Publication Policy

Publication

We, at KnowLaw, don’t publish content arbitrarily. Every article published on the website needs to meet certain criteria – the quality of content is important to us, and our job is to advocate for and protect the interests of our readers and the people belonging to the legal community. Hence, every content and submission is reviewed and has to pass our moderation process to get published.

Review Policy

KnowLaw follows a collaborative review process under which the submission made to us will be assessed by the Editorial Board taking the requirements of the publication into consideration. The selected submissions would then be sent to another reviewer to assess the quality of the submission. The Publication Editor will make the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles on the basis of the analysis of the reviewers.

Publication Policy

The Publisher and the Editorial Board of KnowLaw are working to deliver high-quality content with the clearest ethical values and behavior and as high levels of transparency as possible. KnowLaw to ensure this follows an uncompromising review process in the selection of the manuscripts.

We, at KnowLaw, encourage submissions to be original and advanced in their approach. We believe moral concerns are of preponderating importance and that they should take the highest stand. Submissions in this regard should solely be the author/s original work and should not have been published elsewhere or under consideration elsewhere.

General Guidelines

  • The content of the submission should be original and unpublished and not be under consideration elsewhere.
  • Authors should refrain from submitting their manuscripts elsewhere while it is under consideration at KnowLaw.
  • The submission must at least be 1500 words, and in the case of KnowLaw Journal, the minimum word limit must comply with the issue’s guidelines.
  • Plagiarism should strictly be limited to 20%.
  • Authors are strongly advised to check for grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors in their submissions.
  • Authors are advised to divide the content of their submissions with proper headings and sub-headings.
  • If the content of your submission contains any data, use quotation marks, and also cite the source.
  • The main conclusion of the submissions may be presented in a short Conclusion section.

Copyright Policy

All submissions made to us at KnowLaw shall be subject to the copy of KnowLaw and it should not be submitted to other places. In case, anyone is found indulging in such practices, the liability shall be borne by the writer himself.

Open Access Articles

All content published in KnowLaw is fully Open Access and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike; immediately freely available to read, download and share. Contents are published under the terms of either the Creative Commons Attribution License (BY-NC-SA), Copyright in all content published by KnowLaw is retained by KnowLaw. Authors assign the Copyrights to KnowLaw and grant the license to identify itself as the original publisher.

KnowLaw permits third-party reuse of the articles as long as you give us appropriate credit, not use the material for any commercial purposes, or if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contribution as per the same conditions.

Disclaimer

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The views expressed in the articles, reviews, comments, and all other such contributions are solely of the individual authors and not of the Publisher or the Editorial Board of KnowLaw.

That if there is any violation of copyright or plagiarism due to the publication of the article, then the author will be solely responsible for it and will hold the Publisher, and the Editorial Board of KnowLaw indemnified against any damages or legal action. Any liability arising out of any views or opinions or language used in the article is solely of the author and KnowLaw or the Publisher or the Editorial Board would not be responsible for the same.

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You acknowledge and agree that we shall have the right (but not obligation), in our sole discretion, to refuse to publish or to remove or block access to any content you provide at any time and for any reason, with or without notice. KnowLaw holds the right to accept or reject a submission. The decision of the Publisher and the Editorial Board shall be final in this regard.