Submissions

Author Guidelines

GENERAL PUBLICATION RULES

Presentation
The VirtuaJus Journal of the Faculdade Mineira de Direito (Law School) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, published biannually since 2016, is classified as B1 in QUALIS (Sucupira Platform/CAPES - Brazil) and its goal is to divulge academic articles from Law and related areas that can contribute to the improvement of interdisciplinary reflection on a critical basis.

Criteria for Article Selection
For publication, the following will be evaluated: the originality, the relevance of the article to the theme proposed by the editorial committee, the quality of the scientific methodology used, as well as the adequacy to the editorial standards adopted by the journal. All texts will be submitted to technical review. The content and the accuracy of the citations will be the sole responsibility of the authors.

Types of Accepted Work
The journal will accept unpublished articles in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The texts must correspond to the following categories:

• articles, comprising theoretical studies with a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 pages (approximately between 30,000 and 50,000 characters with spaces).
• reviews of national or foreign publications, bibliographic reviews, as well as theses and dissertations. Book reviews must comply with the theoretical purpose of the journal, and have a maximum size of 5 pages (approximately 15,000 characters with spaces). Reviews must refer to recent works with a maximum of 2 years of publication. In the case of books published in a foreign language, this time may be reassessed by the editors, depending on their translations.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PUBLICATION OF PAPERS
In order to submit articles, it is necessary for each author to register on the PUC Minas journal platform and submit online.
Submission may be confirmed via the following email address: virtuajus.pucminas@gmail.com;
Guests' papers may be sent only via email.

Text Preparation
Texts must be typed in Word format, Times New Roman font, size 12 (titles must be in capital letters), simple spacing between lines, page configuration with formatting of 3.0 cm for the top margin and 2.0 cm to the bottom; 3.0 cm for the left margin and 2.0 cm for the right, on A4 paper (210 x 297 mm), “portrait” orientation. Numbered pages, including the title in the lower right corner.

Word's “footnote” feature should only be used in relevant cases that do not fit into the logical sequence of the text;

All citations inserted in the text must be accompanied by the reference (Author, date and page number) of the work from which it was extracted. For example: (Bobbio, 1992, p. 90). Complete bibliographic references should be listed at the end of each article.

The following must appear on the first page: a) title of the work; b) name of authors; c) academic title and institutional affiliation of each author, as well as the contact e-mail; d) abstract, translated abstract and keywords.

Book reviews must contain: name of the book, city, publisher, number of pages, name of author and translator.

Reviews of dissertations and theses must contain: title; author's name (including in a footnote his title and institutional affiliation, as well as contact address and e-mail).

For reviews, the text summary or keywords are not required.

Abstract and Keywords
Abstracts should have between 100 and 250 words, with 4 keywords.

CITATIONS

1. Free citations:

Should indicate the author surname and year of publication in parentheses. Example: (Derrida, 2007). Note: If there are two or more works cited by the same author and year, indicate, after the date, the letter “a” for the first and the letter “b” for the second citation, and so on. Example.: (Ross, 2003a) – (Ross, 2003b).

2. Textual citations:

Short citations (up to three lines) are inserted in the text, followed by the author's surname, publication date and page, in parentheses. Long citations (more than three lines) must constitute an independent paragraph, indented 4 cm from the left margin, with a letter smaller than that used in the text, single space and without quotation marks, followed by the author's surname, publication date and page, between parentheses. Example: (DERRIDA, 2007, p. 10)

3. Citation of a secondary source (when unavoidable): in the body of the text, cite authors and dates of the two texts (example: Montaigne, apud Derrida, 2007, p. 25).

REFERENCES
Bibliographic references should appear at the end of the article, in alphabetical order by surname. The list of references should follow the model of the examples below:

1. Books

1.1 One author

BYRD, Jodi A. The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2011.
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique. Paris: Aubier Montaigne, 1967. 

1.2 Two authors
MILES, Tiya; HOLLAND, Sharon P. (eds). Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country. Durham: Duke University Press, 2006.

2. Book chapters

BELTRÃO, Maria. Métodos em arqueologia. In: HEGENBERG, Leônidas; SILVA, Marilúze Ferreira de Andrade e. (Org.). Métodos. 2. ed. São Paulo: EPU, 2005 Cap. 11, p. 91-100.

3.  Journal articles

3.1. One author

MARQUES, Bonifácio. Filosofia e cultura. Revista brasileira de filosofia, São Paulo, v.2, n.6, p.10-21, out-dez. 2001.
TRÓPIA, Ulysses Roberto Lio. A semântica de “epos” no tempo patrístico. Horizonte – revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, v. 5, n. 9, p. 106-128, dez. 2006.

3.2. Two authors

TUCK, Eve; YANG, Wayne. Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society 1, no. 1 (2012): Available in: https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/des/article/view/18630/15554. 

4. Digital format

RODRIGUES, Carla. Antígona: Lei do singular, lei no singular. Sapere Aude. [online]. 2012, v. 3 n. 5 Disponível em: http://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/SapereAude/article/view/3500. Acesso em 23 Ago. 2012.

5. Dissertation

MATTOS, Paulo Henrique Reis de. A concorrência sucessória deferida ao cônjuge supérstite. 2014. 195 f. Dissertação (Mestrado) – Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, 2014. Disponível em: http://www.biblioteca.pucminas.br/teses/Direito_Mattos PHR_1.pdf. Acesso em: 19 Nov. 2014.

6. Codification

BRASIL. Código civil. 8. ed. Lei no. 10.406, de 10 de janeiro de 2002. Atualizada até 29/07/2015. Brasília: Edições Câmara, 2015.
BRASIL. Constituição (1988). Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil. Brasília: Senado, 1988.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The Constitution of the United States of America. Washington DC: US Senate, 1787. Available in: https://www.senate.gov/civics/resources/pdf/US_Constitution-Senate_Publication_103-21.pdf.

7. Abbreviations
Abbreviations, in their first appearance, must indicate to which name, in full, they correspond in the text. Then, do not repeat the name in full. Example: Critique of Pure Reason: CPR.

Appreciation by Associate Editors
The works presented will be evaluated by the Associate Editors, who will forward them to ad hoc consultants, at their discretion. The Committee reserves the right to point out necessary corrections in the works received, returning them to the authors for their due adaptation to the norms of the journal. Authors will be notified of the acceptance or rejection of their articles. The originals, even when not used, will not be returned. In case of acceptance with indication of alterations, the works must be reviewed by the authors and returned for a new evaluation within 20 days.

Welcome everyone: jurists, philosophers, sociologists, historians, researchers, translators, and friends of interdisciplinary knowledge.

Peer Review Process
The texts submitted to the journal will be evaluated according to the procedure detailed on the Peer Review Process page.