Rivista del Diritto Commerciale e del diritto generale delle Obbligazioni

1. GENERAL CRITERIA

1.1. All contributions, both articles and judgment notes, must be submitted in electronic format (word files).

1.2. Articles should be divided into paragraphs, which should be as short as possible. Each paragraph should be marked with an Arabic number (in italics), followed by a full stop. The title of the paragraph should only be given in the Table of Contents.

1.3. All contributions of Part One and those of the Observatory of Part Two must bear, before the beginning of the discussion: an abstract in English, a list of keywords in English, with capitalised initials and separated from each other by a hyphen, a general summary, containing the indication of all paragraphs and their titles, according to the following model:
“Table of Contents: 1. Foreword. – 2. Savings Shares. – etc.”.
The last heading shall be followed only by the full stop.
Paragraph headings must not, however, be repeated in the text.
The table of contents is not indispensable for the notes to a judgment. If it is prepared by the author, the same criteria apply as above.

2. CITATION CRITERIA

2.1. Quotations must reproduce the information on the title page (not the cover page) of the volume.
Quotations from articles in daily newspapers or non-legal periodicals should be avoided as far as possible. Citations from extracts and unpublished manuscripts should also be avoided: in such cases, in addition to indicating the circumstance, cite the paragraph and not the page. Provisional editions may only be cited in the absence of the definitive edition.Decisions, both published and unpublished, of Italian, foreign, EU and international judicial bodies may be cited. In the case of a decision published in more than one journal, cite preferably the journal where the decision was annotated with a signed annotation: in the absence of a signed annotation, cite the journal that is considered to be the most widely used.

2.2. Authors must always be cited in Small Capitals, with the initial of the first name.

2.3. The title of the work cited, including the subtitle, if any, separated by a full stop, must be indicated in italics.

2.4. The journal, or collective work, in which the contribution was published must also be indicated in italics: for abbreviations use the criteria of the Encyclopaedia of Law, except in the case of the Rivista del diritto commerciale, in which case use the expression “in questa Rivista”. If the journal, or collective work, was indicated in the immediately preceding citation, use the expression there.

2.5. In the case of the citation of monographic works, in addition to the title, the place and year of publication must be indicated (but not the name of the publishing house), the number of the edition (to be indicated with a Roman numeral, followed by the expression “Ed.”), the page number and that of the footnote, if any. The same criterion is also used for Commentaries and Treatises: in this case, the editor or director of the work must be indicated (whose first name must also be given) and, where appropriate, the volume and tome number (to be indicated in Roman numerals, followed by the expression “Vol.” and “T.”).

2.6. The page number, or pages, must be preceded by the expressions “p.” and “pp.” respectively. For writings published in journals or collective works, always quote the first page of the writing, using the expression “from p.”, then specifying the pages of interest. To indicate subsequent pages, use the expression “and following” or “ff.” immediately after the number; to emphasise specific pages, precede the indication by the expression “spec.”.

2.7. Only the first citation must be made in full. In the first citation, all the venues in which the work has been published must also be indicated, specifying, if appropriate, the one from which you will continue to cite (preferably the one most easily found: e.g. if an article has been published not only in a journal, but also in a collection of writings, or studies in honour or memory, continue to cite from the journal).

2.8. For quotations following the first, the author's surname must always be indicated in small capitals, always preceded by the first initial of the first name: if two or more writings by the same author are quoted in succession, the expression Id. or Ead. must be used in small capitals in quotations following the first.

2.9. The title must instead be cited, in italics, in abbreviated form, using the first words of the title, followed by cit. (in the round), or, if different works by the same author have not or have not yet been cited, in generic form, using the expression, to be indicated in italics, op. cit., o.c., or other equivalent. Similarly, the page may be indicated in generic form, using, as appropriate, the expressions, in italics, loc. cit., loc. ult. cit., loc. ult. citt.

2.10. The main regulatory sources must be cited according to the following criteria:

3. CEILING CRITERIA

3.1. The text of the judgment or measure must be provided by the author of the memorandum together with it, preferably in electronic form. When proofreading, the author of the note must also proofread the text of the annotated measure and not limit himself to the text of the commentary.

3.2. The drafting of the maxim containing the principle of law affirmed by the judgment is the responsibility of the author of the note. The maxim must indicate: the court with the date of the judgment or decision (and its chronological number if there is one); the president of the panel (in the case of a collegial decision) and the draftsman; the names of the parties, according to the following scheme:

Cassazione, 10 marzo 2005, n. 2354
Pres. …… – Est ……
Tizio c. Caio
Massima-……

3.3. Several maxims may also be formulated for a judgment. In any case, an Arabic numeral must be indicated (in brackets) at the end of each maxim. The numbers of the maxims to which the commentary refers must be indicated next to the title.

3.4. In the case of comments on non-jurisdictional measures, such as decisions of independent authorities (Antitrust, Consob, etc.), the indication of the authority, date and number of the decision is sufficient.