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About HUJL

HUJL advances legal scholarship through rigorous research, providing a platform for academics, researchers, lawmakers, judges, practitioners, and policymakers to share their work. It annually publishes peer-reviewed articles, notes, case comments and book reviews on legal issues, policies and theories relevant to Ethiopia in various contexts. The journal has featured numerous contributions from these diverse stakeholders without interruption since its inception in July 2017 both in hard and soft copies that are openly accessible without any fee.

Manuscript Submission and Editorial Review Process

HUJL accepts manuscripts electronically through its online submission portal. The journal has a rigorous double-blind peer review system involving both two internal and two external reviewers to ensure the quality and integrity of published articles.

Language of Publication

• The Journal accepts contributions in English or
• Amharic contributions shall be accompanied by an English

Originality of Contributions

 All contributions in the Journal shall be original works of the author.

Size of contributions

• Feature article: from 5000 to 1000 words
• Reflection: from 3000 to 5000 words
• Case Comment: from 2000 to 3000 words
• Book Review: from 1000 to 2000 words

Requirements as to reference and presentation style

 Contributions shall follow the style and citation rules outlined below:

1. Author’s affiliation and acknowledgement:

The author’s affiliation should be indicated in a footnote marked by an asterisk. Authors should refer to themselves in the third person throughout the text. Along with the affiliation, in the footnote, the author may acknowledge any third-party or institutional support received shortly in a sentence.

1. Headings:

Manuscripts shall have an abstract and introduction. The body should be arranged in organized headings and sub-headings. Headings in the various sections of the manuscript shall be aligned to the left margin of the page and shall be as follows:

Abstract

1. Introduction
2. First Heading
   • Second Heading
     • Third Heading 3. Conclusion

1. Italicization:

When the manuscript is presented in the English language, all non-English words must be italicized. Similarly, when the manuscript is presented in Amharic language, all non-Amharic words must be italicized.

1. Emphasis:

To indicate emphasis, use only italics.

1. References:

All contributions should duly acknowledge any reference or quotations from the work of other authors or the author's previous work. Reference shall be made in the source document's original language.

1. Quotations:

Quotations of more than three lines should be indented left and right without any quotation marks. Quotation marks in the block should appear as they normally do. Quotations of less than three lines should be in quotation marks and not indented from the text. Regarding alterations in a quotation, use:

• Square bracket “[ ]” to note any change in the quoted material,
• Ellipsis “…” to indicate omitted material,
• “[sic]” to indicate mistake in the original

1. Footnotes:

Footnotes should be consecutively numbered and be set out at the foot of each page and cross-referenced using supra or ibid, as appropriate. Footnote numbers are placed outside of punctuation marks.

1. Format requirements:

All contributions shall be submitted in Microsoft Word format, font size 12, double space, Times New Roman (Footnotes: font 10, single space, Times New Roman).

References in Footnotes

References in footnotes should have the content and style outlined hereafter.

•  Books

Use italics for the title, and put the publication information in Roman within parentheses. Use commas to prevent words from running together, as may happen with author and titles, multiple authors, and publisher and place of publication. Where there are series titles or edition numbers, give the publication information in the order shown in the example.

Author, Title in Italics (series title, edition, publisher, place, date) page.

John Baker, An Introduction to English Legal History (4^th ed., Butterworths, London, 2002) pp. 419–21.

Names of Ethiopian authors should appear as follows: author’s given (first) name and his/her father’s name without changing the order. Subsequent, references should be limited to given names.

Assefa Fiseha, Federalism and the Accommodation of Diversity in Ethiopia: A Comparative Study, (2^nd ed., Wolf Legal Publishers, Nijmegen, 2007), p. 235.

•  Contributions in edited books

Cite essays and chapters in edited books as in the example below:

Ian Brownlie, ‘The Relation of Law and Power’ in Bin Cheng and ED Brown (eds.), Contemporary Problems in International Law: Essays in Honour of Georg Schwarzenberger on his Eightieth Birthday (Stevens and Sons, London, 1988).

•  Articles in Journals

Give the title in roman, within inverted commas. The style for authors of articles is the same as for authors of books. The journal title is in roman.

Ibrahim Idris, ‘The Place of International Human Rights Conventions in the 1994 FDRE Constitution, Journal of Ethiopian Laws’, Vol.20, No.1, Aug. 2002, P.114.

For journals that are only published electronically, give publication details as for print journals, but also provide the website address and most recent date of access within angled brackets:

Carolyn Penfold, 'Nazis, Porn and Politics: Asserting Control over Internet Content' [2001] 2 JILT

<http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/law/elj/jilt/2001_2/penfold> accessed on 27 April 2005.

Where the author is not identified, cite the body that produced the document; if no such body can be identified, insert two joined em-dashes (like this: ——).

•  Legislations

Cite a proclamation by its full title when it is used for the first time and short title subsequently, in roman number.

Labour Proclamation, 2003, Art. 8(1) & (2), Proc. No.377/2003, Fed. Neg. Gaz., Year 10, No. 12.

Labour Proclamation No. 377/2003, Art. 3.

•  Codes

Cited coded legislations in the following form.

Civil Code of Ethiopia, 1960, Art. 1678 (1), Proc. No. 165/1960, Fed. Neg. Gaz. (Extraordinary issue), Year 19, No. 2.

Cite legal instruments from other jurisdictions as they are cited in their own jurisdiction.

•  Treaties

Universal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted 10 December 1948 UNGA Res 217 A(III) (UDHR) Art. 5.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (adopted 16 December 1966, entered into force 23 March 1976) 999 UNTS 171 (ICCPR), Art. 10.

•  Resolutions

Security Council Resolution 1368 (2001), at WWW http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N01/533/82/PDF/N0153382.pdf?Open Eleme nt > (accessed on 10 August 2008).

•  Cases

Corfu Channel Case (UK v Albania) 1949 ICJ rep 14 at 35, Nicaragua case (US v Nicaragua) (1986) ICJ rep 14 at 106

የኢትዮጵያ መድን ድርጅት vs. ጊታሁን ሀይሉ፤ጠቅላይ ፍርድ ቢት ሰበር ሰሚ ችሎት፤ መ.ቁ. 14057፤ 1998 ዓ.ም.

·   Theses

Give the author, title, type of thesis, university and date of completion and pinpoint:

Helen Toner, ‘Modernising Partnership Rights in EC Family Reunification Law’ (PhD thesis, University of Oxford, 2003).

•  Periodicals

Mehari Taddele, ‘Brain Drain and its Adverse Impact on the Achievement of MDGs and Poverty Reduction’, The Reporter, (Feb. 16, 2008), p.5.

•  Interview

Interview with Ato Abraham Dagne, President of Dorebafano Woreda, Sidama Zone, on 22 January 2014.

•  Internet Source

Derartu Abeba, Higher Education in Ethiopia,

<http://www.ethiopar.net/type/English.htm> accessed on April 1, 2009

Copyright

The Journal follows an open access policy of a CC BY license by allowing users to share, adapt, and build upon the material in any format, with proper attribution to the creator.