University of Bologna Law Review

The Submission Rules 2.2 and 2.3 have been updated.

2.2

Starting from the Volume 10.2/2025 the word count for the Journal Editorial Sections will be:

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• Articles and Essays (min. 6,000- max. 40,000 words)
• Notes (min. 2,000 - max. 6,000 words)
• Conference Papers (min.2,000 - max.10,000 words)

Authors are invited to take into account that the article metadata, author's metadata, references* and footnotes must be excluded from the word count.

*The Journal accepts footnotes, only. Endnotes are not accepted. The Bibliography must be included  into footnotes.

2.3

During the submission process, Author(s) must include in a separate file (Disclaimer): 

(updated in bold)

• Author's name and surname (for each author, in case of co-authorship);
• Current institutional role / professional activity (for each author, in case of co-authorship);
• An e-mail address (the corresponding author's email address, in case of co-authorship);
• Current institutional/professional affiliations (for each author, in case of co-authorship);
• A statement concerning any supporting agencies, source of research funding or other institutional support that facilitated the research;
• A Competing Interest (CI) statement (for each author, in case of co-authorship);
• A cover letter (optional);

Submissions which do not comply with the Publication rules (2.2 and 2.3) will be promptly rejected by the Journal (Desk rejection) and they may be re-submitted during the Call for Papers terms, only. 

The Editorial Office remains at Authors' disposal for any kind of doubt or information.