Publication ethics of The Lawyer Quarterly specifies the duties of authors, reviewers, the editor and publisher.

 

Publication ethics of The Lawyer Quarterly specifies the duties of authors, reviewers, the editor and publisher.

TLQ’s publication ethics are primarily based on the Ethical Code of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and the COPE Guidelines, which are available here https://publicationethics.org/guidance/Guidelines. 

 

Author

By submitting a manuscript to the Editorial Board, the author confirms the following:

• the submitted manuscript is their original work. Plagiarism, including duplicate publication of the author’s own work without proper citation and paraphrasing of text, concepts, and ideas, is an unacceptable practice. Any cases of ethical misconduct are taken very seriously. They will be investigated thoroughly and dealt with in accordance with the COPE guidelines - especially the Text recycling guidelines for editors and the Retraction guidelines (https://publicationethics.org/retraction-guidelines

https://publicationethics.org/sites/default/files/Web_A29298_COPE_Text_Recycling.pdf).

• the author only submits manuscripts not published previously elsewhere;
• the author only submits manuscripts that they currently, or until the review process is completed, does not intend to publish elsewhere and the submission of the article exclusive;
• the author is the sole owner of the copyright for the submitted manuscript; in case there are co-authors, all authors must be listed and agree with the publication of the manuscript;
• the author has informed the Executive editor about any conflicts of interest related to the submitted manuscript;
• clearly, accurately, and unequivocally lists all sources used when writing the manuscript;
• agrees with the peer-review process;
• submits the article to a double-blinded anonymous review process and other evaluations/recommendations of the Head of the Editorial Board or Executive Editor;
• informs the Executive editor about any potential errors in the manuscript, including errors in the results of research described in the manuscript; and
• grants the Publisher free of charge the right to publish the manuscript in printed or electronic form and publicize the article in databases, in which TLQ is included.

 

Reviewer

By accepting a manuscript, the reviewer undertakes to:

• immediately inform the Executive editor over any conflict of interest;
• ensure that information related to the manuscript and contained in it remains confidential;
• point out to the Executive editor all circumstances that could be a reason for rejecting the publication of the manuscript;
• always evaluate manuscripts based on their content;
• write the review report personally and to the best of own belief and knowledge;
• inform the editor if they does not feel sufficiently qualified to evaluate the manuscript professionally or if they cannot submit the review for any other reasons on their side.

 

Editor

• All articles published in this journal have been subjected to a thorough review process, which includes a first evaluation by the editor and anonymized review evaluation by at least two anonymous reviewers.
• The Executive editor of TLQ decides which of the articles submitted to the journal shall be published. The editor follows the policy of the Editorial Board and valid legislation related to slander, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The Executive Editor may consult their decisions with the Head of the Editorial Board or reviewers.
• The Executive editor evaluates the manuscript based on its intellectual content, regardless of the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic background, citizenship, and political inclinations of the author.
• The Executive editor, or any other member of the office, may not disclose any information about submitted manuscripts to any other person than the author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the Publisher.
• The Executive editor’s duty is to ensure a just and relevant review process. The Executive editor must refuse to take part in reviewing the manuscripts (i.e., must ask a member of the Editorial Board to manage the review and evaluation process), if in the given case there is a conflict of interest due to competitive relations, relations based on cooperation, or connections with any of the authors, organizations and institutions connected with the given work. The editor must require all contributors to specify all conflicts of interest and publish a correction if a conflict of interest occurred after the article was published. If necessary, other measures may be taken, including publication of an announcement on a withdrawal of articles and notification of possible errors.
• The Executive editor must not use unpublished materials from submitted manuscripts for their own research without explicit written approval of the author(s). Protected information and ideas received during the review process must be considered confidential and may not be used for personal benefit. It is the editor’s responsibility to ensure that editorial decisions are not influenced by income from advertising, reprint, and other commercial activities.

 

Publisher

• TLQ is interested in having the roles of the publisher and editor well-defined to ensure the autonomy of editorial decisions without any influence from advertisers and other commercial partners.
• We protect the intellectual property and copyright of TLQ, its brands, authors, and publication partners by presenting and preserving the final published version of each article. TLQ guarantees the integrity and transparency of all published articles with respect to conflicts of interest, financing of publication and research, publication and research ethics, publication and research errors, the confidentiality of information, authorship, corrections, clarification, and withdrawal of articles, including the publication of content.
• In case of presumed or proven scientific misconduct, fraudulent publication, or plagiarism, the publisher, in close cooperation with editors, shall take all measures necessary to clarify the situation and fix the article in question. This includes the immediate publication of an announcement of correction or, in the most serious cases, a retraction of the work in question.