Foreword [ELSA Malta Law Review, 2, 2012]

Abstract

A short while ago I gladly accepted to peer review one of the contributions featuring in this issue. It is also an honour and a pleasure to have been asked to write this foreword. In cases like these, the purpose of a scholarly peer review is to submit an author’s contribution to the scrutiny of others who are experts in the same field prior to publication in a journal. The peer reviewer chosen has to be well qualified in the field, as well as capable of carrying out an impartial review. The work may be accepted, rejected, or considered acceptable subject to revisions being made before publication. I sought to do just this in my peer review, and therefore trust that the comments I made served to make the contribution even more complete.