SOME WRITING SKILLS TO NOTE
METHODS OF FOOTING
BOOKS
M. Shaw, International Law (Cambridge : Cambridge Univ.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
N. Udombana, “Reparations and Africa ’s Indigenous People” , in M. Baderin & M. Ssenyonjo (eds), Internation Human Rights Law: Six Decades After the UDHR and Beyond (England:
Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2010) at …..
JOURNAL ARTICLES
E. Ekanem, “Who Protects the Consumer –
Self or the State?” (2010) 4(1) Uniuyo
L.J. 12 at …..
For CROSS-REFERENCES, please use ibid., or op.cit., or loc. cit. (as
appropriate).
DO’S OF WRITING
- Use quotation
marks for quotations and not italic
- All Latin
expressions must be in italic
- Use uniform
bullets
- Use ‘Initial
Capital’ for all sub-headings
- Footnote
numberings in the text should be placed after full-stops or commas, not
before
- Use the third
singular when writing an academic paper e.g., I have not stopped wondering
….; The present writer wonders ….; I personally disagree….
REFERENCES
·
Start
with author’s surname, not initials
·
Use a
‘Long Dash’ instead of repeating an author’s surname where multiple works of a
single author is cited
·
Arrange
in alphabetical order
ABSTRACT
- Should be
written in past participle tense
- It should be
in single line spacing
- It should not
be indented
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