Submissions

Author Guidelines

All papers are subject to an anti-plagiarism check via iThenticate.

Language: The paper shall be written and submitted in the standard editable format of a text editor (e.g. doc, docx, rtf). The authors are expected to deliver the proposed papers in correct English (British standard). Linguistic correction before the submission is encouraged.

Abstract: Each study, scientific article, discussion paper and commentary shall contain an abstract that concisely summarises the content and purpose of the paper. The abstract should clearly state the research question or objective, briefly describe the methodology or approach (if applicable), outline the structure of the paper, and highlight the main findings or conclusions. It should provide sufficient information for readers to quickly understand the core contribution of the work without reading the full text. The abstract shall have 250-300 words (1,700-2,000 characters).

Keywords: Keywords shall enhance the searchability and discoverability of the paper, and facilitate the grouping of papers on related topics. Authors are advised to select keywords that are, on the one hand, sufficiently general to align with broader research themes, and on the other hand, specific enough to accurately reflect the core focus of the paper. Jurisdiction and area of law shall be included in key words. Carefully chosen keywords improve indexing and visibility within academic databases and search tools.

Structure:  Studies, articles, discussion papers and commentaries shall be internally divided to sections and subsections. Each submission should include an introduction and a conclusion. The introduction should outline the purpose and objectives of the paper, define the research questions and hypotheses (if applicable), and describe the methodological approach applied (this requirement does not apply to commentaries, where methodological reflection may be optional). The conclusion should summarise the main findings, reflect on their implications, and, where appropriate, indicate avenues for future research.

Citation and reference style: We kindly ask potential authors to respect the quotation standards of OSCOLA style of in-text citations. The list of publications will not be printed, but the authors are requested to provide a list of sources in OSCOLA format for the purposes of linking sources to the publication.  

The details of citation style can be found here: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola

In each reference item, the author must include its assigned DOI no. (if applicable) (http://www.crossref.org/guestquery/); the DOI shall be referred to as a link to the online publication.

The references shall refer to a certain page or pages of the cited publication unless it is justified to refer to the publication as a whole.

The references to legislation, administrative decisions, and judicial decisions of jurisdictions not explicitly covered by the OSCOLA guidelines shall have, following structure:

Judgments and decisions:
Case name (Court [in English, may be complemented by original name or acronym], Country, day Month year) case number [report or collection if applicable and is relevant]

Examples:
ABC Kft v Hungarian Competition Authority (Supreme Court (Kúria), Hungary, 10 April 2021) Kfv.I.35.123/2020/6
Novák v Slovenská republika (Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic, Slovakia, 15 June 2021) sp zn 3 Cdo 45/2020
Company X v Federal Cartel Office (Federal Court of Justice (BGH), Germany, 12 January 2021) KZR 35/19

Legislative act and other acts:
First reference: Title in English (Original title) (Jurisdiction) [collection, if applicable]

Examples:
Act No 343/2015 Coll on Public Procurement (Zákon o verejnom obstarávaní) (ZVO) (Slovakia)
Act against Restricting Competition (Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen) (GWB) as amended (BGBl. I S. 1750, 3245)

Later references: Original title shall be dropped or acronym only shall be used; only official or standard acronyms usually used in respective jurisdictions shall be used, such as TFEU, GWB, ZOHS.

The references to the provisions of acts shall follow the standards for respective jurisdictions, e.g. Article 6 TFEU, § 7 ZOHS

We recommend that authors use reference management tools, such as Mendeley, Zotero, or similar applications, to facilitate the accurate and consistent insertion of citations and references throughout the manuscript. These tools help ensure compliance with the required citation style and improve the efficiency of the editorial and review process.

Multilingualism: Institutions, bodies, territorial units shall be accompanied by the original title or name when first time mentions. Similarly, legal terms shall be accompanied with the original language version, if it is relevant and suitable for understanding the context, in particular, when the translation is artificial, e.g. in Slovak, appeal (odvolanie), extraordinary appeal (dovolanie), extraordinary appeal in the public interest (mimoriadne dovolanie).  

Declarations: The authors are required to provide a declaration on funding, conflict of interests and utilisation of AI. The declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools, such as tools used to check grammar, spelling and references; utilisation of these tool as generally accepted by the editorial team and the general declaration of using this type of tools will be applied throughout the volume. Nevertheless, the editorial team shall be informed about using also these basic tools within the comments made during the submission.

Examples of negative declarations:
Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors

Declaration of Conflict of Interests: The author declares no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and publication of this article.

Declaration about the scope of AI utilisation: The author did not use AI tools in the preparation of this article. / The author did not use generative AI tools in the preparation of this article.