Publication Ethics
We publish material that professionals and students rely on. These are the standards we expect from authors and hold ourselves to as editors.
Originality and attribution
Authors must submit their own work and credit every source they rely on, including text, data, and arguments drawn from other writers.
Reproducing substantial passages from another work without attribution is grounds for rejection or withdrawal after publication.
Accuracy
Statements of law should reflect the position as of a stated date, with citations to the primary source.
Analysis and opinion should be clearly distinguishable from settled legal position.
Conflicts of interest
Authors should disclose any professional involvement in a matter they write about, and any funding or client relationship that a reader would reasonably want to know about.
Disclosure does not disqualify a submission; concealment does.
Authorship
Everyone listed as an author should have contributed to the work. Everyone who contributed materially should be listed.
Changes to authorship after submission require confirmation from all listed authors.
Corrections and withdrawal
If we learn that published material is inaccurate, we correct it and note the correction on the page.
Where a piece cannot be corrected — for example, where attribution problems affect the whole work — we withdraw it and say why.
No legal advice
Material published here is for information and education. It is not legal advice and does not create a lawyer-client relationship.