Make a submission to the UWA Law Review

Information for authors

Authors are invited to submit proposed research articles or briefer commentaries, practical notes on recent cases and statutes, or book reviews. In general the appropriate length for long-form articles is 7,000-10,000 words (excluding footnotes). As the Review is published in an online format, longer submissions may be considered.

No fees or charges are payable for submission or publication.

The staff editors are happy to discuss drafts and proposed contributions with authors by email.

The UWA Law Review generally adopts the Australian Guide to Legal Citation. Submissions should follow this style as closely as possible.

All submissions should be accompanied by a short abstract of approximately 75 words.

All identified authors must have significantly contributed to the research and any financial support provided in relation to the research must be disclosed.

The process of online submission requires all authors to read and accept the terms of the UWA Law Review Author Agreement (DOCX 100KB).

All authors are obliged to provide retractions or corrections of mistakes in accordance with the policy set out below.

Corrections, Clarifications, Retractions and Apologies

Where appropriate, corrections, clarifications retractions and apologies will be published as needed.

The retraction of a contribution will be considered where:

  • there is clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of misconduct (eg, data fabrication) or honest error (eg, miscalculation or experimental error);
  • the findings have previously been published elsewhere without proper cross-referencing, permission or justification (ie, cases of redundant publication);
  • it constitutes plagiarism; 
  • it reports unethical research. 

An expression of concern may be issued if:

  • inconclusive evidence is received of research or publication misconduct by the authors;
  • there is evidence that the findings are unreliable but the authors' institution will not investigate the case;
  • an investigation into alleged misconduct related to the publication either has not been, or would not be, fair and impartial or conclusive;
  • an investigation is under way but a judgement will not be made available for a considerable time.

A correction will be issued if:

  • a small portion of an otherwise reliable publication proves to be misleading (especially because of honest error);
  • the author/contributor list is incorrect (ie, a deserving author has been omitted or somebody who does not meet authorship criteria has been included).

Retractions are not usually appropriate if:

  • a change of authorship is required but there is no reason to doubt the validity of the findings.

Notices of retraction should:

  • be linked to the retracted article wherever possible (ie, in all electronic versions);
  • clearly identify the retracted article (eg, by including the title and authors in the retraction heading);
  • be clearly identified as a retraction (ie, distinct form other types of correction or comment);
  • be published promptly to minimize harmful effects from misleading publications;
  • be freely available to all readers (ie, not behind access barriers or available only to subscribers);
  • state who is retracting the article;
  • state the reason(s) for retraction (to distinguish misconduct from honest error);
  • care will be taken to avoid statements that are potentially defamatory.