• Submit original work that is not under consideration by another journal.
• Acknowledge all legal authorities, quotations, ideas, data and third-party material.
• Do not fabricate, falsify, manipulate or selectively conceal evidence.
• List only genuine scholarly contributors as authors.
• Obtain consent, institutional approval or permission where required.
• Protect confidential client, participant, organizational and case information.
• Disclose funding and actual or potential conflicts of interest.
• Inform the journal promptly when a significant error is discovered.

Authors must provide proper acknowledgement whenever they use another person’s words, arguments, interpretations, research findings, legal analysis, tables, figures or other intellectual material.

Direct copying, close paraphrasing, translation without attribution, inappropriate reuse of earlier work or submission of another person’s work as original may be treated as plagiarism.

Submitted manuscripts may be examined for textual similarity, duplication and improper source use during editorial processing.

A manuscript submitted to JALS must not be under consideration by another journal at the same time.

Authors should disclose any related conference paper, thesis chapter, working paper, report, preprint or earlier publication where substantial overlap may exist.

Submitting substantially identical work to multiple publications without transparent disclosure may result in rejection or corrective action.

• Confirm that all authors approved the manuscript.
• Provide accurate names, affiliations and contact details.
• Communicate editorial decisions to all co-authors.
• Coordinate revisions and responses to reviewer comments.
• Submit required declarations, permissions and supporting documents.
• Inform the journal about authorship disputes or requested changes.
• Review and approve the final publication proof.

• Statutes and legal provisions should be cited accurately.
• Judicial decisions should not be quoted selectively or misleadingly.
• Jurisdictional differences should be identified clearly.
• Repealed, amended or overruled authorities should be presented with proper context.
• Primary legal sources should be used where reasonably available.
• References should not be fabricated, incomplete or deliberately misleading.

Legal research involving interviews, surveys, observations, personal records or identifiable individuals should respect dignity, privacy, voluntary participation and applicable ethical requirements.

• Institutional or ethical approval should be reported where required.
• Informed consent should be obtained where applicable.
• Personal information should be anonymized or protected appropriately.
• Additional safeguards should be applied to vulnerable participants.
• Participants should not be exposed to unnecessary harm, pressure or deception.

Authors should not disclose confidential client communications, privileged documents, sealed court records, protected witness details, personal identifiers or commercially sensitive information without appropriate authorization.

Where confidentiality is required, names, case references, organizational details or other identifying information should be anonymized carefully.

• Authors must obtain permission for protected third-party material where required.
• Judicial extracts, photographs, tables, charts and archival documents must be acknowledged.
• Citation alone may not replace formal permission for substantial reproduction.
• Authors remain responsible for copyright and permission compliance.
• Submitted material must not violate another person’s intellectual-property rights.

Authors should disclose financial, institutional, professional, personal or academic interests that may influence the research, interpretation or presentation of the manuscript.

Funding sources, sponsorship and the role of any supporting organization should be identified where applicable.

• Artificial intelligence systems cannot be listed as authors.
• Human authors remain responsible for all submitted content.
• AI must not be used to fabricate cases, statutes, quotations, sources or research data.
• All AI-assisted factual statements and references must be verified.
• Confidential manuscripts and legal information must not be uploaded to unauthorized AI platforms.
• Substantial AI assistance should be disclosed where required by journal policy.

• Evaluate manuscripts objectively, independently and respectfully.
• Provide clear, constructive and academically relevant comments.
• Maintain confidentiality throughout the review process.
• Declare personal, professional, academic or financial conflicts.
• Avoid discriminatory remarks and personal criticism.
• Identify possible plagiarism, duplication or citation concerns.
• Do not use unpublished arguments or information for personal advantage.
• Complete reviews within a reasonable communicated period.

• Evaluate manuscripts fairly and without improper discrimination.
• Protect author, reviewer and manuscript confidentiality.
• Base decisions on originality, legal accuracy, relevance and ethical compliance.
• Declare conflicts of interest and transfer manuscripts where necessary.
• Examine credible complaints and allegations responsibly.
• Take appropriate corrective action where reliable evidence exists.
• Maintain editorial independence from improper commercial or institutional influence.

Editorial decisions should be based on the manuscript’s legal relevance, academic quality, originality, ethical preparation and contribution to scholarship.

Author status, institutional influence, personal relationships, payment or commercial considerations must not guarantee acceptance or favourable treatment.

Submitted manuscripts, reviewer reports and editorial correspondence are confidential materials.

Editors and reviewers must not disclose, reproduce, distribute or use unpublished content without authorization.

Confidential manuscripts should not be uploaded to unauthorized external platforms or artificial intelligence systems.

Credible concerns may be examined confidentially, fairly and without unnecessary delay. The journal may request explanations, original data, source documents, consent records, permissions or other relevant evidence.

Authors, reviewers and editors are expected to cooperate with legitimate publication-integrity enquiries.

Significant errors, unreliable findings or confirmed misconduct may require a formal correction, withdrawal, expression of concern or retraction notice.

Such notices should remain connected with the affected article to preserve transparency and protect the accuracy of the legal scholarly record.

An honest error is not automatically treated as research misconduct. Authors should report significant mistakes promptly and cooperate with appropriate correction of the publication record.

The journal will consider the nature, extent and effect of the error when determining the appropriate editorial response.

Authors, reviewers and readers may submit complaints or appeals through the journal’s official communication channel.

The request should identify the relevant manuscript or article and provide specific evidence, legal reasoning or procedural grounds.

General disagreement with an editorial decision does not automatically establish malpractice or justify reversal of the decision.