Persons interested in serving as book reviewers for the Journal should send an e-mail indicating their areas of expertise to one or both of the Book Review Editors - André Normandeau (for French books) at andre.normandeau@umontreal.ca or ccja-acjp@rogers.com or Joanna C. Jacob (for English books) at jcjacob@uwaterloo.ca.
Lists of books available for review are printed at the end of each issue. Persons interested in reviewing a particular book should contact the appropriate Book Review Editor (see above).
Submit all book reviews via e-mail in Microsoft Word or Wordperfect format to andre.normandeau@umontreal.ca or ccja-acjp@rogers.com for French book reviews or jcjacob@uwaterloo.ca for English book reviews. Authors should include the book review number (BkRev #) in the subject line of the email. The book review number will be found on the letter that accompanied the book as well as on one of the first pages of the book.
TIMELINE:
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Book reviews are due within three months of receipt of the book.
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LENGTH:
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Book review submissions should be approximately 600 words in length and not exceed three double-spaced pages.
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FORMAT:
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To minimize editorial formatting work, please use the same format as the existing book reviews. The review should be written in 12 point Arial font. The book being reviewed should be cited at the beginning of the review in 12 point Arial font, centred, and using boldface font as follows:
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Title
Edited by "first name initial last name" and "first name initial last name"
Place of publication: Publisher, year
For example:
Feminist Legal Theory
An Anti-Essentialist Reader
Edited by Nancy E. Dowd and Michelle S. Jacobs
New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, 2003
The reviewer should sign the review at the end with the following right-aligned format, e.g.
SANDRA J. SMITH
University of Toronto |
COPYRIGHT:
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By submitting the review, the author warrants that the review is original and accurate and is not under consideration or printed elsewhere. The reviewer grants the Journal exclusive rights to publish the review.
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EDITING:
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The Book Review Editor will edit the review to ensure that it conforms to the Journal’s publishing format. Some reviews require very few changes, other may require more. Once this editing process is completed, the reviewer will receive the edited review for final approval for publication or be notified of the formatting changes if they are considered to be very minor.
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PUBLICATION:
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Book reviews are published on the Journal’s website in association with an issue of the Journal, and are referenced in the print version of that issue. Reviewers will receive a complimentary copy of the print version of the Journal issue in which the review is referenced. Previously published book reviews are available at the Journal's website with the following URL: http://www.ccja-acjp.ca/en/cjcr.html
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