Submissions

Submissions

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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The text has neither been published previously nor is currently being submitted to publication elsewhere.
  • Files are saved in the .doc format (MS Word).
  • If available, provide the URL for references.
  • 1.0 interline; Font: 12 pts Times New Roman; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • The author grants all their rights as author and copyright owner to the Publisher (non-exclusive and royalty-free licence to use the work pursuant to the Agreement, available for viewing and acceptance on the Web "link”).
  • The signed Representation of each Author/Co-author of the text has been attached to the submission.

Author Guidelines

Before submitting a text, please read the journal's Publishing Ethics Guidelines and complete the Author's Representation. A signed Representation of each Author/Co-author must be attached to the submission. If the title of the text, the composition of authorship, or any other circumstances covered by the Representation change in the course of the editorial process (e.g. as a result of peer review), the Author(s) are required to promptly submit an updated Representation to the Editorial Board, reflecting these changes.

Authors are requested to make submissions via https://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/zpuam/about/submissions in a .doc format by March 1 of each year at the latest. The Journal is issued in a printed form in December. Submission of the papers to the Journal shall be deemed as the consent to the printed and electronic publication. 

Submitting a text to "Adam Mickiewicz University Law Journal", the author agrees to the text being made available in electronic form in repositories, databases and platforms indexing and disseminating scientific content of the editorial choosing.

One of the conditions of publication is editing the paper in accordance with the following guidelines for the Authors. Editors reserve the right to reject texts and making adjustments.

Technical requirements for the papers:

    • volume: 25-35 thousand characters with spaces and footnotes,
    • font: Times New Roman 11 pts,
    • footnotes: Times New Roman 10 pts,
    • 1.0 spacing,
    • margins 0.75 cm,
    • heading and sub-headings: Times New Roman 12 pts, bold, centered; sub-headings numbered with Arabic numerals.

The detailed requirements for the formatting of footnotes and bibliographies can be found here: link.

The papers shall be accompanied by abstract in English, as well as with key words (from 3 to 5) in English. Moreover, affiliation information, ORCID iD and official email address shall be stated with his/her name (e.g. Jan Kowalski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3333-5555, jan.kowalski@amu.edu.pl). Abstract (max. 120 words) should include: (1) the aim of the paper and research problem(s); (2) methodology; (3) summary of the claims made in the paper; (4) argumentation on why the research and the paper are important or novel. The papers should contain a bibliography according to the given pattern.

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Pursuant to Article 13(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter: "GDPR") (OJ EU L 119, p. 1), we inform you that:

  1. The Administrator of personal data is Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, ul. Wieniawskiego 1, 61-712 Poznań. The registered office of the Editorial Board of the Adam Mickiewicz University Law Journal: Collegium Rubrum, Al. Niepodległości 53, 61-714 Poznań, room 208.
  2. The Administrator has appointed a Data Protection Officer, who can be contacted at: iod@amu.edu.pl.
  3. Personal data are processed for the purpose of carrying out and documenting the peer-review, editorial, and publishing processes.
  4. The data are processed pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, i.e. your consent. The data are also processed for evidentiary (archival) purposes, i.e. to demonstrate certain facts where necessary, which constitutes a legitimate interest of the Administrator pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
  5. Personal data may be disclosed to entities external to the Administrator that operate databases, repositories, and platforms indexing or disseminating scholarly content, with which the journal cooperates (e.g. DOAJ, Crossref, EBSCO, CEEOL).
  6. Some of the entities referred to in point 5 may be established outside the European Economic Area (e.g. in the United States). In such cases, the transfer of data takes place with an appropriate level of protection of personal data, in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR (e.g. on the basis of mechanisms approved by the European Commission).
  7. Personal data will be stored for the period necessary to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.
  8. Data subjects have the right to be informed about the scope of the personal data being processed, to access their content, to have their data transferred, to request the rectification of their data, to request the erasure of their data or the restriction of its processing, to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data, and to object to the processing of their data by sending a message to: zeszyt@amu.edu.pl, as well as the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority: the President of the Personal Data Protection Office (Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych), ul. Stanisława Moniuszki 1A, 00-014 Warsaw.
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