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Author Guidelines

This journal accepts scientific articles in the field of law, particularly covering criminal law, civil law, constitutional law, administrative law, international law, as well as criminology and victimology. It specifically welcomes articles that focus on the analysis of judicial decisions (case law analysis), using normative juridical, empirical juridical, and interdisciplinary approaches.

The scope of judicial decision analysis includes:

  • Analysis of legal reasoning (ratio decidendi) in court decisions
  • Consistency of judicial decisions with statutory regulations and legal principles
  • Judicial law-making (rechtsvinding) and the role of judges in the development of law
  • Comparative analysis of court decisions in similar cases
  • Critical evaluation of judicial decisions from the perspectives of justice, legal certainty, and utility

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • 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).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • 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.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Copyright Notice

By submitting a manuscript to this journal, the author(s) declare that:

  • The submitted manuscript is an original work, has not been previously published, and is not under consideration for publication in any other journal or media.
  • All authors have approved the content of the manuscript and its submission.
  • The authors have complied with all writing guidelines and applicable ethical standards of scientific publication.
  • If the manuscript is accepted for publication, the authors agree to transfer or grant publication rights to the journal in accordance with the applicable copyright provisions.
  • The authors understand and agree that any violations of publication ethics, including plagiarism, are the sole responsibility of the authors.

The authors hereby confirm that they have read, understood, and agreed to the copyright notice and all submission requirements established by the journal.

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