General Guidelines

1- Originality and Exclusivity

  • Manuscripts submitted to Journal of Legal Studies and Researches (JLSR) must be original and should not have been previously published, nor be under consideration by another journal, conference, or edited volume.
  • Duplicate submission or redundant publication is strictly prohibited and will be treated as a violation of publishing ethics.

2- Manuscript Format

  • Authors must follow the official JLSR manuscript template, available on the journal’s website.
  • Manuscripts should be submitted in Microsoft Word format (.docx/.doc).
  • The text should be written in clear academic Arabic, English, using consistent spelling (British or American, but not both), French.
  • Submissions should be prepared in a continuous, coherent academic style, avoiding segmentation into overly informal sections.

3- Structure and Content

  • Each manuscript must include the following elements:
    • Title: concise, informative, and reflective of the study.
    • Abstract: between 150 and 250 words, summarising the purpose, methods, results, and conclusions.
    • Keywords: between 4 and 6 keywords, listed in alphabetical order.
    • Main Text: organised in a standard article structure (e.g., introduction, literature review, methodology, findings, discussion, conclusion).
    • References: formatted consistently according to the latest Chicago style, (using endnotes).
  • Non-Roman scripts in references (e.g., Arabic, Cyrillic, Chinese, etc.) must be translated into Roman script.

4- Authorship and Cover Page

  • The cover page must be submitted, including:
    • Full title of the article.
    • Full name(s) of the author(s).
    • Institutional affiliation(s).
    • ORCID iD.
    • Contact details, with institutional email address strongly recommended.
  • To ensure a fair peer review, the main manuscript should not contain the author’s name(s), or identifying information.

5- Length and Presentation

  • Manuscripts should typically be between 5,000 and 9,000 words (including references, tables, and appendices). Exceptions may apply to shorter research notes or longer review articles, subject to editorial approval.
  • All figures, tables, and charts must be clearly numbered, captioned, and referenced in the text.
  • Authors are responsible for ensuring that all images, tables, or data reproduced from other sources are properly credited and used with permission, where applicable.

6- Submission Process

  • All papers must be submitted electronically.
  • By submitting to JLSR, authors confirm their agreement with the journal’s Ethics Policy, Conflict of Interest Policy, and Corrigenda/Retraction Policy.