Submissions

Author Guidelines

Editorial Policies

Before submitting your manuscript to the Journal of Animal Rights Law, please familiarise yourself with our editorial policies to ensure compliance with our standards and requirements.

Submission Guidelines

We welcome original, previously unpublished works, ensuring that submissions are not forthcoming nor under review in any other journal.

Submissions are encouraged from various disciplines, including law, philosophy, political science, history, sociology, psychology, media and cultural studies, economics, critical animal studies, human-animal studies, environmental studies, criminology, and public policy, as long as they contribute to the academic exploration of animal rights law.

Potential topics considered for submission encompass a broad range of issues. These include, for instance, the legal status and legal frameworks governing non-human animals; ethical considerations and dilemmas surrounding their treatment; societal representations of non-human animals in media and culture; psychological and sociological perspectives on human-animal relationships; the historical evolution of animal rights; environmental impacts related to animal welfare and animal exploitation; economic considerations of animal exploitation and of animal rights legislation; the intersection of animal rights and other areas of law; and intersectional approaches to justice and the law; with a view to enhancing the understanding and development of the field of animal rights law.

Both theoretical and practical perspectives are acceptable. There are no methodological or axiological prerequisites. Interdisciplinary perspectives and multiple authors are welcome.

All authors should prepare their work in accordance with the style of the Journal of Animal Rights Law. 

Style

Manuscripts should be submitted as anonymised Word documents (1,5-spaced, Times New Roman, 12pt font). References and notes should use footnotes rather than endnotes (single-spaced, 10pt font). Pages must be numbered and centred at the bottom of the page, also in Times New Roman.

We do not impose a strict maximum word count for articles, though we encourage authors to focus on substance and to be as concise as possible. Contributions should include an abstract (up to 250 words) and keywords (up to 6).

Authors should also include a short biography of up to 150 words, including their full name and institutional affiliation(s), area(s) of research, and email address, as a separate Word file.

Authors should prepare their work in accordance with the OSCOLA guide to legal citation.

Language

We accept manuscripts in English, French, and Spanish. British and American English are equally welcome; however, when either is chosen, it must be scrupulously respected for consistency.

Use of Discriminatory and Denigrating Language

Authors should avoid discriminatory language and refrain from denigrating either human or non-human animals, except where a quotation is concerned. Where reference is made to non-human animals, a pronoun must be used; we do not accept the use of ‘it’ or similar.