For Authors

- Papers must be submitted in Serbian, in Times New Roman font, size 12, and footnotes, as well as the marks for them in the text, in size 10. One footnote must not be longer than five lines.

- Manuscripts of articles cannot be longer than one page. One sheet is 16 pages of 28 lines with 66 characters in one line, i.e. 28,800 characters in the entire work.

Scientific and professional works must contain:

- The title of the article, which is written in capital letters in the middle of the first page, (font 14). The title should be as short as possible and explain the essence of the content of the article as clearly as possible.

- The name and surname of the author and his scientific affiliation (name of the institution where he is employed) are printed immediately below the title in the middle of the paper (font 12).

- An abstract with a brief overview of the content of the work (up to 20 lines) is written in italics (font 12) immediately below the name and scientific affiliation of the author. Next are keywords (up to 10 words).

- Intertitles in the text must not be longer than one line. They are written in the middle of the line in capital letters of size 12 and numbered with Arabic numerals. If there are several units within one intertitle, these units must have short titles that are written in the middle of the line in lowercase letters and indicated by the number of the intertitles and the designation of that unit. For example: 1.1 or 1.a, etc.

- The conclusion is at the end of the paper and must not be longer than 20 lines.

- After the conclusion, a list of used literature is given. The cited literature should, among other things, be from top international and domestic scientific journals, the most recent years, and the paper should be dominated by journal literature. The share of journal references, in terms of the ratio of the number of bibliographic units from scientific journals and the total number of sources used, should be at least 60%, and preferably over 80%. References are not translated into the language in which the article is written.

At the end of the article in English, the title of the article, the first and last name of the author and his scientific affiliation, a summary and keywords are written.

– All pages in the entire paper must be numbered.

The editors reserve the right to adapt the work to the general rules of magazine editing, graphic standards and Serbian language standards.

Delivery of works

manuscripts are submitted in electronic form, to the address:

spmisao@pf.unibl.org

Each manuscript reviews two anonymous reviewers, competent for the scientific area to which the work belongs.

The manuscript will be published if both reviews are positive.

The categorization of manuscripts is performed by the editorial, based on the providance of reviewers.

The journal Srpska pravna misao comes out once a year.

The works are received until August 30 for the edition of the journal published in the current year.

Fees for publishing an article

Journal Srpska pravna misao does not require the author to pay the processing costs for submitting or publishing the article.

 

CITATION RULES

I Citation of textbooks, scientific books, anthologies, doctoral dissertations, etc.

  1. When quoting a text from a book by one author, the following rules must be followed: first and last name of the author (comma) title of the book written in italics, in small brackets the place of publication (colon) of the publisher and the year of publication, and finally the number page from which the text is quoted.

Example:

Ljubomir Tadić, Philosophy in our time (Belgrade: Filip Višnjić, 1998), 35.

When the text of one author is cited for the first time, the full form is written, and in each subsequent case of citing the same author, the abbreviated form is written:

Tadić, Philosophy in his time, 35.

Example in citing literature at the end of the paper:

Tadic, Ljubomir. Philosophy in its time. Belgrade: Filip Višnjić, 1998.

If information is cited from the same page from the same work as in the previous footnote, the Latin abbreviation for ibidem is used in italics, with a period at the end (without specifying the author's last name and first name).

Example: Ibid.

If information is cited from the same work as in the previous footnote, but from a different page, the Latin abbreviation ibid is used, the corresponding page is indicated and a full stop is placed at the end.

Example: Ibid, 69.

 

  1. The text of two or three authors of one book is cited in such a way that the names and surnames of the authors are listed in the footnote, separating them with a comma and the conjunction "i" when citing the last author.

Example:

Dragan Lakićević, Božo Stojanović and Ilija Vujačić, Theoreticians of Liberalism (Belgrade: Službeni glasnik, 2007), 35.

In the abbreviated form, only the surnames of the authors are listed.

Short form:

Lakićević, Stojanović and Vujačić, Theoreticians of Liberalism, 35.

When citing the literature at the end of the paper, only the first author's last name is given, followed by the first name separated by a comma, and then the other authors as explained.

Example:

Lakićević, Dragan, Božo Stojanović and Ilija Vujacić. Theoreticians of liberalism. Belgrade: Official Gazette, 2007.

 

  1. A text with four or more authors is cited in such a way as to indicate the first author's name and surname using the abbreviation at the end "et al." ("et al." in English) in addition to the already written rule.

Example:

Vladimir Vodinelić et al., Media Law with the Model Law on Public Information (Belgrade: Belgrade Center for Human Rights, 1998), 35.

In the abbreviated form, only the surname of the first author and the abbreviation "et al." (et al.) are stated.

Short form:

Vodinelić et al., Media law with the model of the Law on Public Information, 35.

When citing the literature at the end of the paper, the names of all authors are given, and only the first author's first name is given, followed by the first name separated by a comma, and then the other authors as explained.

Example:

Vodinelić, Vladimir, Vladimir Đerić, Saša Gajin, Dušan Stojković and Miloš Živković. Media law with the model of the Law on Public Information. Belgrade: Belgrade Center for Human Rights, 1998.

 

  1. If the text of the book that has more editions, along with the already explained rules and examples, the edition number is written after the title.

Example:

Jasminka Hasanbegović, Perelman's legal logic as a new rhetoric, second edition (Belgrade: Dosije, 2006), 35.

Short form:

Hasanbegović, Perelman's legal logic as a new rhetoric, second edition, 35.

Example in citing literature at the end of the paper:

Hasanbegović, Jasminka. Perelman's Legal Logic as a New Rhetoric, Second Edition. Belgrade: Dosier, 2006.

 

  1. If the book is a collection of papers, the editor of that work is listed as the author and the word office is added to his name and surname. or adj.

Example:

Svetislav Taborosi, editor-in-chief Development of the Serbian legal system and harmonization with EU law, contributions to the 2007 project (Belgrade: Dosije, 2007), 35.

Short form:

Taborosi, adj. Development of the Serbian legal system and harmonization with EU law, contributions to the project, 35.

Example in citing literature at the end of the paper:

Taborosi, Svetislav, arr. Development of the Serbian legal system and harmonization with EU law, contributions to the 2007 project. Belgrade: Dosije, 2007.

 

  1. If the book is a translation, the information about the translator goes after the title.

Example:

John Rawls, Political Liberalism, translated by Ljiljana Nikolić (Belgrade: Filip Višnjić, 1998), 35.

Short form:

Rawls, Political Liberalism, 35.

Example in citing literature:

Rawls, John. Political liberalism, translated by Ljiljana Nikolić. Belgrade: Filip Višnjić, 1998.

 

  1. When quoting a text taken from a doctoral dissertation or master's thesis, write: first and last name of the author, title in quotation marks, doctoral dissertation in small brackets, name of the university, year. The abbreviated form and citation in the literature is written as already stated.

Example:

Nataša Mrvić, "Compensation for damage caused by a criminal act", (doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, 1991), 35.

Short form:

Mrvić, "Compensation for damage caused by a criminal act", 35.

Example in citing literature at the end of the paper:

Mrvić, Nataša. "Compensation for damage caused by a criminal act", doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, 1991.

 

II Citation of articles published in journals and anthologies or taken from scientific conferences

 

  1. 1. Articles published in scientific journals are cited by stating: name and surname of the author (comma) under quotation marks article title (comma) journal title (italic), year of publication (only in Arabic numerals), number or volume (year): page.

Example:

Branka Babović, "The right to a trial within a reasonable time and civil proceedings", Law and Economy, Journal of Legal and Economic Theory and Practice, 50, 7-9 (2013): 35.

Short form:

Babović, "The right to a trial within a reasonable time and civil proceedings", 35.

Example in citing literature at the end of the paper:

Babović, Branka. "The right to a trial within a reasonable time and civil proceedings", Law and Economy, Journal of Legal and Economic Theory and Practice, 50,7-9 (2013): pages.

 

  1. If it is a matter of quoting the text of a scientific article from a collection of works, the following should be written: name and surname of the author (comma) under quotation marks title of the article (comma) conjunction in the name of the collection in italics (comma) if possible, also mention the name and surname of the editor and write abbreviated office. place of publication, publisher and year in small brackets.

Example:

Olga Jović, "Marriage contract versus legal property regime", in Actuality of Civil and Commercial Legislation and Legal Practice, ed. Vesna Kazazić (Neum: Law Faculty of the University of Mostar, 2011), 35.

Short form:

Jović, "Marriage contract versus legal property regime", 35.

Example in citing literature at the end of the paper:

Jovic, Olga. "Marriage contract versus legal property regime", in Actuality of Civil and Commercial Legislation and Legal Practice, ed. Vesna Kazazic, 25-46. Neum: Faculty of Law, University of Mostar, 2011.

 

  1. The cited text taken at conferences, congresses or scientific gatherings is indicated by writing the name and surname of the author of the presentation, the title of the paper in quotation marks in small brackets, the material taken at the name of the meeting and the date of the meeting

 

III Citation of literature in electronic format

  1. 1. For electronic books, the URL or the name of the database where the book is located is indicated. For other types of e-books, the format is specified (eg e-pub, mobi, azw). If no page numbers are marked in the book, the title of the section or chapter is indicated (or simply omitted).

Example:

  1. Jurgen Basedow, Toshiyuki Kono, Axel Metzger, Intellectual Property in the Global Arena – Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, and the Recognition of Judgments in Europe, Japan and the US (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010), 223.

http://www2.ciando.com/ebook/bid-2169591-intellectual-property-in-the-global-arena-jurisdiction-applicable-law-and-the-recognition-of-judgments-in-europe-japan- and-the-us.html

  1. Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders' Constitution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987), chapter 10, http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.
  2. Brooke Borel, The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016), 92, ProQuest Library.
  3. Jules Stuyck, Commercial and Economic Law in the European Union: 2ndEdition (Alphen aan den Rijn: Walters Kluwer, 2019), Chapter 4, Kindle.

Short form:

  1. Basedow, Kono, Metzger, Intellectual Property in the Global Arena, 225-7.
  2. Kurland and Lerner, Founders' Constitution, Chapter 4.
  3. Borel, Fact-Checking, 104–5.
  4. Stuyck, Commercial and Economic Law in the EU, chapter 4.

 

 

  1. Citation of scientific monographs that are available in electronic format and articles from online journals is the same as for printed editions, except that location information is added in the form of a URL address or the name of the database along with the date of access to that database.

Write the name and surname of the author, editor or editor, the title of the monograph, dissertation or chapter for the purpose of locating the quoted text in as much detail as possible (page numbers are sometimes not visible in electronic editions), the URL address or the name of the database and the date of access to that electronic source. If the article has its own DOI mark (Digital Object Identifier), it should be written instead of the URL. The date of access to the article should be written after the URL or DOI tag.

Example:

Andreja Katancevic, "Bona fides as a condition of usukapiya in classical Roman law" (doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, 2012), 35, http://doiserbia.nb.rs/phd/fulltext/BG20130618KATANCEVIC.pdf, accessed 18.10. .2017

Short form:

Andreja Katančević, "Bona fides as a condition of acceptance in classical Roman law", 35.

Example in citing literature at the end of the paper:

Katancevic, Andreja, "Bona fides as a condition of usukapiya in classical Roman law" (doctoral dissertation, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, 2012), http://doiserbia.nb.rs/phd/fulltext/BG20130618KATANCEVIC.pdf, accessed 18.10. 2017

If it is a periodical, write the author's name and surname, the title of the article in quotation marks, the name of the magazine (in italics), the year of publication (only in Arabic numerals), the number or volume (year), the page number, the URL address or the name of the database and date of access to that electronic resource.

Example:

Milena Polojac, "Roman society in the latest literature", Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, 54, no. 2 (2006), 35, http://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%265012&page=8&sort=8&stype=0&backurl=%2Fissue.aspx%3Fissue%3D5012, accessed 18.10.2017.

Short form:

Milena Polojac, "Roman society in the latest literature", 35.

Example in citing literature at the end of the paper:

Polojac, Milena, "Roman society in the latest literature", Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, 54, no. 2 (2006), http://scindeks.ceon.rs/article.aspx?query=ISSID%26and%265012&page=8&sort=8&stype=0&backurl=%2Fissue.aspx%3Fissue%3D5012 , accessed 18.10.2017.

 

  1. The content of the website can be cited in the text:

For example: ("On May 1, 2017, the website of the Faculty of Law stated...")

Website content can be cited in a footnote as follows:

  1. A) If the website offers information about the date of publication or changes, that date is indicated.

For example: “Privacy Policy,” Privacy & Terms, Google, last modified April 17, 2017, https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

Short citation: Google, “Privacy Policy.”

  1. B) If the website does not offer data from point A), the date of access to the website is indicated.

For example: "About the Faculty: Our History," Faculty of Law, University of Banja Luka, accessed September 4, 2019, https://pf.unibl.org/nasa-istorija/.

Abbreviated reference: "Our history."

 

IV Citation of regulations and court practice

 

  1. The regulations are listed by their full name, then the newspaper in which the regulation was published (in italics), the number/year of publication is listed. The article, paragraph and point of the regulation are denoted by the abbreviations art., para., and point.

Example:

Law on Compulsory Insurance in Traffic, Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 82/2015, Art. 3rd st. 2.

Short form:

Law on Compulsory Traffic Insurance, Art. 3rd st. 2.

Example in citing literature at the end of the paper:

Law on Compulsory Insurance in Traffic, Official Gazette of the Republic of Srpska, no. 82/2015.

 

  1. Citation of court decisions should contain as complete data as possible (type and number of the decision, date of publication in which it was published). If it is published in a periodical publication, the name of the publication is written in italics, followed by the place of publication, publication number and year of publication.

Example:

Judgment of the Federal Court, Gzs no. 43/2000 of 28.12.2000. year Bulletin of judicial practice of the Federal Court of the FRY, Belgrade, no. 49, 2001.