Nigerian Bar Journal
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The following constitute the Journal’s extant guidelines for Authors/Contributors:

1. The manuscript must be in Microsoft Word format with font 12size using Times New Roman character, typed in U.K English and with 1.5 line spacing on A4 paper.
2. All referencing must be done with automatic footnoting using font size of 10, numbered consecutively and in accordance with the Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) citation style, fourth edition. The OSCOLA citation style can be assessed at http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola.
3. The manuscript or contribution must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere.
4. Contributions shall be between seven thousand to ten thousand words in the case of full-length articles; and not more than five thousand words in the case of short articles which may be statutes reviews, Bills analyses or case comments. In any case, the number of words shall be inclusive of footnotes.
5. The manuscript shall be subjected to blind peer review. As such, the names and institutions of the author should not be included at the head of the manuscript, except the title of the manuscript. Instead, these shall be on a title page which shall contain the title of the manuscript, the name of the author with qualifications obtained, the author’s institutional affiliation, professional and/or academic status and email address.
6. The body of the manuscript shall commence with an abstract of not more than 200 words before the introduction.
7. The manuscript submitted does not infringe copyright or is defamatory, obscene or otherwise unlawful or litigious.
8. All comments in the articles should be fair and reasonable. The Journal does not allow swearing, denigrating and libelous or defamatory comments, comments condoning criminal or immoral activity and comments encouraging violence or comments sympathizing with violence.
9. The journal does not allow articles comments that may result in others feeling threatened or specifically targeted or abused and comments expressing hatred or excessive negative feeling towards other groups or individuals.
10. The Article should be stylistically consistent and submitted in a publishable form and clean constructive language should be used.
11. All points and findings should be clearly and succinctly argued and well supported. They should demonstrate methodological soundness.
12. The Nigerian Bar Journal respects the right to privacy as guaranteed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and does not condone invasion of privacy in relation to persons or organization. The Journal does not allow any statements or comments about a person or organization that cannot be proved to be true or may be considered damaging to their reputation and legitimate interests. Names of victims in relation to specific legal events should not be mentioned unless they are already in the public domain e.g. litigation or public hearing or administrative enquiry; or publication in a news media.