Plagiarism Policy
Submitting work written by someone else, or reusing text without attribution, is the one thing we will not publish around.
What counts as plagiarism
Copying text, structure, or argument from another author without a citation; paraphrasing a source closely without crediting it; and presenting another person's research or data as your own.
Reusing your own previously published text without saying so is also a problem — tell us where it appeared and we will decide how to handle it.
Quotation
Quote directly where the exact words matter, place quoted text in quotation marks or a block quote, and cite the source.
Extracts from judgments and statutes should be quoted accurately and cited to the paragraph or section.
How we respond
If we identify unattributed material before publication, we return the submission to the author with our concerns and, where appropriate, decline it.
If we identify it after publication, we withdraw or correct the piece and record what changed on the page.
Author responsibility
By submitting, the author confirms the work is their own and that every source relied on has been cited.
Editorial review is not a substitute for that confirmation.