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As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

    - The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word or RTF document file format.

    - Where available, URLs have been provided for references.

    - The text is letter-size, margin of 3 cm. at all edges, with simple spacing, no space between paragraphs, no indentation in the first line, justified text and Times New Roman letter 12 for the text and 10 for the notes.

    - For articles submitted in Spanish, a summary and keywords are included in English.

    - The authors are identified with ORCID ID, e-mail and institutional affiliation.
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Update marzo 17, 2023

Job format and citation standards

Journal of Justice and Law

Each author may submit only one article per year, either as exclusive author or as co-author.

Collaborators of the Revista Justicia & Derecho of the Universidad Autónoma de Chile, should adhere to the following editorial rules when submitting their papers or contributions: 1. Submission of papers and contributions The Revista Justicia & Derecho of the Universidad Autónoma de Chile only receives papers and contributions through the OJS (Open Journal System) system. Access to the system and instructions are indicated on the https://revistas.uautonoma.cl/index.php/rjydpage, at the "access for authors" link. Those interested in publishing their works should indicate the stable section to which their contribution belongs: studies or doctrinal articles; commentaries on sentences; reviews or bibliographic reviews, communications. In the case of articles of doctrine, express mention should be made of the discipline of the law to which the work or contribution refers. Articles, works or contributions must be sent in Spanish, English or Portuguese via electronic support (extension *.docx or equivalent). The articles will contain the name of the author in the first footnote, marked with an asterisk (*). Such footnote shall contain, in relation to the author or authors, all data relating to their affiliation, including obligatory the institution in which they are assigned, city, country, e-mail and the ORCID digital identifier. (You can create it in https://orcid.org/register ). All other references such as job positions or commitments, acknowledgments, dedications or sponsored scientific projects where the work is framed should be included below in this same footnote.

2. Standard format for all articles, comments or contributions

2.1. Form and length of work. All collaborations must be written in letter-size pages, leaving a margin of 3 cm. at all edges, with simple spacing, no space between paragraphs, no indentation in the first line, Justified text and letter Times New Roman 12 for text and 10 for notes. The length of the works must not exceed 20 pages or veneers. 2.2. Structure and division of labour. Each article, comment or contribution should begin with the title of the same (in bold and capital letters according to the RAE), in Spanish and English, followed by a summary (in Spanish and English of 300 characters maximum) and at least 5 keywords in the same two languages. It is recommended that the text of the work or contribution contain an introduction; the body or development of the work; a conclusion and the bibliography consulted. The body of work will be divided into sections numbered with Arabic numerals, with justified rubrics and separated from the body of his speech. It may be further subdivided into paragraphs marked with Arabic numerals, followed by a point (1.). It is recommended not to exceed 3 subdivisions (e.g. 1.1.1). Titles should be justified on the left, in bold. 2.3. Bibliography. All references to books, journal articles, chapters and works in

electronic formats should be listed at the end of the work, under the title "Cited bibliography", followed by "Cited norms" and "Cited jurisprudence", as the case may be (all in small caps). The DOI or URL of the included references must be provided.

2.3.1. Bibliography cited. The "Bibliography cited" will contain the list of the works actually cited or referred to in the text of the contribution and will be sorted alphabetically by the first surname of its author. In this listing, only the reference to journal articles or book chapters will indicate the home and end page numbers. The following examples will illustrate to the authors how to record the bibliography and other sources used in the work or contribution: Books. Author or authors, either institution or person (date of publication): Title of publication and source for retrieval (In the 7th edition APA version it is not necessary to add the city of publication) volume number or volume. If it is a collective work or several authors, the abbreviation et al., for 3 or more authors will be used. Examples: - Barrientos Grandon, Javier (2016): El Código civil. Its jurisprudence and history. Critical and agreed edition, commented and edited. Thomson Reuters, Volume I. - Fueyo Lanieri, Fernando (1976): Interpretation and judge. Universidad de Chile y Centro de Estudios "Ratio Iuris". - Contador Rosales, Nelson y Palacios Vergara, Cristián (2015): Bankruptcy proceedings. Insolvency law and resumption. Law 20.720. Thomson Reuters. - García, Jorge (2014): La ley concursal y la mediación concursal: A joint study conducted by specialists. Dikinson. Translations. Author or authors, either institution or person (year of publication): Title of publication (name of translator, publisher and edition number [except first]), volume number or volume number. Example:

Le Tourneau, Philippe (2004): La responsabilidad civil (trad. Javier Tamayo Jaramillo, Legis Publishing, third edition). Book chapter. Author or author, either institution or person (year of publication): "Title of publication" (in lines), author (preceded by the word "in") followed by function (coordinator, editor, compiler, etc.), name of the book (in italics). Editorial and edition number (except the first), volume number or volume, pages. Example: Domínguez Hidalgo, Carmen (2010): "The problem of presumed contractual guilt and the obligations of means and obligations of result: its implications for medical liability", in De la Maza Gazmuri, Iñigo (compiler), Cuadernos de análisis jurídico. Private Law Collection. Ediciones Universidad Diego Portales, pp.21-44. Journal article. Author or authors, either institution or person (year of publication): "Title of publication" (in lines), Journal, volume and/or number: pages. Example: Carrasco Jiménez, Edison (2014): "The Special Concept in the Civil Code: Differences of Significance between Article 4° and Article 13", Ius et Praxis, vol. 20, N° 1: pp. 253-278. Documents in electronic format. Author or authors, either institution or person (year of publication): "Title of publication" (in lines). DOI or website where it is available.

Example: Dasso, Ariel A. (2016): "The consumer contest (and other subjects). Bill submitted to the P.E." Available at https:///dpicuantico.com/sito/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Doctrina-Consumidor-Nro-83-02.08.pdf.

Standards cited. After the "Cited Bibliography", a list of all the legal or normative references actually cited or used under the title "Cited Norms" must be included. If it is a law, it will indicate the number of the law, the date of its publication (day, month and year) and its legal name, if it has it. In case of being a code cited, only the name of the code (in caps) and the date of its update or edition will be indicated. Example: - Law N° 20.720 (9/1/2014) Law that replaces the current bankruptcy regime by a law of reorganization and liquidation of companies and persons, and perfects the role of the Superintendence of the branch. - Civil code, edition 2015 or updated to 11.09.2017. Case law cited. After the "cited rules", a list of all the judgments or judgements that have been reviewed, cited and effectively used in the contribution, under the title "Cited jurisprudence" should be included. This list shall indicate the parties (first surname or initials) if this information is available, the year of the judgment in brackets and, followed by two points, the court that issued it together with the date of its issuance. It is suggested to indicate the type of action and corresponding procedure and, if applicable, the identification of the place of publication in which the judgment has been published under its full title and the indications of volume, number or section, year and page. Judgements shall be arranged chronologically and alphabetically by the name of the parties. If the judgment was obtained from an official website (for example www.poderjudicial.cl) or from an electronic database (Microjuris, Vlex, etc.), After the corresponding type of action and procedure, the full web link will be added. Examples: - Tamaya con Atocha (1999): Supreme Court, April 6, 1999 (action for annulment of mining concession), Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, volume 96 (1999), II, section 7, pp. 65-73. - Supreme Court, 10 July 1951, Repertory, volume 48, section 1, p. 273. - Empresa Nacional del Petróleo with María Isabel Solo de Zaldívar (2007): Supreme Court, 15 October 2007 (appeal on merits). Available in http://suprema.poderjudicial.cl/SITSUPORWEB/DownloadFile.do?TIP_Documento=3&TIP_Archivo=3&COD_Opcion=1&CRR_IdTramite=448287&CR_IR_IdDocuments255118. In the case of voluntary arbitral awards, family law judgements involving minors and sentences relating to the offences of Title VII, paragraph 5 and 6, of Book II of the Criminal Code, only the parts shall be mentioned by the respective initials. In the case of foreign judgments, they shall be cited in the form usually cited in the respective countries. Images and tables. Only images, tables and graphs relevant to the subject matter of the publication may be included within the body of the text. In particular, each image, chart or table must be in *.jpg format at the end of the article. Justice & Law Journal Standards The Revista Justicia & Derecho of the Universidad Autónoma de Chile meets the following

standards: APA 7th edition.

COPYRIGHT NOTICE The rights of the works published in this journal are the property of the author and he is free to distribute and disseminate the same sources as long as he correctly quotes the source of publication and these acts have no commercial purposes. The publication is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license ( CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 ).

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