European Data Protection Law Review

SUBMISSION

Submissions should be sent only through EDPL’s Scholastica submission form. Submissions sent by email will not be considered. If you do not have an account yet, please sign-up here.
Upon submission, authors agree to Lexxion’s Terms and Conditions, Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement and to these Author Guidelines. The full texts can be accessed here.

ARTICLES

EDPL accepts submissions of excellent quality only. Responsibility for the factual accuracy of a paper rests entirely with the author. All publications must clearly distinguish themselves from the status quo of discussions among the informed data protection community – in particular through sufficiently broad referencing (as footnotes) – and provide an added value to those discussions. Contributions should not have been published, nor be pending publication elsewhere.
Every article that is submitted will undergo the process of double- blind peer review where the accuracy, quality and relevance of the text will be evaluated.

1. Headings and Article Structure

Articles should be around 4000 – 10000
words (including footnotes) in length (MS Word
Format). All contributions use footnotes, but not a list of references.
Each article should start with a short abstract (without heading) of five to six sentences, heading level I. should be an introduction.
The headings should be structured as follows:
H1: I.
H2: 1.
H3: a.
H4: aa.
Articles should be submitted in British English.
Tables should be included intext of the manuscript.

2. Citations and References

The journal follows OSCOLA (Oxford Standard Citation for Legal Authorities), which can be downloaded at http://www.law.ox.ac.uk/publications/oscola.php.

REPORTS

EDPL reports can take the form of either (i) flash news or a (ii) perspective report.

(i)Flash news contribution are meant to give readers a brief overview regarding news of particular interest (normative, judicial, academic and practical developments in pre-defined policy areas and themes at the interface of science and law). In light of their quasi-journalistic nature, they should be concise and not more than 3000 words.

(ii) Perspective reports, on the other hand, should consist of a more detailed contribution, which should both highlight a topic of particular interest and provide readers with some critical and personal comments. In this case, just an embryonic bibliography is required and articles should be between 2000 and 3500 words.
Please note that submission of a manuscript does not guarantee publication. Responsibility of the factual accuracy of a paper rest entirely with the author. The manuscript must also be complete and final in terms of formulation and factual information so that no major corrections–
only of typesetting errors or the like– will be necessary after typesetting, when an edited version will be returned to the author. Authors whose first language is not English should however ensure that their final draft is carefully spellchecked, preferably by a native speaker of English, for accuracy. Subsequent requests for corrections cannot be processed. The author will receive a free copy of the issue after printing.
Regarding citations, references, and style points, please refer to the Articles section.

CASE NOTES

A typical case note in the EDPL should not exceed 2000–3000 words in length. The case note’s overall structure shall be divided into the Facts, the Judgment and the Comment. We encourage all authors to place emphasis on the ‘Comment’ section which should be used to offer critical insight and analysis. Although it is important to describe the case, this should not make up the majority of your contribution.

BOOK REVIEWS

The EDPL accepts submissions of book reviews. Authors can submit two types of reviews.
(i) Standard Book Reviews – should be approximately 1500 words long, detail the contribution of the book, in particular its added value for this publication’s audience, and provide a critical appraisal of whether the book’s aims and objectives are met.

(ii) Critical Book Review Essays – should be approximately 3000 words long and in addition to detailing the book’s contribution, in particular its added value for the publication’s audience, they should also assess critically the book’s arguments focusing on key theoretical or philosophical perspectives.