European University of Law and
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The Editorial Board of the European Law & International Relations Review [Europejski Przegląd Prawa i Stosunków Międzynarodowych] (abbreviated name: EL&IRR [EPPiSM]) has the following rules for publishing texts:

1. By submitting a text to the Editor, the Author transfers to the Publisher the exclusive right to publish it.
2. The Author's consent to publication in the European Law & International Relations Review includes the electronic (e-publication) and printed (paper) versions.
3. The electronic version of the European Law & International Relations Review is considered the primary version.
4. A text submitted for publication in the European Law & International Relations Review must not have been previously published in another journal (electronic and/or print) or considered for publication.
5. Texts are submitted either electronically (e-mail: ewspa.kwartalnik. eppism@gmail.com) or by post (address: 59 Okopowa St., 01-043 Warsaw, 4th floor) – in the latter case with an electronic version saved on a readable medium and with a paper, single-sided printout.
6. Each text is subjected to an initial assessment by the Editorial Board, which may reject it, in particular if the basic rules of scientific or linguistic correctness have not been observed, or if at least one of the principles of publication proper to the EL&IRR has been violated, including in particular the principle of author's integrity (e.g. ghostwriting, guest authorship)). A text that has not been rejected is subjected to substantive assessment by at least two independent reviewers in adouble-blind procedureThey prepare written reviews containing remarks and instructions for the Authors and a clear conclusion as to whether the text should be accepted for publication. On this basis, the Editorial Board decides: a) to accept it for publication; b) to accept it conditionally for publication – after the author has incorporated the changes indicated by the reviewers; c) to refuse to accept it for publication.
7. The editors shall not disclose the names of reviewers of individual materials. A list of reviewers is published at least once a year on the quarterly's website.
8. The minimum length of scientific articles and glosses submitted to the EL&IRR shall be 20,000 characters [here and hereafter counted with spaces and footnotes].
9. The maximum volume of a scientific article should not exceed 60,000 characters. If this limit is exceeded – particularly significantly – the Editors may suggest that the author divide the text into parts. The volume of the glossary should not exceed 40,000 characters
10. The article and the review will additionally contain: the title in English, an abstract in Polish and English (approximate length 500–2500 characters), keywords in Polish and English (at least three), and an appendix bibliography.
11. ) In addition, the Author shall include: information about him/herself (academic and professional status, affiliation, ORCID number, e-mail address, telephone number, etc.) and a statement that the text has not been published anywhere before and that the EL&IRR Editorial Board acquires the exclusive right to publish it. In the case of multi-authored publications, the information about oneself and the obligation to submit a statement apply to all authors.
12. In addition to the abstract, the scientific article should include a separate, preferably several-sentence introduction (leader). The abstract should be written using keywords (each keyword should be used in the abstract). The abstract is concerned with the content of the article, i.e. it is a summary – and as such should contain phrases such as "The aim of the article is..." or "The subject of the article is..." and also provide a synthetic explanation of how this aim has been achieved, e.g. "The aim of the article is to answer the question...", "The author has provided a positive/negative answer" - this is the minimum minimorum of the abstract. The introduction, on the other hand, refers to the subject matter covered in the article, i.e. it is a synthetic introduction to it. The introduction should not (even in part) duplicate or paraphrase the abstract.
13. Final conclusions are an integral part of every scientific article and glossary.
14. Where reference is made in the text to electronic publications, in addition to the author and the title, the address of the website should be given, together with the date of access.
15. Case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and of the European Court of Human Rights shall be cited with the obligatory indication of the editorial unit of the decision in question – i.e. point (CJEU) or paragraph (ECHR) – for example as follows:

¹ Order of the CJ of 12 February 2019, RH, C 8/19 PPU, EU:C:2019:110, para 60.

² Judgment of the EU General Court of 15 December 2010, E.ONEnergie/Commission, T 141/08, EU:T:2010:516, para 56 and case law cited therein

³ ECtHR judgment of 25 March 1998, Belziuk v. Poland, Application no. 23103/93, § 37.

Subsequent citations of the same judgment omit either the ECL (CJEU) or the complaint number (ECtHR).

16. National case law is cited by way of example as follows:

¹ Judgment of the Supreme Court of 12 March 2008, I CSK 430/07, OSNC 2009, no. 5, item 75.

² Order of the Constitutional Court of 27 September 2005, U 2/05, OTK ZU-A 2005, No 8, item 96, part II, point 2.

³ Judgment of the Constitutional Court of 3 December 2015, K 34/15, OTK ZU-A 2015, No 11, item 185, part III, point 6.12.

⁴ Judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court of 24 October 2000, V SA 613/00, OSP 2001, no. 5, item 82.

⁵ Judgment of the Court of Appeal in Kraków of 23 April 1998, II AKa 48/98, LEX No 35155.

⁶ Decision of the Court of Appeal in Łódź of 15 February 2023, II AKz 74/23 (unpublished).

Subsequent citation of the same national judgment shall omit the place of publication or a note of its absence.

17. Once a text has been accepted for publication, the Editor has the right to make editorial, typographical, linguistic, etc. adjustments
18. No royalties or fees (APCs) shall be paid for publication in the European Law & International Relations Review.