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 relevance to the Australian situation.
Editors of the Journal are:
Anna Chapman - University of Melbourne
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.
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
emjlong@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:
Amanda Coulthard, Faculty of Law, Bond University, University Drive, Robina QLD 4229
acoultha@bond.edu.au
or
Joel Fetter
joel.fetter@gmail.com
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:
Jill Murray, Associate Professor, La Trobe Law, La Trobe University, VIC 3086.
jill.murray@latrobe.edu.au
Editors:
Anna Chapman - University of Melbourne
Joellen Riley - University of Sydney
Associate Editor:
Tess Hardy - University of Melbourne
Student Editorial Assistants:
Lyndal Ablett - University of Melbourne
Sarah Castles - University of Melbourne
Terry Dao - University of Melbourne
Tom Fooks - University of Melbourne
Hui Chi Goh - University of Melbourne
Longzhen Han - University of Melbourne
Jesse Jager - University of Melbourne
Andrew Kemp - University of Melbourne
Jack Lang - University of Melbourne
Anna Mendoca - University of Melbourne
Mary Quinn - University of Melbourne
Caitlin Walsh - University of Melbourne
Editorial Committee:
Snr Dep Pres J M Acton
Gordon Anderson
Josh Bornstein
Justin Bourke
Cath Bowtell
Sean Cooney
Keith Ewing
Colin Fenwick
Bill Ford
Anthony Forsyth
Judy Fudge
Justice P R A Gray
John Howe
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 an article, authors should be guided by the following points:
1. Where an earlier version of a submission has been published as a working paper or conference paper, the Journal will only proceed with the submission where it is significantly different to the earlier working paper or conference paper.
2. 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.
3. Title Each manuscript should have a title which is both succinct and descriptive.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Word length policy In making editorial decisions we prefer a maximum word length for articles of 10,000 words (including footnotes), and section contributions of 3,500 up to 5,000 words (including footnotes).
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Autobiographical Notes Authors are requested to supply details of their full name and current position as part of the first footnote.
10. 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.
11. 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'.
12. Graphics The use of graphics, tables and flow charts should be kept to a minimum.
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