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Guidelines for authors

“Review of Enforcement Law” is aimed at all scholars and practitioners dealing with issues of civil procedure law, and in particular enforcement law and insolvency and restructuring proceedings, including both members of the academic community and representatives of all legal professions.

Comprehensive information necessary for submitting a manuscript for publication in “Review of Enforcement Law” is available to interested authors.

Guidelines for authors

  1. “Review of Enforcement Law” is a quarterly journal devoted mainly to legal issues related to judicial enforcement. “Review of Enforcement Law” publishes articles on the structure of enforcement authorities, enforcement proceedings and enforcement carried out within their framework. It also publishes studies on bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings, as well as on the enforcement of claims through execution.
  2. The editors of “Review of Enforcement Law” invite everyone to submit proposals for articles and other texts for publication in both Polish and English.
  3. Authors may only submit their own original texts for publication.
  4. The following types of texts may be published in the “Review of Enforcement Law”:
    • scientific articles, studies, dissertations and contributions containing original and up-to-date scientific research results, with a maximum length of 70,000 characters, including spaces and footnotes;
    • glosses, reviews of case law not exceeding 32,000 characters, including spaces and footnotes;
    • legal issues, answers to legal questions not exceeding 20,000 characters including spaces and footnotes;
    • reviews of current book publications within the thematic scope of the journal; the volume of reviews should not exceed 18,000 characters, including spaces and footnotes;
    • reports containing a description and possible evaluation of scientific events (scientific conferences, seminars, symposia, etc.) important for the scope of the journal, with a length not exceeding 7,500 characters, including spaces.
  5. In justified cases, the Editorial Board may waive the requirements regarding the length of individual texts.
  6. Submitted material should include the author’s name and surname, academic degree or title, ORCID number, address, contact telephone number and e-mail address; in the case of academic staff, also their affiliation. If the author is not affiliated with an academic institution, the affiliation may indicate the profession or institution with which the author is associated.
  7. The submitted material should be accompanied by an abstract in Polish and its equivalent in English (up to 1,200 characters with spaces) and a minimum of five key words (in Polish and English), as well as the title of the text translated into English. An appendix bibliography (including sources cited in the article) should also be attached, and in the case of co-authorship, the percentage of contribution to the publication should be indicated.
  8. The editors of “Review of Enforcement Law” kindly request that all submitted texts be prepared in accordance with the guidelines provided in the PDF file attached below: Editorial guidelines (PDF)
  9. The text should be written in Times New Roman, 12 pt, 1.5 line spacing; footnotes (only footnotes are used) should be written in Times New Roman, 10 pt, 1 line spacing, continuous numbering. Pages should be numbered.
  10. The title of the paper should be as concise as possible. The editors reserve the right to shorten or clarify the title with the author’s consent.
  11. Texts should be sent in electronic form in Word (as an attachment in an e-mail) to the following e-mail address: magdalena.ruzicka@currenda.pl or ppe@currenda.pl
  12. Materials published in PPE are subject to evaluation by two reviewers who are independent researchers from outside the author’s affiliated research unit. The author and reviewers do not know each other’s identities. The review is prepared on a form, a template of which is available on the PPE website. The decision to accept or reject a text for the review process is made within two weeks.
  13. After receiving positive reviews, and before publishing the text in the journal, the author shall sign a publishing agreement with Currenda.
  14. The author ensures that the copyright to the work transferred to Currenda on the date of its acceptance for publication in the “Review of Enforcement Law” will not be limited by the rights of third parties, and that the use and disposal of the work by Currenda will not infringe the personal rights or rights of third parties.
  15. In order to maintain the prestige of the journal, the editorial board of “Review of Enforcement Law” makes every effort to ensure that the texts published in it are original and of the highest scientific quality. Therefore, it attaches great importance to issues such as plagiarism. The editorial board of the journal reserves the right to take appropriate action to investigate and clarify the situation in the event of any suspicions or accusations of plagiarism.
  16. The editorial board informs that ghostwriting and guest authorship are manifestations of scientific dishonesty and any detected cases of this kind will be documented and the relevant entities notified. Ghostwriting occurs when someone has made a significant contribution to the publication without disclosing their participation as one of the authors or without mentioning their role in the acknowledgements included in the publication. Guest authorship occurs when an author’s contribution is negligible or non-existent, yet they are listed as the author or co-author of the publication.
  17. With regard to conflicts of interest, the journal follows the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences on the disclosure of conflicts of interest in legal scientific publications of 3 February 2021.
  18. Conflicts of interest are reported to the Editorial Board by authors who believe that their roles outside the university may influence or may be considered by third parties to influence their objectivity when conducting research or presenting their results. A conflict of interest may arise in the case of authors’ connections with an institution, enterprise or public office (hereinafter referred to as an institution) that is directly interested in or benefits from the adoption of a particular interpretation of the law.
  19. In the process of deciding whether to accept or reject a scientific text for publication in PPE, its originality, scientific quality and consistency with the subject matter of the journal are important. The decision to publish an article is based on reviews.
  20. The editorial office does not return unsolicited materials.
  21. The editorial board informs that royalties are paid for articles published in “Review of Enforcement Law”.
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