Journal of Law is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal issued by the Deanship of Scientific Research at the University of Bahrain.
The Journal publishes articles written in Arabic, English and French in the following fields:
- Legal research and studies, with preference given to research focusing on Bahraini legislation or comparing it with other laws and legislations.
- Commentary on judicial judgments.
- Abstracts of Master's degree dissertations and PhD theses, published in the annual appendix of the journal.
General Rules
“Authors are advised to observe the following points:
- The legal research or study must be of the highest academic standards. It should be original and should add to existing knowledge.
- A submitted article should not be part of the author’s master degree dissertation, PhD thesis, or a previously published book.
- The author should comply with the general rules of scientific research in particular rules of citation and referencing.
- All submitted articles and commentaries will undertake a preliminary examination by the editorial board to decide its eligibility for peer-review. If the work was accepted at the preliminary examination stage, it will be peer-reviewed before publication.
- Articles submitted by PhD students are accepted provided that it is co-authorship with the supervisor.
- The author may not publish his work in any other journal if the work was accepted for publication in the Journal of Law. However, such publication is permissible if he obtained a written permission from the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law.
- The original copies of -any submitted work- sent to the journal will not be returned to the author whether the work was accepted for publication or not.
- Sequence of published articles depends on the date in which the article was sent to the journal.
- Each author will be given one free copy of the journal and 20 reprints of his work.
Rules of Submission
All submissions shall adhere to the following set of rules:
- Journal articles and commentaries should be sent to the Journal of Law email address: journaloflaw@uob.edu.bh
- The author should submit two abstracts: The first should be written in the same langue of his journal article while the second is in English. Each should not exceed 200 words with a clear insertion of key words in both.
- With regard to commentary on judicial judgments, author of the commentary should attach a full copy of the judicial judgment for reviewers’ reference.
- The author should submit an updated CV with his contact details.
- The author should submit a written declaration that the journal article has not been published before and is not submitted for publication elsewhere.
Research and Referencing
- Any journal article should not exceed 14,000 words including footnotes and bibliography.
- Commentaries on judicial decisions should not exceed 5000 words.
- Font style should be Time New Roman – Font size 12 – single space.
- First page should contain: title, author/s name/s, name of institution, address, phone / mobile number, email address.
- To guarantee confidentiality of peer-review process, author should not mention his name in the body of his work, nor should he provide any sign that could lead to identifying him.
- A journal article should contain an introduction explaining: the nature of the research, its importance, objectives, and its questions or hypothesis. A research should be divided and structured in a way that would support connectivity and harmony of its different parts. Any journal article should end with a conclusion and / or recommendations followed by a bibliography.
- A bibliography should be divided into the following titles:
- Primary resources (includes laws, conventions, and any legislative tool to which the author had direct examination) must be referenced by writing: title of the legislative tool, its number, and date. Primary resources should be arranged by its dates starting with the most recent.
- Books: should be arranged alphabetically starting with the author’s first name
- Journals: should be arranged alphabetically starting with the author’s first name
- Electronic resources: author should mention date of his final access/visit to the website.
- Other resources: author should list any reference that he could not list under the previous titles.
- Arabic references should be cited according to the rules specified in the Arabic references section.
English references should be cited according to OSCOLA:
- Judicial judgments:
Case number | case name | [year] | report abbreviation | first page
Example: Case 240/83 Procureur de la République v ADBHU [1985] ECR 531
- Books: Author, Title in Italics (series title, edition publisher, place date) page.
Example: JH Baker, An Introduction to English Legal History (4th edn Butterworths, London 2002) 419–21
- Journals: Author, | ‘title’ | [year] | journal name or abbreviation | first page of article – last page
Example: Alexandra Sims, ‘The denial of copyright protection on public policy grounds’ [2008] E.I.P.R. 189-198
- Electronic resources: Author, | ‘title’ | [year] OR (year) | volume/issue | journal name or abbreviation | <web address> | date accessed
Example: Graham Greenleaf, ‘The Global Development of Free Access to Legal Information’ (2010) 1(1) EJLT <http://ejlt.org/article/view/17> accessed 27 July 2010
- Primary resources (includes laws, conventions, and any legislative tool to which the author had direct examination) must be referenced by writing: title of the legislative tool, its number, and date. Primary resources should be arranged by its dates starting with the most recent.
- Books: should be arranged alphabetically starting with the author’s first name
- Journals: should be arranged alphabetically starting with the author’s first name
- Electronic resources: author should mention date of his final access/visit to the website.
- Other resources: author should list any reference that he could not list under the previous titles.
English references should be cited according to OSCOLA:
- Judicial judgments:
Case number | case name | [year] | report abbreviation | first page
Example: Case 240/83 Procureur de la République v ADBHU [1985] ECR 531
- Books: Author, Title in Italics (series title, edition publisher, place date) page.
Example: JH Baker, An Introduction to English Legal History (4th edn Butterworths, London 2002) 419–21
- Journals: Author, | ‘title’ | [year] | journal name or abbreviation | first page of article – last page
Example: Alexandra Sims, ‘The denial of copyright protection on public policy grounds’ [2008] E.I.P.R. 189-198
- Electronic resources: Author, | ‘title’ | [year] OR (year) | volume/issue | journal name or abbreviation | <web address> | date accessed
Example: Graham Greenleaf, ‘The Global Development of Free Access to Legal Information’ (2010) 1(1) EJLT <http://ejlt.org/article/view/17> accessed 27 July 2010
Intellectual Property Rights (IRLs)
Copyright in the author’ work is transferred to the Journal. The author should agree to transfer his copyright with regard to the work submitted for publication to the Journal of Law by completing the written transfer form attached with the research form sent to the author.
Privacy Statement
“The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.”
