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Author Guidelines

The Nigerian Bar Association Port Harcourt Journal calls for well- researched manuscripts for consideration. Manuscripts may include full research papers, case comments/reviews, legislative scrutiny and policy analysis of current issues of law, democratic governance, etc. Manuscript Submission Guidelines

  1. Manuscripts should be original, and it is the responsibility of the author(s) to ensure that they do not offend copyright laws.
  2. Manuscripts must not have been previously accepted for publication or published in other journals.
  3. Manuscript should be typed in Microsoft Word format in Times New Roman font size 12 with 1.5 line spacing in font size 10 in the footnotes.
  4. Manuscript should not exceed the following word limits (excluding footnotes):

    (a)  Full research manuscripts: 6000 words

    (b)  Shorter papers: 3500 words

    (c)  Case and statutory reviews: 2,000 words

  5. Manuscripts should also have an abstract of 200-250 words (indented on both sides) and should contain the essential elements of a quality abstract with maximum of 5 keywords.
  6. Contributors are to strictly abide by the NALT Uniform Citation Guide or OSCOLA (4th edn., 2012) numbered seriatim at the bottom of each page.
  7. Papers submitted for publication will be subjected to double—blind peer review.
  8. The Nigerian Bar Association Port Harcourt Journal retains copyrights for all published manuscripts. Contributors shall receive notification of receipt of papers and upon acceptance for publication, notification of acceptance via email provided below. All manuscripts should be submitted by email attachment to nbaportharcourtjournal@gmail.com
  9. Deadline for submission is the 30th day of March, 2026.

 

Signed:

Prof. C. E. Halliday
Editor-in-Chief
Nigerian Bar Association Port Harcourt Journal

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  1. Ensure that the following items are present:

    1. The submission file is in Microsoft Word document format.

    2. Email address, full postal address and telephone number(s) of the designated corresponding author.

    3. Keywords

    4. Captions of all Figures

    5. All Tables (including title, description and footnotes)

    6. Declaration of conflict of interest

Copyright Notice

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Editor-in-Chief. Manuscripts published do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Editorial board but that of the authors.

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