Sections

Treatise

• Extent: 25,000 – 65,000 characters incl. spaces and footnotes
• Peer reviewed section
• Parameters:

An in-depth theoretical analysis of narrowly defined legal issues containing detailed annotations. It factors in theoretical aspects of the analysed issues and is based on the present professional discussion on the topic which it also cites. It takes relevant published literature (factually or in annotations) incl. foreign literature into account, as well as legal sources incl. case law. There can be no more that one treatise in each issue of the journal. 

• Required supplements: an abstract in both Czech and English, key words in Czech and English

 Article

• Extent: 15,000 – 50,000 characters incl. spaces and footnotes
• Peer reviewed section
• Parameters:

A research (analytical) or summary (synthetic) paper looking into a particular legal issue of legal theory and practice. Unlike a treatise, its topic may be more widely defined, it may be shorter, and when evaluating it, less emphasis is put on the depth of topic elaboration. It contains detailed annotations and must take account of relevant literature and case law. The primary aim of the article is not to present or promote a particular opinion but to present a scientific finding. While an analytical article systematically analyses a particular question (e.g. by a comparative method), a summary article contains a summary of legal regulation or development of institutes and issues, or it contains a systematically organised synthesis of standpoints published to date on a particular subject.

• Required supplements: an abstract in both Czech and English, key words in Czech and English

Commentary on a judicial decision

• Extent: 10,000 – 30,000 characters incl. spaces and footnotes
• Peer reviewed section
• Parameters:

A subjective professional opinion of the author on a selected judicial decision. It may, but does not have to, contain annotations.

• Required supplements: an abstract in both Czech and English, key words in Czech and English

 Discourse

• Extent: 10,000 – 30,000 characters incl. spaces and footnotes
• Peer reviewed section
• Parameters:

An opinon of the author on a selected current issue of legal theory of practice.

• Required supplements: an abstract in both Czech and English, key words in Czech and English

 Review

• Extent: 4,000 – 7,000 characters incl. spaces and footnotes
• Non-peer reviewed section
• Parameters:

A description and a subjective assessment of a published professional monograph. It does not have to contain annotations.

From scholarly life

• Extent: 2,000 – 4,000 characters incl. spaces and footnotes
• Non-peer reviewed section
• Parameters:

It contains brief reports regarding significant events from scholarly life.