Guidelines for Authors

The submitted article should contain the following elements:

• title of article in English;
• abstract of the article in English (min. 200 / max. 300 words);
• keywords in English (at least three);
• the volume of the scientific text between 4 000 and 8 000 words;
• consistent numbering of individual chapters and subsections (1, 1.1, 1.2, etc.);
• bibliography arranged alphabetically, separately for items in Cyrillic script.

Main text:

• keep formatting to a minimum – just highlight titles, sub-headings and paragraphs;
• page numbering throughout the work should be centred in the footer of the page. Font “Times New Roman” 12, text justified, spacing 1.5;
• headings should be differentiated to indicate the order of importance;
• all quotations should be written in inverted commas in a straight font – not italics;
• quotes inside quotations are indicated by double inverted commas: „« »”;
• use “from 1924 to 1928”, not “from 1924 to 8”; “between 1924 and 1928”, not “between 1924 and 8”. However, the removal of repeated figures, dates is allowed for periods (example: “Here are the figures for 2001-10”). Decades should be in the form “1930s”, not “1930’s”, “thirties” or “Thirties”;
• date pairs can be used as follows: “1970-1, 1972-3, 1915-18”. However, date ranges spanning more than two centuries may not be omitted (example: “1809-1903”). Date ranges that start from the first year of the century should be treated similarly (example: “2000-2012”);
• as a general rule, a minimum of capital letters should be used throughout the text, including in chapter headings, subheadings, etc., although proper nouns should always be capitalized;
• standard, familiar abbreviations may be used in the text. Less familiar abbreviations (specific to the subject matter of the book) should be given in full in brackets only after their first use;
• the text should contain a short note about the author (affiliation, e-mail, ORCID number).

Footnotes

1. The Latin alphabet should be used in footnotes, and transliteration/transcription should be used for texts from languages using a different alphabet (e.g. Cyrillic).
2. Footnotes in this version of the convention are placed at the bottom of the page below the text to which they refer. The footnote number is in the superscript, and the footnote itself should include:

– author’s name;

– title of the publication (book or article);

– information about the edition (publisher, year of publication),

– page number or page number (obligatory in a bibliography) or verse number (in the case of poetry or the Bible).

3. In the case of acts of Polish law, the name of that act in English is given in square brackets. The situation is analogous with regard to non-English-language acts.
4. Where there are four or more authors of a publication, the notation “et al.” should be used. In a bibliography, we do not use this notation; we list all co-authors.
5. In the case of judgments/judgments by Polish courts, the name of the judgment/judgment in English is given in square brackets. The situation is analogous with respect to non-English judgments/judgments.
6. When using online sources, we shall indicate the date of access in each case.