The Warsaw University Law Review welcomes article submissions in all areas of law from students, academics and practicing lawyers. The Warsaw University Law Review is published twice a year.
Timing
We accept articles on an ongoing basis. We encourage you to submit your papers before 31 December (Fall Issue) and before 30 April (Spring Issue). We review articles twice a year.
Electronic submission
We accept articles submitted by e-mail at ppuw@wpia.uw.edu.pl.
Length limits
We expect articles to be between 4,000 to 10,000 words. Any article should be accompanied by:
• an abstract (800–1000 characters)
• 5 keywords
• a bibliography (alphabetically ordered)
Citation Guide
All submissions should conform to our Citation Guide. In case of any doubt please consult previous issues available online.
Exclusivity
We only accept articles which are sent to us exclusively. By submitting an article for review, you are obliged not to send it to any other journal.
Copyrights and licensing
Authors who submit an article for publication in the Warsaw University Law Review accept all the terms that are presented on the website. Authors are not paid for publishing (nor do they pay for publication).
Particular stress is placed on copyright issues – no ghost-writing is allowed. Should the article be written by more than one author, the work of each one should be specified. The Author should also attach a signed scan of the Author’s declaration, confirming they are the author, that the article is original, and that there has been no ghost-writing involved in the piece. Author’s warranties of paper originality, ghostwriting and authorship.
Beginning with issue 1/2019, all articles published in “University of Warsaw Law Review” are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY) license. The full content of the license is available at: https://creativecommons.
Review process and deadlines
The submitted papers are subject to a first-tier (preliminary) review by the Board of Editors. At this stage wording, spelling and basic substantive matters are verified.
Should the result of the first-tier review be positive, anonymised papers are sent to two anonymous specialists in the particular field of law (the double-blind review process). The paper must be recommended for publication by both reviewers in order to be published.
Please be patient ‒ the process may take from 3 to 6 months. We will contact you by email to inform you of the results.
The authors should expect to work closely with the Editorial Board on substantive and technical revisions prior to the article’s final publication.
We look forward to your submissions!