Ethical principles of the quarterly journal "Attorney-at-Law. Law Review"

The editorial team of the quarterly journal "Attorney-at-Law. Law Review" follows the principles of publication ethics with a view to prevent unfair publication practices, in particular the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
In its work, the editorial board of the quarterly journal "Attorney-at-Law. Law Review" constantly ensures observance of the accepted ethical principles and methods of academic work and counteracts practices that are inconsistent with the said principles.
Only creative and original works are accepted for publication. The works submitted to the quarterly journal (analyses regarding the same or a similar subject, by the same author) may not be submitted for publication in other journals or publications under pain of refusal to publish works of a given author in the quarterly journal. The journal does not publish works that were previously published; exceptions to this rule may be allowed by the editor-in-chief.
The editorial board detects and documents all violations of the ethical principles in academic work, including instances of research and academic integrity.
Only own works of the authors can be published. "Ghostwriting" and "guest/honorary authorship" is unacceptable in the quarterly journal "Attorney-at-Law. Law Review". Plagiarism and other violations of the copyright, ethics or research integrity shall result in a refusal to publish the author's works in the quarterly journal, as well as in notifying relevant bodies and authorities, and disciplinary responsibility in the case of attorneys-at-law. If any such a violation is found to have occurred in a published text, the editorial board shall withdraw the electronic version of the work from open access and shall publish information about the violation in the next print edition.
If a given work is financed from external sources (e.g. a grant), the author is obliged to indicate that source.
The quarterly journal does not publish glosses to the judgments of the authors who participated in the proceedings in a given judgment was passed.
Co-authored works should include indication of each author's percentage contribution to the work.
The authors are obliged to keep the highest standards of objectivity, reliability as well as research and methodological diligence. In particular, they are responsible for the content of their work, including validity and accuracy of the quoted legal regulations, statistical data, case law and doctrinal views.
Excerpts inspired by other materials, including articles, studies, and judgments, must be properly footnoted by the author. Footnotes should make it possible to identify and retrieve the source. Quotations should be clearly marked. Results of the research must be verifiable. Internet sources should be marked with access dates.
Reproducing or paraphrasing of the author's own previously published content is not permitted, except in the form of annotated quotations. Excessive self-quotation may warrant denial of publication.
By submitting the work, the author warrants that the copyright to the work as of the date of its acceptance by the editorial team shall not be restricted by any rights of third parties, and the publisher's use and disposal of the work shall not violate rights, including personal ones, of third parties.
The authors are obliged to attach bibliographical appendices listing sources (publications, judgments) which were used by them while writing the work.
The authors enter into publishing contracts.
An academic piece of work, in particular an academic article or a gloss, may be submitted for publication only if it is positively reviewed, as well as positively assessed by the editorial board and the subject editor, if such an editor has been designated.
The editorial board reserves the right to refuse to refer the work for review and to accept the work for publication if it violates these rules or does not correspond to the thematic profile of the journal or its goals and mission, or if the work diligence and level (academic quality), including reliability of its preparation, do not correspond to the academic level required for publications in the quarterly journal.
The decision to accept the work for print and publication depends on its academic value, original treatment of the problem, clarity and reliability of the argumentation, compliance with the thematic profile of the journal, and the legal, social, academic or professional significance of a given problem.
Aspects other than content-related ones, including personal qualities of the author, are irrelevant to the decision on the acceptance or refusal to publish the work in the quarterly journal (the fair play principle).
Reasonable corrigenda, errata, clarifications or apologies are published by the quarterly journal.
The author should immediately notify the editorial board about any significant errors detected in the author's work.
Information about who reviewed a given work is not made public or available, including to the authors.
The list of reviewers collaborating with the journal in a given period is published both on the journal website and in its print version.
Information about submitted works is made available only to the members of the editorial board, persons operating the journal, reviewers and reviewer candidates, as well as the publisher.
No information included in a proposal for a work that was not accepted for publication in the quarterly journal may be used by persons to whom the information was made available as part of the quarterly activity, unless the author gives his/her written permission to do so.