i. Papers should be sent to the email revistadederecho@ucsc.cl, with a copy to the email fmacalusso@ucsc.cl.
ii. The reference should indicate “Submit work and its nature (article, essay, comment on jurisprudence or review) to the UCSC Journal of Law”
iii. It must indicate the name of the author and the discipline in which the work is presented.
iv. By submitting the work to the UCSC Journal of Law, the author agrees to: a) Not to submit it simultaneously or after submission for consideration by other periodicals; b) Declares that he knows and respects the rules and editorial policies of the Journal; c) The assignment to the Journal of the reproduction rights once its publication has been admitted, the author retaining full ownership of the work, responding to the Journal for any infringement of intellectual or industrial property laws; d) Knowledge and adherence to the conditions established in the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International license.
v. The work should be accompanied by the commitment letter that you can download here
2. Guidelines for Authors:
i. General manuscript filing requirements
A. Format: The works must be presented in letter size text, with a margin of 3 cm for all pages, single spacing, Times New Roman font 12 for the body, and 10 for the notes. Sections should be divided into Roman numerals, then capital letters, followed by Arabic numerals. Italics will be used for foreign language quotes and words.
B. Author affiliation: Papers must contain complete information regarding the affiliation of the authors. You must indicate the full name under the title and, at the bottom, the institution to which it belongs, email and postal address..
ii. Bibliographic references
A. Papers must conform to the standards NCh1143.Of1999 Documentation – Bibliographic references – Content, form and structure. Equivalent to ISO 690 standard.
B. Abbreviated bibliographic references should be added by footnotes, in accordance with the examples provided:
i. An author: Surname (in small caps), year of the work (in parentheses), page: Vidal (2011), p. 20.
ii. Two authors: Surname, separated by “and”, according to the previous reference: De la Maza and Vidal (2018), p. 200.
iii. Three or more authors: Last name of the first, followed by et al, according to previous reference: Vidal et al (2020), p. 240.
iv. If there are several works by the same author, of the same year, a correlative letter shall be identified next to the year, in alphabetical order: Corral (2008a), p. 10; Corral (2008b), p. 10.
v. The rules should be quoted abbreviated, as in the example: Law No. 19.496 of 1997.
vi. Abbreviated Jurisprudence: Roque con Santa Cruz (2010).
c. Complete references at the end of the job:
i. All references should be included in the “Bibliography”, at the end of the work, according
ii. Book reference: Author (surname, in small caps, first name, no small caps), year of publication: Publication title, in italics, edition number, except the first (Place of publication, publisher), volume or tome: Corral Talciani, Hernán (2004): Lessons in Tort Liability, 2nd edition (Santiago, Editorial Jurídica de Chile). Abeliuk Manasevic, René (2014): Las Obligaciones, 6th updated edition (Santiago, Editorial Jurídica de Chile), t. II..
iii. Translations: Author (surname, in small caps, first name, no small caps), year of publication: Publication title, in italics, edition number, except the first (Translation, Place of publication, publisher), volume or tome: Le Tourneau, Philippe (2004): La Responsabilidad Civil (Translation by Javier Tamayo, Bogotá, Editorial Temis).
iv. Book chapters: Author (surname, in small caps, name, without small caps), year of publication: “Title of the book chapter”, in: surname, name of the person in charge (director, coordinator), Title of the work in italics (Place of publication, editorial): San Martin Neira, Lilian (2017): “Relationship between predictability and creditor fault as delimiting factors of contractual liability”, in: Schopf Olea, Adrián and Marín González, Juan Carlos (editors), The public and the private in Law. Studies in tribute to Professor Enrique Barros Bourie (Santiago, Thomson Reuters).
v. Journal Article: Author (surname, in small caps, name, without small caps), year of publication: “Article title”, in: Journal title in italics (journal number or volume): Severin Fuster, Gonzalo (2018): “The right to unilateral withdrawal of the client in the regulation of service contracts of the Chilean Civil Code, with special reference to article 1999”, in: Ius et Praxis (vol. 24 no. 2).
vi. Cited standards: The standards should be listed, at the end of the work, after the bibliography, in chronological order and category of standards, according to the following example: Law No. 19,496, on protection of consumer rights, March 7, 1997 .
vii. Cited jurisprudence: The complete reference of the jurisprudence must be incorporated following the example: Rojas Gaete, Cesar and others with Banco Santander Chile (2016): Santiago Appeals Court, of December 19, 2016, roll 122.306-16, MJJ48157.
iii. Copyright Notices
a. Rights transferred. The contributor transfers to the UCSC Journal of Law, the reproduction rights of his manuscript once its publication is admitted. Consequently, the author authorizes the Journal to publish the work, distribute it, sell it, license it and reproduce it throughout the world and in all media and formats. The Magazine is empowered to publish the work by graphic, magnetic, electronic means and by all other known or unknown means, the publication method used being left to its decision. The authorization also contemplates the power of the Journal to make derivative works in general –such as abbreviations, summaries or translations for publication–, in addition to distributing it both in Chile and abroad.
B. Other rights transferred. The contributor also grants the following attributions to the UCSC Journal of Law: i) Make editorial changes to the manuscript that are necessary to adjust it to the publication standards of the Journal, as well as those established by the bibliographic databases and indexing in which the University participates or will participate in the future; ii) Create or modify abstracts or extracts of the manuscript, Spanish or other languages, and edit and publish them in the manner described in the preceding literal; iii) Determine the type of printing, format, type of paper, binding and other physical characteristics of the manuscript, both in physical, electronic or digital supports that exist today or will be developed in the future; iv) Carry out promotional and publicity activities for the manuscript; v) Use the author’s name for the purpose of promoting the manuscript.
c. Copyright. The author retains full ownership of the work. As a consequence, he has the right to be identified as the author of the work in each and every one of the publications made of it by the UCSC Journal of Law. The author will have the right to a copy of the magazine and to the number of reprints determined by the Directorate.
