Focus and Scope
The Collection of Papers of the Law Faculty in Niš is a scientific journal. It has been published by the Faculty of Law, University of Niš, since its foundation. The Law Faculty journal is a periodical which is published three times a year. The Collections of papers include high-quality peer-reviewed scientific papers, including: scientific articles, professional articles on judicial practice, book reviews, commentaries, polemics and other contributions from eminent national and international scholars. The papers are commonly written and published in Serbian, whereas the journal contents and summaries are translated into English. Yet, the papers may also be written and published in English, Russian, French and German.
The Law Faculty journal is primarily aimed at publishing scientific papers in the field of legal science (including different areas of law: public, criminal, civil, commercial, international law), political science, history and philosophy. The published papers are a significant scientific contribution to theoretical and empirical research on contemporary social and legal issues in the specific area of law.
The organizational structure of the Law Faculty journal includes a set of regular structural units (sections). The first section, designated “In Focus”, comprises subject-specific articles on the central topic of the respective issue, followed by scientific papers in various fields. The second section, “Judicial Practice”, includes scientific and professional articles focusing on the analysis of judicial decisions of national and international courts. The third section, titled “Reviews”,contains book reviews and conference reports. Finally, the section “Students’ Papers”is aimed atpublishing the academic articles written by students of doctoral academic studies for the purpose of initiating their academic development and scientific promotion.
Peer Review Process
The Collection of Papers of the Law Faculty in Niš uses double-blind review system for all papers. Each manuscript is reviewed by at least two reviewers. The reviewers act independently and they are not aware of each other’s identities. The reviewers are selected solely according to whether they have the relevant expertise for evaluating a manuscript. They must not be co-authors of the author(s) of the manuscript in the recent past. No suggestions of individual reviewers by the author(s) of the manuscript will be accepted.
Manuscripts are sent for review only if they pass the initial evaluation regarding their form and thematic scope. A special care is taken that the initial evaluation does not last more than necessary.
Under normal circumstances, the review process takes up to four weeks, and only exceptionally up to three months. The total period from the submission of a manuscript until its publication takes an average of 90 days.
During the review process the Editor-in-Chief may require authors to provide additional information (including raw data) if they are necessary for the evaluation of the manuscript. These materials shall be kept confidential and must not be used for any other purposes.
The entire review process takes place under the supervision of the Editor-in-Chief in an online environment, within the SCIndeks Assistant, a system based on the OJS platform. The system also allows authors to track the entire process of reviewing the manuscript.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle of the signed contracts with the publishers.
Journal History
The Collection of Papers of the Law Faculty in Niš is a scientific journal. It has been published by the Faculty of Law, University of Niš, since its foundation. The Law Faculty journal is a periodical which is published four times a year. The Collections of papers include high-quality peer-reviewed scientific papers, including: scientific articles, professional articles on judicial practice, book reviews, commentaries, polemics and other contributions from eminent national and international scholars. The papers are commonly written and published in Serbian, whereas the journal contents and summaries are translated into English. Yet, the papers may also be written and published in English, Russian, French and German.
The Law Faculty journal is primarily aimed at publishing scientific papers in the field of legal science (including different areas of law: public, criminal, civil, commercial, international law), political science, history and philosophy. The published papers are a significant scientific contribution to theoretical and empirical research on contemporary social and legal issues in the specific area of law.
The organizational structure of the Law Faculty journal includes a set of regular structural units (sections). The first section, designated “In Focus”, comprises subject-specific articles on the central topic of the respective issue, followed by scientific papers in various fields. The second section, “Judicial Practice”, includes scientific and professional articles focusing on the analysis of judicial decisions of national and international courts. The third section, titled “Reviews”,contains book reviews and conference reports. Finally, the section “Students’ Papers”is aimed atpublishing the academic articles written by students of doctoral academic studies for the purpose of initiating their academic development and scientific promotion.