Note and acknowledgment to the Authors
Welcome to the website of the Portuguese Review of Constitutional Law.
We take the opportunity of your visit to thank you for your curiosity on the Review, in the expectation that it may spark your interest in contributing as an author.
Prior to submitting any article (by email to be sent to rpdc.aatric@gmail.com), we recommend consulting the Editorial Charter and the By-laws of the Review, which are available here, in order to confirm your interest and the opportunity in submitting it for publication in the PRCL.
To the exception of those published in the inaugural issue of the Review and of those corresponding to oral presentations delivered at the invitation of the AATRIC in its yearly seminars on constitutional jurisprudence, all contributions published in the PRCL are subject to peer-reviewing, the anonymity of both authors and peer-reviewers being ensured by the Board of Directors of the Review.
Finally, the Review invites you to take into consideration the rules of style that must be observed in preparing your contribution.
We look forward to receiving your proposal and will write back at the earliest possibility.
Style and other guidelines
1. Content: authors should submit their proposals in Word format or equivalent, indicating the title (and, should there be one, the subtitle) of the piece, followed by an abstract (in Portuguese and English) and seven keywords identifying the subject(s) covered.
2. Word count: the body of the contribution should range between a minimum of 7000 and a maximum of 12000 words; the abstract should not exceed 200 words.
3. Language: the PRCL publishes contributions in Portuguese, English, French, Italian and Spanish; abstracts are published in Portuguese and in English.
4. Orthography: for contributions in Portuguese, authors may deploy the writing system set out in the 1990 Agreement (in force since 2009), explicit mention being made in a footnote to that effect.
5. Citation model:
Book (Monograph): Name Surname (small caps), Title, Edition, Place of publication : Publisher, Year.
Monographs (Co-authorship): Name Surname / Name Surname / Name Surname / Name Surname (small caps), et al., Title, Edition, Place of publication : Publisher, Year.
Articles and Book chapters: Name Surname (small caps), “Title of the article or book chapter”, in Name Surname/Name Surname (function [v.g. ‘coord.’], if applicable), Title of the Book, Edition, Place of publication : Publisher, Year.
Articles in periodic publications: Name Surname (small caps), “Title of the article”, Title of the periodic publication, Issue, Year.
E-books: Name Surname (small caps), Title [electronic publication], Edition, Place of publication : Publisher, Year, available at: URL [last accessed ‘Date’].
Articles in electronic publications: Name Surname (small caps), “Title of the article”, Title of the Periodic Publication/Electronic Publication [electronic publication], Edition, Place of publication : Publisher, Year, available at: URL [last accessed ‘Date’].
6. Structure:
«I – Section
1. Paragraph
1.2. Sub-paragraph
a) Item
II – (…)»
7. Heading:
Title
Author
Position (optional)
e-mail address
Resumo (in Portuguese) – if necessary the PRCL shall provide assistance
200 palavras
Abstract (in English) – if necessary the PRCL shall provide assistance
200 words
Palavras-chave
7 (separadas por “;”)
Keywords
7 (separated by “;” – if necessary the PRCL shall provide assistance
Peer-reviewing
In accordance with the By-laws of the PRCL, once a contribution has been received via e-mail (with the Board of Directors securing the anonymity of the author(s)), the Editorial Board performs a preliminary assessment and issues an opinion as to whether it is appropriate from an editorial perspective and in line with the objectives and principles of the Review.
Upon a positive assessment by the Editorial Board, the contribution (to the exception of those corresponding to oral presentations delivered at the invitation of the AATRIC) is subject to peer-review carried out with the anonymity of the author and the reviewer (blind peer-review).
The peer-review is carried out by one (1) reviewer, who shall fill-in a form provided by the PRCL to that effect. The peer-review may result in acceptance, acceptance with proposed amendments or rejection. Acceptance with proposed amendments and rejection shall be substantiated, if only concisely.
In case of acceptance with proposed amendments, the author may amend his/her article in line with the suggestions of the reviewer or provide reasons for disagreeing with those suggestions; in the latter case, the reviewer shall be heard again.