International Trade and Business Law Review

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Founded in 1995, the International Trade and Business Law Review (ITBLR) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles, case notes, comments, and book reviews on international trade, business law, investment, commercial arbitration, and governance and regulation.  The ITBLR provides a platform for rigorous and thought-provoking scholarly and policy debates on international trade and business, encouraging among others, interdisciplinary scholars and emerging voices from all over the world.

The ITBLR was founded by Professor Gabriël A. Moens, Emeritus Professor of Law, The University of Queensland; Adjunct Professor of Law, Curtin University, Australia, and The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney. Professor Moens has recently transitioned as the Emeritus Editor-in-Chief.

The ITBLR is now edited by the Curtin Law School. The Editor-in-Chief is Curtin Law School’s Dean of Law, Professor Robert Cunningham and General Editors are Dr Sharmin Tania and Dr Mostafa Haider. The ITBLR also utilises a Student Editorial Board and comprises an International Advisory Board of eminent national and international scholars.

Board information

Founder and Emeritus Editor-in-Chief

Professor Gabriël A. Moens Emeritus Professor of Law, The University of Queensland; Adjunct Professor of Law, Curtin University, and The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney.

Editor-in-Chief

Professor Robert Cunningham

Editors

Dr Sharmin Tania

Dr Mostafa Haider

Editorial Board

Members of the Student Editorial Board

International Editorial Advisory Board

  • Professor Philip Evans, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Perth
  • Professor Henry Deeb Gabriel, Elon University, North Carolina
  • Professor Luke Nottage, The University of Sydney, Sydney
  • Professor Dale Pinto, Curtin University, Perth
  • Dr Kashan Pirzada, Universiti Utara Malaysia
  • Dr Rajesh Sharma, RMIT University, Melbourne
  • Professor Binwu Qin, Xiangtan University Law School, P R China

Author guidelines

Editorship of the International Trade and Business Law Review (ITBLR)

The Founder of the ITBLR is Professor Gabriël A Moens, Emeritus Professor of Law University of Queensland, Professor of Law, Curtin University, Australia. The Editor-in-Chief is Professor Robert Cunningham, Dean and Head of Curtin Law School. The Editors are Dr Sharmin Tania and Dr Mostafa Haider. The Editor-in-Chief is assisted by members of the International Editorial Advisory Board.

Submissions

The ITBLR will publish articles of up to 10,000 words in length. There is no prescribed number of articles for each issue of the ITBLR. All submissions should be made by email in double spaced 12 point Times font. An Abstract of approximately 200 words should be submitted on a separate page. Submissions for publication are welcomed at any time during the year. All submissions and correspondence should be sent to:

Dr Mostafa Haider/ Dr Sharmin Tania
Editors
International Trade and Business Law Review (ITBLR)
Curtin Law School
Curtin University of Technology
GPO Box U1987
Perth, Western Australia 6845 Australia

Or

ITBLR@curtin.edu.au

Refereeing

All submissions to the ITBLR are subject to a double-blind peer review by appropriate specialists in the field.

Copyright

Copyright in articles published in the ITBLR remains with the author. The author will be asked to sign a Copyright Licence Agreement before an article can be published.

Style Guide

It is advised that all ITBLR authors familiarise themselves with the Australian Guide to Legal Citation 4th edition (AGLC Guide 4th Edition). In particular, authors should note that ITBLR has adopted the AGLC Guide 4th Edition as its style guide for referencing.

Images, Charts & Figures

The better the resolution, the better the printed result will be. Images, charts and figures should be submitted as separate files either as .eps or similar files, or at high resolution (300 DPI) in commonly-used forms such as .pdf, .jpeg or .tiff.

 

Endnote

If authors have used EndNote or similar referencing software, the field codes should not be live. For EndNote, use the ‘Remove field codes’ command.

Track Changes

Before submitting, remember to ‘accept’ all of the changes in the document that you (as the author) agree with during the review process.

Submission Requirements

For submission to the ITBLR, authors are required to comply with the Duties of Authors as stated in the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement for the ITBLR here.