Australian Journal of Labour Law
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The Australian Journal of Labour Law is published by LexisNexis in three issues per year. The Journal is designed to be of service both to the academic 
community and to practitioners in labour relations law and labour relations.
The Journal seeks to publish articles, notes and comments, and detailed commentaries on recent cases and legislation in the field of labour law. Articles may deal with an area of labour law in an analytical, theoretical or empirical fashion. Contributions detailing or analysing the importance of recent developments in labour law, or dealing with issues of policy and reform are also welcomed. The Journal is controlled by an Editorial Committee following a formal process of peer review.
Although the primary focus of the Journal is on Australian labour law, articles and contributions on overseas developments will be accepted for publication where they are of wide general interest, or of relevance to the Australian situation.
Editors of the Journal are:
Anna Chapman - University of Melbourne
Anthony Forsyth - Monash University
Joellen Riley - University of Sydney
The Australian Journal of Labour Law participates, along with several foreign labour law journals, in a consortium for the exchange and publication of international labour law materials. The other members of the consortium are:
Análisis Laboral, Peru
Arbeit und Recht, Germany
Australian Journal of Labor Law, Australia
Bulletin de Droit Comparé du Travail et de la Securité Sociale, France
Bulletin on Comparative Labour Relations, Belgium
Canadian Labour and Employment Law Journal, Canada
Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal, USA
Diritti lavori mercati, Italy
Europäische Zeitschrift für Arbeitsrecht (EuZA), Germany
Giornale di Diritto del lavoro e relazioni industriali, Italy
Industrial Law Journal, United Kingdom
Industrial Law Journal, South Africa
International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations, The Netherlands
International Labour Review, ILO
Japan Labor Review, Japan
Labour Society and Law, Israel
Lavoro e Diritto, Italy
Relaciones Laborales, Spain
Revista de Derecho Social, Spain
Revue de Droit du Travail, France
Zeitschrift für ausländisches und internationales Arbeits- und Sozialrecht, Germany
For more information about the International Association of Labour Law Journals please visit their website - www.labourlawjournals.com.
Call for Papers for the Marco Biagi Award
To stimulate scholarly activity and broaden academic interest in comparative labour and employment law, the International Association of Labour Law Journals announces a Call for Papers for the Marco Biagi Award. The award is named in honor of the late Marco Biagi, a distinguished labour lawyer, victim of terrorism because of his civil commitment and one of the founders of the Association The Call is addressed to doctoral students, advanced professional students, and academic researchers in the early stage of their careers.
- The Call requests papers concerning comparative and/or international labour or employment law and employment relations, broadly conceived. Research of an empirical nature within the Call’s purview is most welcome.
- Submissions will be evaluated by an academic jury to be appointed by the Association.
- Papers accepted by the jury will be assured publication in a member journal.
- Papers may be submitted preferably in English, but French, or Spanish are admitted. The final version should not significantly exceed 50.000 types spaces which amounts to twenty printed pages.
- The author or authors of the papers selected by the jury will be invited to present the work at the Association’s 2010 meeting in the United Kingdom. Efforts are being undertaken to attach an honarium and travel expenses for the presentation of the paper. Until that effort bears fruit, however, the Association hopes that home institutional funds would be available to support the researcher’s presentation.
- The deadline for submission is April 30, 2010. Submissions should be transmitted electronically via the Comparative Labor Law & Policy Journal at ballmes@law.uiuc.edu and Lavoro e diritto at lavoroediritto@unife.it or annarita.tinti@unibo.it
For general queries, please email law-ajll@unimelb.edu.au
Inquiries regarding subscriptions or particular issues of the Journal should be directed to the Product Manager, Australian Journal of Labour Law, LexisNexis,Locked Bag 2222, Chatswood Delivery Centre, Chatswood NSW 2067, or by visiting www.lexisnexis.com.au
Contributions and correspondence concerning the various sections of the Journal's activities should be addressed as follows:
Articles:
Anna Chapman, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010.
Reports:
Joo-Cheong Tham, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010.
j.tham@unimelb.edu.au
and
Emily Long, Minter Ellison Lawyers
emlong@gmail.com
Legislative Developments:
Carolyn Sutherland, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, PO Box 197, Caulfield East, VIC 3145.
Carolyn.Sutherland@buseco.monash.edu.au
Recent Cases:
Shae McCrystal, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, NSW 2000.
s.mccrystal@usyd.edu.au
or
Amanda Coulthard, Faculty of Law, Bond University, University Drive, Robina QLD 4229
acoultha@bond.edu.au
Practice and Procedure:
Tom Dixon, State Chambers, Level 36, Colonial Centre, Martin Place, Sydney, NSW 2000.
tom.dixon@statechambers.net.au;
or
Paul O'Grady, C/- Clerk H, 205 William Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000.
paul.ogrady@vicbar.com.au.
Book Reviews:
Anthony O'Donnell, Lecturer, La Trobe Law, La Trobe University, VIC 3086.
a.o'donnell@latrobe.edu.au
Editors:
Anna Chapman - University of Melbourne
Anthony Forsyth - Monash University
Joellen Riley - University of Sydney
Associate Editor:
Catherine Dow - University of Melbourne
Student Editorial Assistants:
Mizu Ardra - University of Melbourne
Kirsty Corby - University of Melbourne
Colette Downie - University of Melbourne
Hui Chi Goh - University of Melbourne
Zoe Edwards - University of Melbourne
Longzen Han - University of Melbourne
Michael Keks - University of Melbourne
William Leung - University of Melbourne
Courtney Mclennan - University of Melbourne
Joel Silver - University of Melbourne
Matt Toner - University of Melbourne
Julie Zhou - University of Melbourne
Editorial Committee:
Snr Dep Pres J M Acton
Josh Bornstein
Justin Bourke
Cath Bowtell
Sean Cooney
Colin Fenwick
Bill Ford
Justice P R A Gray
Natalie James
Richard Johnstone
Louise Keats
Ronald McCallum
Jill Murray
Graeme Orr
Rosemary Owens
Marilyn Pittard
Belinda Smith
Graham Smith
Andrew Stewart
Justice M J Walton
Style Guidelines
In preparing material for submission of articles, authors should be guided by the following points:
1. Manuscript Presentation All article manuscripts should be emailed as a Microsoft Word document to law-ajll@unimelb.edu.au. Case notes and other short pieces should be emailed direct to the appropriate section editor. Electronic submissions need not be accompanied by paper copies.
2. Title Each manuscript should have a title which is both succinct and descriptive.
3. Abstract An abstract of no more than 150 words must be supplied at the beginning of each article. The abstract should briefly outline the structure and content of the article and summarise its conclusions.
4. Footnotes These should be numbered consecutively throughout and appear at the foot of the page. All bibliographical details, case citations etc should be contained in the footnotes and not in the text. Footnotes should not be used to make substantive points.
5. In making editorial decisions we prefer a maximum word length for articles of 10,000 words (including footnotes), and section contributions of 3,500 words (including footnotes).
6. References and Citations
Cases The full citation of a case should always be used when a case is first mentioned eg Smith v Brown (1983) 6 ALR 100 or Smith v Brown [1972] 2 All ER 100. Note that full points should not be used. Media neutral citations, where applicable, should be included.
- Where a case is mentioned frequently it may be given an abbreviated title, eg Smith's case.
- Page references other than to the initial page in reports are preceded by 'at', eg Smith v Brown [1972] 2 All ER 100 at 106, or at 106-7.
- A reference to the footnote of the initial citation may be used when subsequently referring to a citation, eg, above n 3, at 108.
Books
- Initial references to books are as follows: E Sykes, Labour Law in Australia, Vol 1, Butterworths, Sydney, 1980, p 2.
- Subsequent references should appear as: Sykes, above n 3, p 43.
Chapters within Books
- R R S Tracey, 'Individual Rights in Industry', in D W Rawson and C Fisher (Eds), Changing Industrial Law, Croom Helm, Sydney, 1984, p 10.
Journal Articles
- Initial references to journal articles are as follows, M Christie, 'Legal Duties and Liabilities of Federal Union Officials' (1986) 15 MULR 591. Page references other than to the initial page are preceded by 'at' eg, '591 at 594'. Note that journal names and abbreviations should be italicised.
- Subsequent references should appear as: Christie, above n 5, at 594.
Legislation
- Initial references are to short title, for example, Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904 (Cth).
- Subsequent references may be descriptive, for example, Conciliation and Arbitration Act.
6. Capitals Capital letters should be kept to a minimum and used primarily when referring to proper nouns eg, Supreme Court of NSW or the Human Rights Commission, and thereafter, eg court, commission.
7. Autobiographical Notes Authors are requested to supply details of their full name, academic qualifications and current position as part of the first footnote.
8. Numbers For spans of numbers use as few figures as possible, but do not abbreviate numbers between 10 and 19 eg, 28-9, 230-1, 340-51, but 10-11, 214-215.
9. Language Authors are advised that the preferred language style is gender-neutral plain English. Latin and foreign phrases should be kept to a minimum and not used where an English-language alternative is appropriate eg, 'above' rather than 'supra'.
10. Graphics The use of graphics, tables and flow charts should be kept to a minimum.