Author Guidelines

SCOPE AND AIMS (OR OBJECTIVES)

The Revista da Faculdade Mineira de Direito is a vehicle for the dissemination of legal knowledge linked to the Graduate Program in Law at PUC Minas (PPGD PUC Minas). The priority of themes and topics for publication are defined by the Editorial Committee together with the Editorial Board both linked to the concentration areas of PPGD PUC Minas and its corresponding lines of research. Henceforth, the focus of the Journal follows the three areas of concentration and nine lines of research described below:

Democracy, Private Autonomy and Regulation

• Social and Economic Function of Legal Institutions

• New Paradigms, Subjects and Rights

• Labor, Democracy and Effectiveness

Democracy, Constitution and Internationalization

• The Process in the Construction of the Democratic Rule of Law

• Democratic Constitutionalism

• Human Rights, Integration and Plurinational State

Democracy, Freedom and Citizenship

• Development and Public Policies

• Criminal Intervention and Penal Guarantism

• Theory of Law and Justice

The Revista da Faculdade Mineira de Direito is currently developing a policy to foster the development of themes considered as a priority in the internationalization process of the PPGD PUC Minas. Henceforth, it is presenting a series of calls to the scientific community for the presentation of Thematic Dossiers, with two invited editors, one belonging to the Faculty of PPGD and the other a foreign academic guest.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

As part of the submission process, authors are required to verify the submission's compliance with all of the items listed below. Submissions that do not comply with the rules will be returned to sender. The contribution must be original, unpublished, and may not be currently under consideration for publication by any other journal; otherwise, it must be thoroughly justified in "Comments to the Editor". Submission implies that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if applicable, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institution where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

Only articles penned by doctors, doctoral students, or master's students in co-authorship with their advisor, will be received. Exceptionally, at the discretion of the editorial committee, articles by foreign authors that are not doctors but have a proven international projection may be admitted.

Authors should verify that the submission is in full accordance with the following items:

• The files for submission are in Microsoft Word format (.doc).

• URLs for references should be provided when necessary.

• The text is in 1.5 cm space, using a 12-point font and it employs italics instead of underlining (except URL addresses).

• That figures and tables are inserted in the text and not at the end of the document, as attachments.

• The text follows the style standards and bibliographic requirements described in: Guidelines for Authors.

• The authors identification of the work has been removed from the file and from the Properties option in Word, thus guaranteeing the journal's confidentiality criterion, (in case the work is submitted for peer review, e.g. articles).

Article extension

The article must be unpublished in Brazil and its co-authorship limited to three authors; it must be between 15 and 30 pages (5000-10000 words) including references, in .doc format (Microsoft Word), this applies for the article once the section of the indication of authorship has been removed. Staying within those limits improves the chances that your submission will be reviewed speedily.

At the discretion of the editorial board, any work presented by more than three authors may be admitted exceptionally in view of the authors' justification.

The journal receives articles written in Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian, French and German.

All materials submitted to Revista da Faculdade Mineira de Direito must be sent electronically via the hyperlink “Online Submission”.

Compliance with the in-house rules is the responsibility of the corresponding author.

Articles that are not completely in accordance with the journal’s rules will be summarily rejected.

Formatting Rules

o Use A4 format, 3 cm upper and left margins, 2 cm lower and right margins, 1.25 cm for headings and footnotes.

o Use the Times New Roman font, black color, size 12 for the text with 1.5 cm spacing between lines, and size 10 with simple spacing between lines for long direct quotation, footnotes, legends and fonts in the illustrations.

o Use paragraphs with 1.25 cm indentation and without spacing between them.

o Titles of the sections and subsections must be aligned to the left, obeying the progressive numbering in Arabic numerals, separating the numbering of the title of the section or subsection only by a character space.

o Section titles must be in font size 12, uppercase and bold.

o Subsection subtitles must be in font size 12, with only the first letter in uppercase and in bold.

o Use, between the titles of the sections and subsections and the text, 1.5cm blank line space; and, between the text and the following title, the 1.5 cm space.

Structure

1. The structure of the article consists of pre-textual, textual and post-textual elements, according to Brazilian regulation NBR 6022, of 2018.

2. The pre-textual elements required by this magazine are: Title in the language of the text; title in another language; abstract and keywords in the language of the text; abstract and keywords in another language.

3. The title of the article and the subtitle (if applicable) in the language of the document must appear on the opening page of the article, separated by colons, in size 12, in capital letters and in bold.

4. The title in another language (and subtitle if applicable) must follow the same formatting as item 3, which can be in Portuguese, Spanish, English, French, Italian or German, inserted right after the title in the language of the text.

5. The abstract in the language of the text, in a single paragraph and with a maximum of 200 words, must contain the field of study, method, objective, result and conclusions, with the word “Abstract:” in bold, only with the first capital letter separated from the text by a colon.

6. The keywords in the language of the text must appear just below the abstract, separated by a space of 1.5 cm, preceded by the expression “Keywords:” in bold, only with the first capital letter. The keywords are separated by point and finalized by point.

7. The abstract and keywords in a language other than that used in the text, which can be in Portuguese, Spanish English, French, Italian or German, must follow the same formatting rules as above.

8. The textual elements consist of introduction, development and final considerations. The nomenclature of the titles of the sections and subsections of the development is at the discretion of the author.

9. References actually used must appear at the end of the text in alphabetical order, according to rules established by NBR 6023, of 2018.

General rules on citations and references

1. Revista da Faculdade Mineira de Direito adopts the author / date model as the quoting system in the body of the text.

2. The use of footnotes is allowed only in the explanatory modality, please use them with constraint.

3. The short direct quote, up to three lines, is inserted in the text sequence in double quotes and without any other highlights.

4. The long direct quote of more than three lines, is shown with a 4cm indentation from the left margin, in font size 10, single line spacing, without quotes or any other highlights.

5. References should be drawn in simple spacing, aligned to the left margin, separated from each other by a blank space in single space.

6. The use of bold is used to highlight the title element in the references.

Other rules of methodology and standardization to be followed, including the models for references and citations, are defined by the Library of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, and are available at:
http://portal.pucminas.br/imagedb/documento/DOC_DSC_NOME_ARQUI20160217102425-n.pdf

It is the sole responsibility of the corresponding author to correctly indicate the title and the link of all authors with their institutions, as well as the adequacy of the manuscript with the formal rules of the Journal and strict correction of the text in the chosen language.

EVALUATION PROCESS

An editorial team will conduct a preliminary assessment and may summarily reject articles that do not comply with the editorial rules regarding the number of co-authors, title, formal rules, originality, adequacy of the topic to the purpose and focus of the Journal.

The manuscripts approved in the preliminary assessment will be sent to the editors of one of the lines of research, or to the guest editors in the case of the dossier, for managing the corresponding peer reviews.

When the manuscript is rejected in the preliminary evaluation, the authors will be notified by the editorial team, indicating the reasons for the decision. The author may request a review to the Editorial Committee. Rejected manuscripts can be presented for a later volume if the originality is maintained and the deficiencies are corrected.

When the number of manuscripts to be evaluated is greater than the regular capacity of the journal, manuscripts by international authors, teaching authors linked to the Postgraduate Law Program and reviewers who are collaborators of the Journal as well as those manuscripts written in English, will have preference in the forwarding for peer review.

Peer Evaluation

After the preliminary assessment by the editorial team, the work will be sent, without any elements that allow its identification, to the analysis of anonymous reviewers for qualitative evaluation of form and content, following the double blind peer review system.

The said reviewers are members of the body of evaluators of the journal (mostly external, respecting a minimum of 75% exogeny).

The works may be rejected, approved, or approved with reservations (necessary corrections) by the peer reviews. In the latter case, the author will be informed of the necessary corrections. The deadline for correction is 15 (fifteen) days.

The final decision to publish the work belongs to the editorial commission.

In the case of two dissenting peer recommendations regarding the publication, the editorial decision will be made by the directors of the editorial board, which will notify the author of the reasons for the rejection when applicable.

GOOD PRACTICES AND EDITORIAL COMPLIANCE

The editorial board may, after verifying the existence of irregularities resulting from the misconduct of authors, reviewers or the editorial team, overturn their acts, going as far as excluding articles already published, with due notification to the authors.

The following are considered academic misconducts:

1. Failure to respect the general rules that define plagiarism.

2. The inclusion of names as authors of people who did not contribute directly to the manuscript, including when the co-authorship is between teachers and students.

3. Disrespect for ethical standards for research on human beings.

4. The failure to inform of possible conflicts of interest with members of the editorial board, or body of reviewers.

5. The simultaneous submission of manuscripts to more than one publication.

6. Omission to specify any of the authors participation in research teams that collaborated in the development of theses present in the manuscript; or failure to specify receiving funding from national or international agencies; or the development of ideas previously linked to activities in the legal profession, such as consultancies, procedural documents, decisions or opinions paid for other purposes.

7. The issuance of a decision that conceals ideological, political, or personal motivations.