quotes

References to authors must be embedded in the text and footnote: (Bianchi, 2005).

If two authors are cited, both last names are included: (Marcus & Perry, 1985).

If the quote refers to three or more authors, the first last name is written, followed by the term "et al.":
 (Álvarez et al., 2015).

Exact quotes of up to 40 words are written between inverted commas and without using italics:

            Therefore, advisory opinions play a critical role in the development of international human right law principles since,
            as mentioned by Buergenthal (1985), “they seem to adapt better to the articulation of general legal principles
            than contentious cases” (p. 18).

Exact quotes of more than 40 words must be in a different paragraph with a 1.5 indentation and without inverted commas or italics.

            After assuming the right not to apply anti-constitutional laws, the Supreme Court adopted such a moderate position
            that it did not reject any law for over half a century. This happened in 1857, in another famous case: 
            Dred Scott v. Sanford. (Bidegain, 1994, p. 127)

If any exact quote taken from a digital work does not have the page number identified, the paragraph number must be identified:

            Notice that a government might  –in a procedural law, which may be passed by simple majority –
            group all the judges that may be disturbing ans assign them to a secondary chamber, and
            assign more favorable judges to a  more central chamber with more participation possibilities. (Arballo, 2014, par. 9)           

Exact quotes in foreign languages must be between inverted commas and without italics.

Authors are recommended to avoid self-references, i.e., citing themselves in the article body.

Bibliography

Authors will be listed in alphabetical order and in chronological order when different works by the same author are quoted. Should there be more than one wok by the same author with the same date, they must be identified by adding a lower case letter, such as: (2006a), (2006b).

Should there be works without a specified date, the following must be included: (n.d.).

Should there be two or more works by the same author without a specified date, the following must be included: (n.d.-a), (n.d.-b).

The following style is recommended:

* Printed book

            Last Name, N. (year) Work Title. Publishing Company

* Online book

            Last Name, N. and Last Name, N. (year). Book Title. Publishing Company. https://doi.org.
            Last Name, N. and Last Name, N. (year). Book Title. Publishing Company. https://www.url.com.

* Book with editor, coordinator, director

            Last Name, N. (Publ.) (year). Work Title. Publishing Company
            Last Name, N. and Last Name, N. (Coords.) (year). Work Title. Publishing Company

* Book chapter

            Last Name, N. (year) Chapter or Entry Title In Last Name, N. (Publ.), Book title (Chapter beginning-end pages).
            Publishing Company.
            Last Name, N. (year). Chapter or Entry Title In Last Name, N. (Publ.), Book title (xx publisher, Vol. xx, chapter beginning-end pages). Publishing Company.

 * Article in journal

            Last Name, N. (year). Article Title. Journal Name, Volume(number), page numbers xx-xx.
            Last Name, N. (year). Article title. Journal Name, Volume(number), page numbers xx-xx.
            https://doi.org.
            Last Name, N. (year). Article Title. Journal Name, Volume(number), page numbers xx-xx.
            https://www.url.com.

* Works by unidentified authors

            Work Title. (year). Source.

* Newspaper Article

            Last Name, N. (day, month, year). Article Title. Newspaper Name, page number.
            Last Name, N. (day, month, year). Article Title. Newspaper Name. https://www.url.com.

* Newspaper article by unidentified author

            Article title. (day, month, year). Newspaper Name, page number.
            Article title. (day, month, year). Newspaper Name. https://www.url.com.

* Dictionaries or encyclopedias

            Author or Editor’s Last Name, N. (Publisher, when he/she is the editor). (Year). Dictionary or Encyclopedia Name 
            (xx publisher, Vol. xx). Publishing Company.

*Thesis and doctoral thesis

            Last Name, N. (year). Thesis Title (Graduate, Master’s or Doctoral Thesis). Name of the institution, City.
            Last Name, N. (year). Thesis Title (Graduate, Master’s or Doctoral Thesis). Name of the institution, City.
            https://www.url.com.

* Reference to websites

            Last Name, N. (year). Website Name. https://www.url.com.
            Last Name, N. (year). Article title. Website Name. https://www.url.com.
            Website or Institution Name. (year). Article title. https://www.url.com.

* Undated references to websites

            Last Name, N. (n.d.) Website Name. https://www.url.com.
            Last Name, N. (n.d.) Article title. Website Name. https://www.url.com.
            Website or Institution Name. (n.d.). Article title. https://www.url.com.

* Presentations and lectures

            Last Name, N. (year). Presentation or Lecture Title. Name of the Seminar or Symposium where the presentation of lecture took place.
            City, Country, Date.

 *Institution reports

            Full institution name. (year). Report title. Publishing Company.
            Full institution name. (year). Report title. https://www.url.com.

Law and Jurisprudence Quotes

References to law and jurisprudence will be placed in a footnote (when quoted in the text) or after the Bibliography, according to the following classification:

 Law

* International regulations (agreements, covenants, statements)

* Community regulations

* Laws ratifying international treaties

* Constitutions

* Codes

* Laws

* Decrees

* Resolutions

* Provisions

Style:
            Constitution of Argentina.
            Constitution of Argentina, Article 75, Section 2 (or 75.2)
            Laws
                      Law 11723.
                      Intellectual Property Law 11723, OG 30/09/1933.
                      Intellectual Property Law 11723, OG 30/09/1933, Article 5.
            Decrees
                      Decree 245/2002.
                      Decree 245/2002, OG 28/11/2002, Article 5.
            Resolutions
                      Resolution 2030/2015.
                      Resolution 2030/2015, OG12/06/2015, Article 1.
            Provisions
                      Provision 306/2015.
                      Provision 306/2015, OG 28/05/2015.

Jurisprudence

* Supreme Court of LJustice (National, Provincial, International

* International Courts

* Inter-American System Courts

Style:

            National Supreme Court of Justice, Fernández Arias c/Poggio, 19/09/1960, Judgements: 247:646.

            Buenos Aires Supreme Court of Justice, Vasena Marengo, José Francisco y otra c/Rodríguez, Jorge Mario
            and other, 28/09/2004.

            National Court of Criminal Cassation: Di Plácido, Jorge Alberto, 22/5/2014, [FBB/7963/2013/CFC1, Record 864/14].

            United States Supreme Court, Wood v. Milyard, 566 U.S. 463 (2012).

            North Carolina Supreme Court, Bayard v. Singleton, 1 N.C. 5 (1787).

            Constitutional Court Ruling, 83/2016, April 28. [Spain]

            Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Almonacid Arellano and others vs.  Chile, Preliminary Exceptions,
            Merits, Reparations and Costs, 26/09/2006, Series C, # 154.

            Judgements: 329:2316