The editorial board of the journal "Bulletin of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine" accepts for consideration and publishes the following types of articles:

• theoretical article – an article whose structure depends on its content and in which, based on the analysis of scientific literature, new theoretical provisions are developed and put forward that contribute to the development of the legal system of Ukraine. Articles of this type may include: original theories, clarification, supplementation and criticism of existing theoretical concepts, comparison of different theories, criticism and development of methodological approaches in the field of legal sciences;
• review article – a scientific work that systematises and analyses existing research in a particular scientific field in order to provide a comprehensive view of the current state of knowledge, identify unresolved issues and determine the prospects for further research. Review articles are important for informing the scientific community on achievements and trends in the field of legal sciences, as well as for helping researchers to formulate their own research questions and hypotheses.

Structural elements of articles
 

Requirements for the layout and content of sections

The following information about the authors (in Ukrainian and English) must be indicated:

• structural divisions of the institution where authors work;
• full official names and legal addresses of the authors' institutions;
• contact email addresses;
• academic degree and position of each author;
• ORCID (if the author does not have this identifier, it can be obtained at https://orcid.org/).

Abstract

The abstract should be informative (200-300 words), structured (follow the logic of the article presentation), and meaningful (disclose the main research results, clearly formulate the relevance, goal, methods of problem analysis, as well as the practical value of the study). The abstract should not contain abbreviations, footnotes, and references.

Keywords

5-7 words or phrases related to the subject matter do not duplicate the title of the article and do not consist of common words.

Introduction

The section highlights the current state of the problem under study at the global level, analyses the latest research and publications (5-7 works of other researchers) with links to scientific publications over the past 3-5 years. The relevance, purpose, objectives and the novelty of the study are substantiated. References to literature must be given in square brackets. One citation should not include more than 3 sources.

Literature Review

This section is optional and should contain the results of research by scientists who analysed certain aspects of the subject matter. Each name of the researcher must be accompanied by a corresponding reference from the list of references.

Materials and Methods

The section describes the main stages of the study and justifies the choice of the methods, techniques, approaches, or actions used to obtain new scientific research results. The strategies and criteria for sampling (if the article contains an empirical part) are explained, the experimental basis of the study is noted. The stated methodology should provide a complete picture of the research progress so that it can be repeated by other scientists with the use of the same materials and methods. The section is required in the structure of a scientific article.

Results and Discussion

The section presents the main material of the study with full justification of the scientific results obtained. Tabular or graphical materials are necessarily accompanied by the results of statistical data processing. Sources are placed under tables and figures. Value judgments should be avoided, as well as the elements of the description of the methodology and direct repetition of the data presented in the tables and graphic material in the text of the article. Research results must be sufficiently substantiated, methodologically correct, have novelty and practical value.

The discussion should be based on the interpretation of the research results. The most important scientific facts established are involved in the consideration, taking into account the previous data and analysis, in accordance with the literary sources on the current state of the problem with references to the works of a similar direction of research conducted in other countries.

Conclusions

Conclusions should fully and specifically reflect the results of research, correspond to the purpose and title of the study, word-by-word duplication in the abstract is unacceptable. It is important to indicate the prospects for further research on the selected topic.

Recommendations

This section is optional and should contain information on the scholarly value and significance of the article.

Acknowledgements

This section is used to express gratitude to individuals or organizations for technical assistance, intellectual contributions, or financial (material) support that made the research possible. If there are no acknowledgements, please indicate “None”.

Conflict of Interest

Authors are required to disclose all potential sources of conflict of interest. A conflict of interest is defined as any interest or relationship that could be perceived as influencing the author’s objectivity. Such conflicts must be disclosed if they are directly related to or associated with the work described in the manuscript.

The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If no conflicts of interest exist, authors must declare this upon submission and include a corresponding statement in the “Conflict of Interest” section.

The corresponding author is responsible for ensuring that all co-authors are aware of this policy and for collectively disclosing all relevant commercial and other relationships at the time of submission. Failure to properly disclose conflicts of interest during submission or peer review may result in rejection of the manuscript.

If there is no conflict of interest, please indicate “None”.

References

References to sources in the text must be indicated in square brackets [], for example: [1, p. 13]. No more than 3 sources may be mentioned in one citation. No more than two works by one author may be mentioned in the list of used sources. Also, there may be no more than two articles from one journal/collection of articles, etc.

The list of used sources is provided in Ukrainian and English (transliteration is not allowed), the sources are arranged in alphabetical order of the surnames of the first authors (titles) or in the order of appearance (mention) of the references in the text of the article, and are drawn up in accordance with DSTU 8302:2015 and APA 6th Referencing Style (2010).

It is recommended that articles rely on recent scholarly sources published within the last three years. The manuscript must include references to academic publications indexed in journals covered by the Scopus and/or Web of Science databases. The list of references should be provided both in the original language and in English.

Citation within the text and inclusion in the reference list of sources published in Russian in any country are prohibited, as well as sources in other languages if they were published in the territories of the Russian Federation or the Republic of Belarus.

In order to ensure a higher quality of scholarly referencing, authors are required to indicate the DOI of each source in the reference list, where available.

Tables, figures, graphs, equation

• Tables, figures, graphs, and formulas should be numbered and submitted after their mention in the text (notes are placed directly below the table/figure/graph). All abbreviations must be spelled out at the first mention in the text.
• Equation must be created in Equation Editor, variable mathematical values in the text according to the formulas are typed in italics.
• Figures and graphs should be centred, text wrapping around the image is prohibited.
• All dimensions of physical quantities should be submitted in accordance with the International System of Units (SI). There is a space between units of measurement, symbols, and numbers to which they refer.

Submission Deadlines:

• Issue 1 – by 15 February (published on the website by 31 March of the current year);
• Issue 2 – by 15 May (published on the website by 30 June of the current year);
• Issue 3 – by 15 September (published on the website by 31 October of the current year);
• Issue 4 – by 15 November (published on the website by 31 December of the current year).

ARTICLE LAYOUT TEMPLATE

Examples of the layout of the list of references