LEAD will consider for publication manuscript submissions of original work. LEAD specifically seeks to foster scholarship in following areas:

• Comparative approaches to the study of international environmental law, with a special emphasis on North-South issues.

• Regional environmental law regimes among developing countries.

• Implementation of international environmental law at regional and national levels.

• Influence of international environmental law on national and regional environmental law regimes, and cross-fertilisation.

• Cross-sectoral analysis in the study of environmental law, especially study of the relationship between trade and the environment, property rights and the environment, intellectual property and the environment, human rights and the environment.

• International & regional environment governance

All contributions must be submitted to the Managing Editor, preferably by email. Whilst most computer and word processor disks are accepted, we would prefer to receive contributions in Word.

Authors must format their contributions according to our style sheet.

Authors are asked to provide alongside their submission a statement indicating that their submission is an original submission which not under consideration for publication elsewhere and has not been published in any form or media, including on the internet.

Articles should be between 5'000 and 10'000 words in length, though in special cases the Journal can accommodate longer pieces. Student Notes of no more than 5000 words will also be considered. LEAD solicits innovative analysis, backed by thorough research, of current development and emerging trends in concepts, policies and practice relating to environmental law at all levels - local, national, regional or international. Comparative and multidisciplinary approaches are encouraged. Contributions regarding any jurisdiction are welcome, especially relating to the developing country regimes. As the Journal has an international readership, authors should ensure that the context of the laws are clearly explained (in footnotes where appropriate) to readers who may be unfamiliar with specific national regimes or social and economic situations. Contributions which are merely descriptive of new laws and policies are considered undesirable unless these have wider relevance.

A contibution under the Case Notes section should be an analysis of significant case law on environmental issues. It should be between 2500-4000 words in length. Contributions from any jurisdiction are welcomed provided they are relevant to the environmental jurisprudence of developing countries. Prior discussion on potential material for this section is encouraged. A single analysis may cover a number of related cases.

The Submissions Committee reviews or sends for review contributions once they are received and makes the final decision regarding publication.

Specialists in the topic in question may be requested to review selected contributions if these do not fall within the areas of competence of the members of the editorial board.

If accepted, the Managing Editor informs the author(s). After copy-editing is completed, the author is sent a final version for approval.

Once contributions have been peer-reviewed, amendments are discouraged. However, where law and policy is developing rapidly, it is generally possible to include an appropriate postscript at a late stage of production.

Note: Views expressed in any authored contribution published in this Journal are those of the respective authors. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of the statements they make and for checking the accuracy of all references.

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