Editorial Team
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
 
Chief Editor
Professor Dr. Choong Yeow Choy
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

Executive Editor
Dr. Sharifah Suhanah Syed Ahmad
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
 
Managing Editor
Dr Sheila Ramalingam
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
 
Deputy Editors
Dr. Sridevi Thambapillay
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

Ms Renuka T Balasubramaniam
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

 
Administrative Assistant
Nadia bte Mohamed Ismail
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia

 
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
 
Chairman
Datuk Emeritus Professor Dr. Hj Shad Saleem Faruqi
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia 
 
Deputy Chairman
Dr. Tie Fat Hee
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia 
 
Members 

Professor Dr. Choong Yeow Choy
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia 
Dr. Sharifah Suhanah Syed Ahmad
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia 
Dr Sheila Ramalingam
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia 
Dr. Sridevi Thambapillay
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia 
Ms Renuka T Balasubramaniam
Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia 

 
SUBJECT EDITORS
Andrew Godwin
Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School
University of Melbourne, Australia

Chen SiYuan 
Associate Professor, School of Law
Singapore Management University, Singapore

Gary Bell 
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law 
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Henrik Andersen 
Associate Professor,CBS Law
Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

Jean Ho Qing Ying 
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Lin Lin 
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Maizatun Mustafa 
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law
International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia

Michael Furmston 
Professor Emeritus, School of Law
Singapore Management University, Singapore

Mohammad Ershadul Karim 
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law 
Universiti Malaya, Malaysia 

Mohammad Rizal Salim 
Associate Professor, Nottingham University Business School,
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Nottingham Malaysia, Malaysia 

Sherin Kunhibava
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law
Universiti Malaya, Malaysia 

Tay Pek San 
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law
Universiti Malaya, Malaysia 

Zhou WeiHuan 
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law
University of New South Wales, Australia

INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
 
Dr. Alan Tan Khee Jin
Professor, Faculty of Law, 
National University of Singapore, Singapore
 
Dr. Amanda Whiting
Associate Professor and Associate Director (Malaysia)
Asian Law Centre, Melbourne Law School, 
University of Melbourne, Australia
 
Andrew Kenyon
Professor and Director 
Centre for Media and Communications Law, 
Melbourne Law School, 
University of Melbourne, Australia

Raj Bhala
Brenneisen Distinguished Professor,
School of Law,
The University of Kansas, United States

Stephen Hardy
Professor and Head of School
School of Law, 
Coventry University, United Kingdom
 
Toshiyuki Kono
Professor / International Business law
Department of International Legal Studies, 
Faculty of Law, Kyushu University, Japan
 

Author Guidelines
The Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law (JMCL) accepts submissions of original unpublished works comprising articles, comments, case notes and reviews on the whole spectrum of legal topics and issues. Submissions can be made throughout the year. However, deadlines for the respective editions are generally as follows:

June: By the end of February

December: By the end of July

JMCL accepts manuscripts for reviews on the basis that the manuscript:

1. Is the author's original work;
2. Has not been previously published and is not being considered for publication elsewhere;
3. Does not contain anything abusive, defamatory, libellous, obscene, objectionable, misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive.

It is to be noted that there is no fee for publication, nor will the Author receive any royalties for publication.

Please submit manuscripts to the Managing Editor of the Journal at jmcl@um.edu.my or via online submission  [ here ].

Preparation of Manuscripts 

1. Articles should not exceed the maximum of 10,000 words (including footnotes); articles shorter than this are favored. Articles should be accompanied by an abstract of 150-250 words. 
2. The typesetting format for the whole article is as follows:
   1. Microsoft Word ONLY
   2. Font size: 12
   3. Font style: Times New Roman
   4. Double-spaced
   5. Justified margins
   6. Footnotes should be used, not endnotes. 
3. Final responsibility for the accuracy of all citations and quotations rests with the contributors.
4. Quotations of more than 30 words should be indented without quotation marks. Shorter quotations within the text should be enclosed by double inverted commas.
    

Submissions Guide

1. Manuscripts must be in accordance with our style guide below.
2. Manuscripts must be accompanied with the following information on a separate file:
   • Name of author(s) and affiliation
   • Corresponding address
   • Contact number
   • Email
   • Name of file attached

ETHICS AND MALPRACTICE STATEMENT
 
The Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law  (JMCL) is a peer reviewed international journal committed to upholding the highest standards of publication ethics. 

1. JMCL has no tolerance for plagiarism, copyright infringement or other malpractices in publication and views these issues very seriously.
2. JMCL seeks to protect the rights of authors and will promptly investigate claims of copyright infringement, plagiarism, publication malpractice or misuse of published material.Articles submitted to JMCL are also checked with duplication-checking software. Where an article is found to contain plagiarism or third-party copyright material without permission or with insufficient acknowledgement, JMCL reserves the right to take action to remedy the situation including, but not limited to, publishing corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies.

To that end, all actors involved in publication, namely authors, reviewers and members of the editorial team, are expected to adhere fully to our publication ethics and malpractice policy.

STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES 
 
EDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITIES 

1. Editors should evaluate manuscripts exclusively on the basis of their academic merit, guarding against business needs compromising intellectual and ethical standards. An editor must not use unpublished information in the editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.
2. Striving constantly to improve the journal, editors must ensure that each manuscript received by the journal is reviewed for its intellectual content without regard to sex, gender, race, religion, citizenship, etc. of the authors.
3. Editors should ensure the integrity of the academic record and publication review process. As such, editors should :-
   1. be willing to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies when needed.
   2. not reveal either the identity of authors of manuscripts to the reviewers, or the identity of reviewers to authors.
4. Editors must ensure that all the information related to submitted manuscripts is kept confidential before publishing.

 
EDITORIAL BOARD’S RESPONSIBILITIES 

1. The Editorial Board is responsible for deciding suitability for publication of submitted articles striving always to meet the needs of readers and authors.
2. The Editorial Board must ensure that information regarding manuscripts submitted by the authors is kept confidential.
3. The Editorial Board is accountable for everything published in the journal, thus he/she has complete responsibility and authority to reject/accept an article. However, published manuscripts do not represent the stand or opinion of the Editorial Board and the Management Team of the JMCL, or the Faculty of Law, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.
4. The Editorial Board should strive to constantly improve their journal including by having  processes in place to assure the quality of the material published. It must also actively contribute to the development and the greater good of the journal such as by taking reasonably responsive measures when ethical complaints have been presented concerning a submitted manuscript or published paper,  and conducting  proper and fair investigations into ethics complaints.

 
 
REVIEWER'S RESPONSIBILITIES 

1. Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential. Reviewers must not show or discuss manuscripts with others except as authorized by the Editor.
2. Reviewers must not have conflicts of interest with respect to the research, the authors or the research funding. Rather they must disclose any competing interest before agreeing to review a submission and review all submissions objectively, fairly and professionally.
3. Judgments by the reviewers should be as objective as possible. There shall be no personal criticism of the author. They should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.
4. In the event that a reviewer feels it is not possible for him/her to complete a review of a manuscript within the stipulated time then this information must be communicated to the Editor, so that the manuscript can be sent to another reviewer.
5. Reviewers must report any breach of publication ethics or any malpractice discovered while reviewing to the Editor for further action.
6. Reviewers must ensure the originality of a submission and be alert to any plagiarism, copyright infringement or publication malpractice.

 
AUTHOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES 

1. The authors should ensure that their work is entirely original and if the work and/or words of others have been used, this has been appropriately acknowledged. Plagiarism in all its forms constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
2. Authors must ensure that the manuscript has not been submitted elsewhere. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.
3. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper, and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.
4. Manuscripts must not contain anything abusive, defamatory, libellous, obscene, objectionable, misleading or deceptive or likely to mislead or deceive.
5. There is no fee for publication, nor will the Author receive any royalties for publication.
6. If at any point of time, an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in a submitted manuscript, then the error or inaccuracy must be reported to the Editor. If the Editor or the publisher learns from a third party that a published work contains a significant error, it is the obligation of the author to promptly retract or correct the paper or provide evidence to the Editor of the correctness of the original paper.

 
The ethics statements for our journal are based on the Ethical Code of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
 
TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT 
JMCL accepts manuscripts that have not been published elsewhere and are not under consideration for publication by other print or electronic media. The authors agree to transfer the copyright to the JMCL editorial office. However, it can be reprinted with a proper acknowledgement that it was published in JMCL.
 

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

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Submission Preparation Checklist

1. As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
2. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
3. The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
4. Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
5. The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
6. The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Contact

The Administrative Assistant
Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law
Faculty of Law
University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur

Principal Contact

Managing Editor

jmcl@um.edu.my

Support Contact

The Administrative Assistant

jmcl@um.edu.my