Copyright Notice

Copyright Ownership

Authors who publish in the Journal of Law and Cultural Studies (JLCS) retain the copyright to their work. By submitting a manuscript and accepting publication, authors grant JLCS the right of first publication.

The journal is granted a non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive, and communicate the published work in printed and electronic formats for scholarly and educational purposes.

Author Rights

Authors retain the following rights:

To retain copyright of their published work.
To share, copy, and redistribute the published article in any medium or format.
To reuse the article for educational, research, and non-commercial purposes.
To deposit the published version in institutional repositories, personal websites, or other non-commercial repositories.
To use the article in future books, dissertations, teaching materials, or other scholarly works, provided that the original publication in JLCS is properly acknowledged.

Journal Rights

The Journal of Law and Cultural Studies reserves the right to:

Publish the accepted manuscript in print and electronic formats.
Assign a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to each published article.
Archive and preserve published articles through recognized digital preservation services.
Distribute metadata to indexing and abstracting databases.
Promote published articles through academic databases, library services, and scholarly communication platforms.

Author Warranties

By submitting a manuscript, the corresponding author confirms that:

The manuscript is original and has not been previously published.
The manuscript is not under consideration by another journal.
All listed authors have approved the submission.
The manuscript does not infringe any copyright or intellectual property rights.
Permission has been obtained for any copyrighted material included in the manuscript.
All sources have been appropriately acknowledged.

Third-Party Material

Authors are responsible for obtaining written permission to reproduce copyrighted figures, tables, photographs, illustrations, or other materials owned by third parties.

Evidence of permission must be provided upon request by the Editorial Office.

Attribution Requirement

Any reuse or redistribution of published articles must provide appropriate credit by citing:

The author(s);
The article title;
The Journal of Law and Cultural Studies (JLCS);
The volume, issue, and publication year;
The article DOI (where available).

Open Access and Licensing

All articles published in JLCS are made freely available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License.

This license permits anyone to:

Read and download articles free of charge.
Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the work for any purpose, including commercial use.

These permissions are granted provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), a link to the license is provided, and any changes made are clearly indicated.

Copyright Compliance

Authors, editors, reviewers, and readers are expected to respect applicable copyright laws and intellectual property rights.

Any allegation of copyright infringement will be investigated by the Editorial Board and handled in accordance with the journal's Publication Ethics and the recommendations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Effective Policy

This Copyright Notice applies to all manuscripts submitted to and published by the Journal of Law and Cultural Studies (JLCS) unless otherwise stated by the Editorial Board.