Lus Publicum: Journal of Law, Public Policy, and Humanities accepts original scholarly manuscripts that fall within the journal's focus and scope. Manuscripts may present original research, theoretical studies, empirical investigations, comparative studies, doctrinal or normative legal research, socio-legal studies, and interdisciplinary research.
Authors are required to ensure that submitted manuscripts:
The journal primarily accepts the following types of manuscripts:
Research articles should generally follow the structure below.
The title should be concise, specific, informative, and accurately reflect the main subject of the manuscript. Authors should avoid unnecessary abbreviations and overly general expressions.
The manuscript should include the full name of each author, institutional affiliation, country, and the corresponding author's email address.
The abstract should briefly describe the research background, objectives, methodology or approach, principal findings, and conclusion. The abstract should be clear and informative and should generally not exceed 250 words.
Authors should provide 3–5 keywords representing the main concepts or subjects discussed in the manuscript.
The introduction should establish the research background, identify the research problem or research gap, explain the significance of the study, and clearly state the research objectives or questions.
This section should discuss relevant literature, previous studies, theories, and concepts that provide the foundation for the research. Authors should demonstrate how the manuscript contributes to existing scholarship.
The methodology should clearly explain the research design, methods, data sources, analytical approach, and other procedures necessary to understand and evaluate the research. For doctrinal or normative legal research, authors should clearly explain the legal approach, sources of law, and analytical method employed.
The results should present the main findings of the research clearly and systematically. The discussion should interpret the findings in relation to the research questions, relevant theories, previous studies, legal frameworks, policies, or broader social and cultural contexts.
The conclusion should directly address the research objectives or questions and summarize the principal findings and contributions of the study. Recommendations may be included where relevant.
All sources cited in the manuscript must be included in the reference list. References should be relevant, reliable, and sufficiently up to date. Authors are encouraged to use primary and authoritative sources where appropriate.
Unless otherwise specified in the journal template, manuscripts should generally contain approximately 5,000–8,000 words, including references.
Manuscripts should be prepared using a standard word-processing format such as Microsoft Word. The manuscript should use consistent headings and subheadings. Tables and figures should be numbered consecutively and provided with appropriate titles or captions. All tables and figures must be referred to in the main text. Abbreviations should be defined at their first appearance.
Authors should use the official Lus Publicum manuscript template when preparing their submissions.
Lus Publicum requires authors to use a consistent academic citation and referencing style. Authors should ensure that every source cited in the text appears in the reference list and that every reference listed is cited in the manuscript.
Direct quotations must be appropriately identified and cited. Legal sources, legislation, court decisions, regulations, treaties, and other authoritative materials should be cited accurately where relevant. DOI information should be included where available.
Authors should avoid excessive self-citation and citation manipulation. Reference management software such as Zotero, Mendeley, or EndNote may be used to maintain consistency.
All submitted manuscripts must be original. Authors must properly acknowledge the work and ideas of others through appropriate citation.
The journal may conduct similarity or plagiarism screening at any stage of the editorial process. Manuscripts containing plagiarism, substantial unattributed similarity, duplicate publication, fabricated information, falsified data, or other forms of academic misconduct may be rejected or subject to further investigation.
Authorship should be limited to individuals who have made substantial contributions to the conception, research, analysis, interpretation, or preparation of the manuscript.
All listed authors must have made a meaningful contribution to the work, approve the submitted manuscript and its final version, and accept responsibility for the integrity of their contributions.
Individuals who have contributed to the work but do not meet authorship criteria should be appropriately acknowledged.
Authors are responsible for ensuring that their research complies with applicable ethical standards. Research involving human participants, personal data, or other ethically sensitive materials should obtain appropriate ethical approval or informed consent where required.
Authors should clearly state relevant ethical approval, informed consent, data protection, or other ethical considerations in the manuscript when applicable.
Authors must disclose any financial, personal, institutional, or professional relationships that could influence the research or its interpretation.
A conflict of interest does not necessarily prevent publication, but it must be transparently disclosed.
Authors are expected to report their research methods and findings accurately and transparently. Where appropriate and ethically permissible, authors are encouraged to make relevant research data, materials, instruments, or supporting information available to facilitate verification and further research.
Authors must not fabricate, falsify, manipulate, or selectively misrepresent research data or findings.
Authors may use artificial intelligence tools for limited purposes such as language improvement, grammar checking, or technical assistance, provided that such use does not compromise the originality, accuracy, or integrity of the manuscript.
AI tools must not be listed as authors. Authors remain fully responsible for the content, accuracy, originality, citations, and integrity of their manuscripts.
Where AI has been used substantially in the research or preparation of the manuscript, authors should disclose its use in accordance with the journal's applicable policies.
Manuscripts must be submitted through the journal's official online submission system. Authors should ensure that all required submission information and files are complete.
Manuscripts that pass the initial editorial screening are subject to peer review in accordance with the journal's review procedures. Editorial decisions are based on the manuscript's originality, academic quality, methodological rigor, relevance, clarity, and contribution to the field.
Lus Publicum does not charge authors an Article Processing Charge (APC). Submission and publication are free of charge, subject to the journal's editorial and peer-review procedures.
Lus Publicum: Journal of Law, Public Policy, and Humanities is published three times a year, in January, May, and September.
Before submitting a manuscript, authors should ensure that the manuscript fits the journal's focus and scope, is original and is not under consideration elsewhere, follows the required structure and format, and contains accurate title, abstract, and keywords.
Authors should also ensure that all sources are properly cited and listed in the references, tables and figures are appropriately presented, authorship information is complete and accurate, conflicts of interest have been disclosed where applicable, research ethics requirements have been fulfilled where applicable, and the manuscript has been carefully checked for plagiarism and proofreading before submission.
Authors are encouraged to review the journal's official manuscript template before submitting their work to ensure compliance with all formatting and submission requirements.
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.