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.
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:
Colin Fenwick, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010.
c.fenwick@unimelb.edu.au
Reports:
John Howe, Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, VIC 3010.
j.howe@unimelb.edu.au
Legislative Developments:
Jill Murray, School of Law, LaTrobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3086.
Jill.Murray@latrobe.edu.au
Recent Cases:
Joellen Riley, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, NSW 2000.
joellen.riley@unsw.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, Victoria 3086.
a.o'donnell@latrobe.edu.au
Chris Arup
Justice A J Boulton
Adrian Brooks
Anna Chapman
Amanda Coulthard
Breen Creighton
Justice P R A Gray
Justice C N Jessup
Richard Johnstone
Ronald McCallum
Justice J P McCusker
Richard Naughton
Margaret Otlowski
Marilyn Pittard
J W Shaw QC
Graham Smith
Andrew Stewart
Editors
Mr Colin Fenwick - University of Melbourne
Professor Joellen Riley - University of New South Wales
Mr Anthony Forsyth- Monash University
Student Editorial Assistants
Ms Hassiba Ahmar - University of Melbourne
Catherine Dow - University of Melbourne
Mr Michael Keks University of Melbourne
Ms Colette Downie - University of Melbourne
Ms Madeleine Johnston University of Melbourne
Ms Jessica Liang University of Melbourne
Ms Sue Zhang University of Melbourne
Ms Suzanne Zhou University of Melbourne
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 an editor or 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. 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 (italics)
- 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.