Preliminary notes

• Date: 01 April 2021
• Published date: 01 April 2021

124 JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW IN AFRICA VOL 7, NO 2, 2020

STYLE GUIDE

The JCLA recommends the use of the South African Law Journal (SALJ)

style guide, summarised in the following guidelines:

i. General Format

Article

Structure

Generally, manuscripts should include an introduction,

problem statement, literature review, research

design/methodology, findings (results analysis), and

recommendations/conclusion.

Title This should be succinctly worded.

Abstract The abstract sets out objectives, research design and

methods, main results and findings, conclusion and

contribution to the body of knowledge.

Keywords Five to eight words covering the principal themes and

geographic focus of the paper.

Item Description

Title page This must contain the full title of the paper, full names,

affiliation, address and contact information of all authors.

Corresponding author should be marked with an asterisk.*

Body Appropriate headings and subheadings to be used to

segment the manuscript for enhanced readability.

Length The manuscript length, including abstract and footnotes,

but excluding bibliography, must be no less than 8 000 and

no more than 12 000 words.

Headings:

style

Times New Roman 12, Bold, justified, 1.5 spacing,

sentence case.

Headings:

numbering

Headings and subheadings not to be numbered.

Footnotes Times New Roman 10, justified. Endnotes must not be

used for reference, clarification or any other purpose.

Tables and

figures:

placement

Tables and figures to be applied in the text, as close as

possible to the appropriate discussion.

Tables and

figures:

numbering

Tables and figures to be numbered consecutively in Arabic

numerals (i, ii, iii, iv …. v etc).

(2020) 7(2) Journal of Comparative Law in Africa StyleGuide

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