East Asia Law Review.

Submissions
The East Asia Law Review is currently accepting submissions for publication in 2010 and 2011. We are reviewing submissions on a rolling basis. Thank you.

The East Asia Law Review (EALR) -- formerly the Chinese Law and Policy Review -- is an independent journal of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

There are no length requirements and submissions may be of any type, including articles, essays, regulations reviews, and book reviews. Submissions must be in English and must be properly cited - Bluebook format for footnotes is appreciated. EALR will select the highest quality manuscripts for publication. Please see our complete submission guidelines and selection process for more details.

Manuscripts should be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format.

Once EALR and the author have agreed to publish a piece, our editors will check it for accuracy and proper citation format to conform to the 18th edition of the Bluebook. The finished product will then be published on our site and distributed to our subscribers and to various databases. We take all steps possible to offer the broadest possible dissemination of your work, and all issues of EALR are published on Westlaw and HeinOnline. By submitting your work, you acknowledge that it may be published by the East Asia Law Review.

Please note that EALR is an independent publication at the Law School. Its editors are selected from the Law School's J.D., LL.M., and S.J.D. candidates and Professor Jacques deLisle of the Law School serves as advisor to the editorial board.

We look forward to reading your submissions, and please don’t hesitate to contact us for with any questions or for more information.


Online Article Submission
The East Asia Law Review is currently accepting submissions.
http://www.pennealr.com/pages/submissions/submit_your_paper.php

If you do not receive a confirmation, or if you have any difficulties using this form, please resubmit your article and resume/cv as attachments by e-mail to upennealr@law.upenn.edu, and include a brief synopsis or abstract.

Submission Guidelines
Submissions should adhere to the following guidelines:

1.Submissions should be in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx) or in another compatible format (e.g., rtf).

3.Complete bibliographical information, including dates, should be provided for all works referred to in the text. Citations should conform to The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (19th ed. 2010). We recognize that for some Asian sources, the Bluebook may not provide sufficient guidelines, and encourage you to include all pertinent publication information - author, title, year of publication, page numbers, etc - if you cannot determine the proper citation format for your source. Because all citations must be verifiable by the editors, all sources must be readily available or must be sent by the author upon request.

4. Authors are requested to provide a brief, publishable summary of the contents of the submission, of no more than 300 words.

5. A brief biographical star-note should precede the first citation of the manuscript. Authors are requested to submit a current resume or curriculum vitae with their submissions.

6.Tables, diagrams, drawings, graphs, and other illustrations should have an Arabic number and a caption. Authors are requested to refer to tables and graphics by number.

7.Although there are no length requirements, we generally find that submissions between 10,000 and 25,000 words (including footnotes) are the most suitable for publication in the East Asia Law Review.

Authors should contact us with any questions. You may either e-mail your submission to us at upennealr(_at_)law(_dot_)upenn(_dot_)edu or you can use our online submission form.


Article Selection Process
The East Asia Law Review strives to publish only high quality, original manuscripts. In order to accomplish this goal, every submission that the East Asia Law Review receives is carefully reviewed by three reviewers before an offer of publication is extended.

Submissions are ranked in six categories designed to effectively determine both the potential scholarly impact of any given manuscript and the amount of editorial effort that will need to be put forth to make it publishable. Before extending an offer of publication, we check against the existing literature to ensure that the manuscript has not been preempted - that is, the article is either no longer relevant because of a change in law or policy, or the content of the article has substantially appeared elsewhere. We also assess the relative strength of an author's assertions.

With that in mind, American law reviews typically do not operate like other refereed publications. For example, although we do not consider the author's credentials, we ask for a copy of an author's CV because it allows us to compare a submission to the author's prior works and therefore determine whether the submission is significantly original. Because the selection is performed by the editorial board, it is not a "blind" review. While we do occasionally seek feedback from our faculty advisor or from other professionals in the selection process, we do not always deem it necessary to do so; our board is generally qualified to assess the strength and importance of any particular manuscript.

Because articles are reviewed in the order they are received, it behooves authors to submit their manuscripts as soon as they feel that the manuscripts are of publishable quality. In general, we attempt to complete our initial review of a submission within two weeks of receipt. However, at times it may take us longer, especially in early part of our cycle.

Authors who do not receive an immediate response should note that their submissions are still under consideration; we will respond to all submissions. Because the journal has limited resources, and because we endeavor to put out only the highest quality product, we cannot grant an offer of publication to every piece we receive. Conversely, not every author chooses to accept an offer once made. If you have not heard back it is because we have not come to a final decision, althouhg you are free to contact us to inquire about the status of your submission.


http://www.pennealr.com/pages/submissions.php