The Asian Business Lawyer (ABL)

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The Asian Business Lawyer welcomes unsolicited submission of articles as well as notes and comments.
Manuscripts should be formatted as Microsoft Word documents, and citations should be included as footnotes in accordance with the Bluebook. The editorial staff does not conduct systematic fact checks and relies on authors to ensure the accuracy of their statements.
Pieces are accepted during two submissions windows: fall issue(November 30) and spring issue(May 31) submissions.
The Asian Business Lawyer retains all copyrights to published articles and assumes no responsibility for manuscripts submitted.
The basic objective of this journal is to publish articles and research notes that provide insights into the legal impacts of business law in global society.

SUBMISSION OF A MANUSCRIPT TO THE ASIAN BUSINESS LAWYER

Anybody submitting a manuscript for The Asian Business Lawyer should submit to the publication editor of the Asian Business Lawyer a manuscript before March 31 for the spring issue, and the September 30 for the fall issue.
Any questions or submissions of manuscripts should be directed to the Publishing Editor of the Asian Business Lawyer at the Legal Research Institute of Korea University in person in Anam-dong 5ga, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 136-701, South Korea, by e-mail at abl_articles@korea.ac.kr.

PAGE FORMAT AND LAYOUT

The manuscript should be prepared with Microsoft Word, accompanied by an abstract, and a minimum of five key words on the front page. You should also include a bibliography on the last page.

  1. Cover page
    The cover page is presented as the first page of the manuscript, containing the following information: (1) the title of the paper; (2) the name(s) and institutional affiliation(s) of positions held by the author(s); (3) an abstract of no more than 200 words; (4) a minimum of five key words. A footnote on the same page should indicate the full name, address, e-mail address, telephone, and fax numbers of the corresponding author.

  2. Font
    A single font must be used throughout the paper with the only exceptions being in tables, graphs, and appendices. Standard font size for text is 12 points (no font smaller than 10 points will be accepted). Please note that Times New Roman is strongly preferred.

  3. Body Text Formatting
    The body text of the paper contains headings, sub-headings, pictures, diagrams, tables, figures, formulae and other relevant information.

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