Introduction
Collected Papers of Zagreb Law Faculty (Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu) is a journal which publishes papers primarily from the fields of legal and social sciences. The Editorial Board accepts for consideration exclusively previously unpublished papers. Authors retain the copyright on the papers published in the journal, but grant the right of the publication, both in printed and in electronic form, to the journal. The paper accepted for publication or already published in Collected Papers may be published by the author(s) in other publications only with the permission of the Editorial Board, and in such a case only with proper notice of its publication in Collected Papers.
Content guidelines
Authors should indicate the title of the paper, the author’s name, surname and academic or professional status, as well as the name and address of the author’s place of work or home address and e-mail address.
The suggested length for an article is between 30000 and 55000 characters.
Articles are anonymously reviewed twice and categorised as follows:
(1) original scientific paper – the paper which is characterised by originality of conclusions, or which presents previously unpublished original results of scientific research;
(2) review article – the article which contains detailed and comprehensive critical review of a certain problem area, but with no significant originality of results;
(3) preliminary communication – the paper which presents primary findings of research in progress, which due to current interest require immediate publication, but without the level of deep and thorough study required for the scientific paper.
Papers should include an introductory synopsis of not more than ten lines, a list of up to five key words and a summary of not more than 1800 characters (one page). The Editorial Board reserves the right to edit the paper according to the general rules of editing publications. Manuscripts will not be returned to authors.
Main body of the text as well as notes (footnotes) should be written in the same font (Times New Roman) and the same size throughout the entire paper, and that is: size 12 for main text and size 10 for notes. “Double” and ‘single’ emphasis should be used, avoiding the excessive stressing (italic and bold), especially in combination with emphasis signs. Latin phrases and abbreviations should be written in italic (sui generis, infra, op. cit., ibid.), which also can be used for words in different languages if those are not emphasized in any other way.
Numbers of notes should never be written in italic, and if placed at the end of a sentence they should be put after the full stop (period). Authors should be careful not to italic punctuation after the word or sentence which they want to emphasize.
Notes should supply full data on references since they are not published separately. References should be made following these rules:
In a first citation a note should include the name of the author, the title, the publisher, place and date of publication and the number of the page(s) to which they refer. For all types of publication author’s last name, than the initial of the first name should be indicated. Different authors should be separated with a semicolon, title is written in italic (book title and article title), and different information should always be separated by using commas, and written in the same order.
Examples
1. Books
First citation:
Alinčić, M.; Hrabar, D.; Jakovac-Lozić, D.; Korać, A., Obiteljsko pravo, Narodne novine, Zagreb, 2007, p. 156.
In future citing of the same source, use ibid. followed by the page number, or loc.cit. If this can not be used, it should be referred to the first citation, writing only author.s last name. If there are more than three authors, then only first author.s last name should be written, followed by the abbreviation et al.
Alinčić et al., op. cit. note 10, p. 157.
2. Journals
First citation:
Skorupan Wolff, V., Vađenje potonulih stvari u hrvatskom pravu de lege lata i de lege desiderata, Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu, vol. 60, No. 3-4, 2010, p. 693 – 746.
Future citing (as said under 1.):
Skorupan Wolff, op. cit. note 10, p. 730.
If there are more different articles of the same author cited in the same note, it should be made like this:
Skorupan Wolff, Vađenje…, op. cit. in note 10, p. 730.
3. Internet sources
The same rules are valid for internet sources, but it suffices to name (web) link and date of accessing the information (on that link). Besides that, all information given on the link should be cited as well. Link should not be emphasized in any way.
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?navid=13&pid=150 (15. 03. 2010).
If there is only a mention in the main text, the note should look like this:
Usp. http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?navid=13&pid=150 (15.03. 2010).
4. Legal sources
The full name of the source and its official publisher (journal) should be cited, without using italic.
About the Journal
Papers published in the Collected Papers of Zagreb Law Faculty are being cited in the following catalogs: Index to foreign legal periodicals, Drant – Droits antiques, Kriminologija in kazensko pravosodje – CRIM, Scopus and Worldwide Political Science Abstracts.
