I. The Editors accept original texts, previously unpublished. The journal does not charge authors any fees for publication. Authors retain the copyright to their articles (© Author) and grant the publisher of the journal a non-exclusive licence for the publication of the paper, free of charge.

II. General requirements
1. Texts of articles and reviews are accepted in Polish, Ukrainian and conference languages (English, German, French, Russian).
2. The editors reserve the right to reject texts that do not meet the general and technical requirements, to make abridgements and stylistic corrections.
3. Texts (in .doc, .docx or .rtf format) should be sent by e-mail to the editorial office: wlzp@onet.pl or any other address indicated by a member of the Editorial Committee.
4. The volume of articles must not be less than 20,000 characters including spaces and the volume of a review or report must not be less than 10,000 characters including spaces.
5. At the end of the text, include:
a) a bibliography in Latin characters;
b) title of the article and its abstract (up to 1,000 characters) in English
c) for texts in Polish: an abstract in Ukrainian;
d) for texts in Ukrainian: an abstract in Polish;
e) five keywords in Polish and/or Ukrainian and English.

6. When preparing the bibliography, it is necessary to transliterate the Cyrillic characters according to the rules set out see here: https://centrum.nukat.edu.pl/pl/warsztat/transliteracja.
7. The article should be accompanied by a declaration that it adheres to the principles of scholarly ethics (it must be clear from the content that the text is published for the first time and does not constitute plagiarism) and a declaration that it is aware of the ghostwriting protections.

III. Technical requirements
– Text volume: 20,00–60,000 characters with spaces
– Text file in .rtf, .doc. or .docx format
– Formatting: 30 lines per page, 60 characters per line (1800 characters per page), text justified, margins: top, bottom – 2.5; left – 3.5, right – 1.5.
– font: Times New Roman, size – 12; article title – 14.
– line spacing: 1.5
– Uniform and continuous page numbering (pagination)
– Emphasis by the author: spacing
– Foreign words: italics
– Spelling of titles:
a) Titles of literary works (and other cultural texts) – italics,
b) Titles of Periodicals: in roman font with inverted commas,
c) Titles of works that have not been translated into the national language of the researcher: original title with date of publication/ [title in translation]; for repetitions, only the original title should be given,
d) Titles of works translated into the national language of the researcher: title in translation / [original title with date of publication]; for repetitions, give only the title in translation.
– Shorter quotations in the text: in roman font within inverted commas; longer quotations: text across the width of the column, in smaller roman font, without inverted commas.
– Distinctions and additions made by the author in the quoted text should be annotated in square brackets: [emphasis – J.K.].
– Names of authors and other characters appearing in the main text for the first time should be given in full; in later parts of the text, the surname alone may be used;
– The initials of first names should be used only in footnotes, unless two persons with the same name appear: e.g. J. Piłsudski and B. Piłsudski;
– on page one, on the left-hand side, the following should be placed: author's name, affiliation, e-mail address; ORCID number, type of article (the name should be selected from the list)
   Original scientific article
   Review article
   Research communication
   Glossary or legal commentary
   Review article (scientific review)
   Case study
   Guidance/Recommendations
   Popular science article
   Other of a non-citable nature
   Other of a citable nature
– Below the title of the article: centred, font 12 pt Times New Roman, bold.

IV. Style of footnotes in Polish-language texts

A book by a single author:

W. Tatarkiewicz, Historia filozofii, t. 2, Warszawa 2002, s. 67.

Ibidem, s. 14.

W. Tatarkiewicz, Historia…, s. 20.

Article or chapter in a collective volume:

M. Kowalski, Sylabizm, [w:] Prawo. Zarys encyklopedyczny, red. J. Nowak, Wrocław 1999, s. 23–28.

J. Kowalski, Strona postępowania administracyjnego, [w:] W stronę nowej administracji: Zjazd Katedr Prawa Administracyjnego, Rzeszów 2001 r., red. A. Nowak, Warszawa 2002, s. 77.

Journal article:

P. Borszowski, Definiowanie pojęć w prawie podatkowym jako ograniczenie obszaru nieostrości, „Wrocławsko-Lwowskie Zeszyty Prawnicze” 2017, nr 8, s. 197

Online materials:

J. Gierowska-Kałłaur, W kwestii rzekomo spóźnionej decyzji Józefa Piłsudskiego o powołaniu Białoruskiej Komisji Wojskowej, 2017, http://nowyprometeusz.pl/w-kwestii-rzekomo-spoznionej-decyzji-jozefa-pilsudskiego-o-powolaniu-bialoruskiej-komisji-wojskowej/, 10.05.2018

V. Footnote system in non-Polish texts:
1. The rules outlined in section IV apply.
2. Where reference is made in footnotes to texts with titles written in an alphabet other than Latin, it is necessary to transliterate them according to the rules set out on this page: https://centrum.nukat.edu.pl/pl/warsztat/transliteracja.
In footnotes citing foreign-language publications, use the Polish terminology: vol./Bd. = t.; no/Nr. = nr; Ed./Hrsg = ed.

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