Editorial Guidelines

Article length: between 20,000 and 40,000 characters including spaces.

I. General Guidelines

Submissions to the journal should meet the following formatting criteria:
- Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt, justified text;
- Line spacing: 1.5;
- Paragraph indentation: 1.25 cm;
- Margins: 2.5 cm on all sides;
- Article title: 14 pt, bold;
- Section headings: 14 pt, bold;
- Abstract and keywords: 10 pt;
- Footnotes: 10 pt, single-spaced, no paragraph indentation.

II. Citing Legal Acts

When referring to legal acts, the citation should include the place of publication in a footnote. The reference should appear immediately after the final word of the title. If the full title of the act is provided in the footnote, the publication details should be enclosed in parentheses.

Example:
Act of 27 April 2001 – Environmental Protection Law (consolidated text: Journal of Laws 2024, item 54, as amended).

For acts of European Union law, include the type of act, its number (as officially published in the Official Journal), issuing body, date of enactment, title, and publication reference.

Example:
Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain directives (OJ L 208, 312.3).

III. Citing Judicial Decisions

For Polish court decisions, provide the type of decision (judgment, decision, resolution, etc.), the date, case number (without “case no.”), and the place of publication. Alternatively, a reference number from an official legal database (e.g., LEX) is acceptable. It is not permitted to cite other types of electronic sources, especially unofficial websites with Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court or Constitutional Tribunal rulings (e.g., IPO, CBOSA). When citing Constitutional Tribunal rulings, reference to the OTK journal is mandatory.

Examples:
- Supreme Court judgment of 12 March 2008, I CSK 430/07, OSNC 2009, No. 5, item 75.
- Voivodship Administrative Court in Kraków judgment of 30 June 2016, SA/Kr 407/16, LEX No. 20851700
- Constitutional Tribunal decision of 27 September 2005, U 2/05, OTK-A 2005, No. 8, item 96.

For judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) available in the HUDOC database, provide: the date of the decision, case name (using "v." and the country name in Polish), application number, and paragraph number. Decisions on admissibility should be referred to as "decisions" but treated as procedural orders.

Example:
ECHR judgment of 25 May 1993, Kokkinakis v. Greece, application no. 14307/88, para. 33.

For judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), cite: the date, case number, case name using "v.", ECLI identifier, and paragraph number.

Example:
CJEU judgment of 13 May 2015, C-516/13, Dimensione Direct Sales Srl, Michaelle Labianca v. Knoll International SpA, ECLI:EU:C:2014:76, para. 39.

IV. Bibliographic Footnotes

Monographs: Initial of first name and full surname of the author; followed by the title in italics; place and year of publication; and page or page range. For edited volumes: title in italics; abbreviation “ed.” followed by the editor's initial and full surname; place and year of publication.

Examples:
Haładyj, *Udział społeczeństwa w strategicznej ocenie oddziaływania na środowisko jako instytucji prawa ochrony środowiska*, Lublin 2015, p. 76.
Łętowska, *Nieodzowność wykładni dynamicznej...*, [in:] *Prawne granice wolności sumienia i wyznania*, ed. R. Wieruszewski, M. Wyrzykowski, L. Kondratiewa-Bryzik, Warsaw 2012, pp. 144–162.
Hrycaj, [in:] *Kodeks postępowania cywilnego. Komentarz. Vol. I*, ed. T. Wiśniewski, LEX 2021.

Repeated citation:
Haładyj, *Udział społeczeństwa…*, pp. 77–78.
If citing the same as the preceding footnote:
Ibidem, p. 79.

Journal articles: Initial of first name and full surname; title of the article in italics; journal title; year and issue number; and page(s). Only for irregular journals may the volume be used instead of an issue number. Do not use journal abbreviations.

Example:
Sługocka, *Praktyczny wymiar instytucji czasowego odebrania zwierzęcia właścicielowi lub opiekunowi*, Przegląd Prawa i Administracji 2017, No. 108, p. 35.

Web sources: Author or title in italics; full URL; access date in parentheses, preceded by "accessed".
Example:
http://www.ms.gov.pl/projekty/projekty.php (accessed: 15.02.2008).

Legal commentaries in LEX and Legalis systems: First initial and surname of author, title of commentary, "in:" title of the work in italics, initials and surname of editor, place and year of publication, and thesis number.

Example:
Skorupka, Commentary on Article 5, (in:) *Kodeks postępowania karnego. Komentarz*, ed. J. Skorupka, 2020, 33rd ed., Legalis, thesis 7.

Note: The Editorial Board kindly requests that footnotes be prepared carefully and in strict accordance with the above guidelines.