Instructions for authors

1. The submitted manuscript must be written in a software program which allows creation of text documents (f. e. MS Word) in Slovak an/or Czech language; in a case of the special issue of the journal in English language solely. The manuscript should be submitted electronically via email to the email address usappo@savba.sk. Along with the manuscript, the Author also provides the following information: name, surname, academic titles, residential address, Author´s workplace, job position, ORCID ID (if available).

2. The submitted manuscript includes the title of the article in Slovak (Czech) and English, an abstract in English (20 lines), keywords (3 - 5) and a list of references (bibliography) compiled in alphabetical order. The title page of the manuscript shall be compiled according to the template provide on www.pravnyobzor.sk in the section "For authors".

3. All submitted manuscript must always meet these formal requirements: font size 10; font type Times New Roman; row spacing 1.0, 60 strokes per line including spaces and 30 rows per page. Manuscripts should range from 10 to 25 pages in length. Reports from scientific life, reviews and/or annotations should be 5 pages or less. The manuscripts, which don´t meet the formal editing criteria in accordance with these requirements, shall be returned to the Author and shall not be accepted for peer review procedure.

4. Submitted manuscripts need to be composed clearly and precisely. They must be structured into chapters, possibly supplemented by intertitles and the principle one idea = one paragraph should be followed. It is also necessary to maintain consistent and accurate terminology. The pages of the manuscript must be continually numbered. In case of reports from scientific life, the event report is required to include a description of the course of the event, information on the major underlying theses referred to, as well as some views and arguments that may have been voiced in stimulating discussions following some contributions. The content of the review must go beyond the scope of the annotation. The review is required to contain, in addition to the characteristics of the structure and content of the assessed work, also a critical evaluation of the work in terms of its strengths and weaknesses.

5. All footnotes in the manuscripts should be indicated continuously; font size 8. In the first footnote the Author shall state name and surname of Author, his/her academic titles and workplace where the Author's work has been created. In the second footnote, the Author states if the work has been created thanks to the financial support of any grant schemes.

6. Citations should be indicated as continuously indexed footnotes. Uniformity of citations is required. Model examples of how to quote are available on the website www.pravnyobzor.sk in the section “For Authors”.

7. The Editor ensures language reviews of the manuscripts as well as its anonymized version due to the doble-blind peer review process.

8. The Editor informs the Author about the outcome of the peer-review procedure electronically via email. The peer-review procedure is free of charge. The Author does not incur any costs in relation to the review and publishing of the manuscript.

9. Manuscripts that are not published in the review will be returned at the Author's request.

10. The Editor ensures that manuscripts of the Authors approved by the publisher for publication are digitally stored through the review's website and cloud services. The Authors do not pay any fees to the editor for this kind of service.

11. The Editor observes the principles of publishing ethics and the malpractice statement available on the website www.pravnyobzor.sk By sending the manuscript to the Editor, the Author agrees to be bound by these rules and principles.

ISSN 2729-9228
(online)

ISSN 0032-6984
(print)

THEORETICAL REVIEW FOR ISSUES OF STATE AND LAW.

Právny obzor is peer-reviewed journal and is indexed in SCOPUS and HeinOnline database (INDEX TO FOREIGN LEGAL PERIODICALS).

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