Submissions

Author Guidelines

Ius et Societas publishes original research at the intersection of law, political science, public administration, the social sciences and the humanities.

The Editorial Board invites researchers, doctoral students, and academics to submit their papers for publication in Ius et Societas.

Requirements for Acceptance

• The manuscript must not have been published previously or submitted to another journal in its current form.

• The paper must present the author's own original research.

• Authors are fully responsible for the content of their work and for the accuracy of its wording.

• The article must clearly distinguish the author's own views and findings from the results of previous research.

• Authors retain copyright of their work and grant Ius et Societas the right of first publication.

Technical and Editorial Requirements

Papers may be submitted in English, French, Romanian, or Russian.

Articles should be between 25,000 and 40,000 characters long, including references. At the discretion of the Scientific Committee, longer manuscripts may be accepted where the scope, complexity or significance of the research so warrants.

The title must accurately reflect the content of the article.

Papers must be organized into the following sections:

• Title

• Author name(s), institutional affiliation, ORCID iD and e-mail address of each author (the corresponding author marked with an asterisk)

• Abstract of 100–150 words, in English and in Romanian (for authors who do not speak Romanian, the editorial office provides the Romanian translation)

• Keywords (4–6), in English and in Romanian

• Introduction

• Materials and Methods

• Results and Discussion

• Conclusions

• Acknowledgments (sources of funding and any use of generative AI tools)

• Conflict of Interest statement

• References

This structure applies to research articles. Review articles, methodological papers and case studies may adapt it to their purpose. Book reviews of 5,000–10,000 characters do not require an abstract, keywords or the structure above, but must give the full bibliographic details of the book reviewed.

All citations must include a reference to the original source.

Authors are encouraged to clearly define the key terms they use.

Do not use page numbers, horizontal lines, headers, or footnotes.

Use a single-column layout.

Papers must follow the journal template.

Manuscripts, prepared as Microsoft Word files, may be submitted either through the journal's online submission system or by email to iusetsocietas@drept.utm.md, together with the Author Information Form and the Author's Declaration of Originality.

Manuscript Template: Download Manuscript Template (.docx)

Author Information Form: Download Author Information Form (.docx)

Author's Declaration of Originality: Download Author's Declaration of Originality (.docx)

The final decision on publication is made by the Editor-in-Chief, after consulting the Editorial Board and taking into account the reviewers' reports.

Citation Style

Ius et Societas follows the APA style, 7th edition. For guidance, see the official APA Style website:

https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/references/examples

References in non-Latin scripts (for example, Cyrillic) must be transliterated into the Latin alphabet, followed by an English translation of the title in square brackets.

Example:

Belkin, R. S. (1997). Kurs kriminalistiki [A course in criminalistics] (Vol. 1). Yurist.

Reference Examples

Books

Print book, one author

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year). Title of work. Publisher.

Example: Hart, H. L. A. (2012). The concept of law (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.

Print book, two or more authors

Format: Surname, F. M., Surname, F. M., & Surname, F. M. (Year). Title of work. Publisher.

Example: Lazăr, A., & Alămoreanu, S. (2008). Expertiza criminalistică a documentelor: Aspecte tactice și tehnice [Forensic examination of documents: Tactical and technical aspects]. Lumina Lex.

Book Chapters

Chapter in an edited print book

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year). Title of chapter. In F. M. Surname (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xx–xx). Publisher.

Example: Hadfield, G. K., Meierhenrich, J., & Weingast, B. R. (2021). A positive theory of the rule of law. In J. Meierhenrich & M. Loughlin (Eds.), The Cambridge companion to the rule of law (pp. 237–258). Cambridge University Press.

Chapter in an edited book available online

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year). Title of chapter. In F. M. Surname (Ed.), Title of book (pp. xx–xx). Publisher. https://doi.org/xxxx

Example: Hadfield, G. K., Meierhenrich, J., & Weingast, B. R. (2021). A positive theory of the rule of law. In J. Meierhenrich & M. Loughlin (Eds.), The Cambridge companion to the rule of law (pp. 237–258). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108600569.014

E-books

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year). Title of work. Publisher. https://doi.org/xxxx

Example: Raz, J. (1979). The authority of law: Essays on law and morality. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198253457.001.0001

Journal Articles

Print journal article

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), pages.

Example: Andreev, S. V., & Obraztsov, V. A. (2000). Dokument kak obekt kriminalistiki i sledstvennoy praktiki [The document as an object of criminalistics and investigative practice]. Ugolovnoe pravo, (2), 79–82.

Online journal article

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year). Title of article. Title of Journal, Volume(Issue), pages. https://doi.org/xxxx

Example: Hart, H. L. A. (1958). Positivism and the separation of law and morals. Harvard Law Review, 71(4), 593–629. https://doi.org/10.2307/1338225

Newspaper Articles

Print newspaper article

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper, pages.

Page numbers: Use "p." for a single page and "pp." for multiple pages. Separate non-consecutive pages with commas (e.g., pp. D4, D5, D7–D8).

Online newspaper article

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year, Month Day). Title of article. Title of Newspaper. URL

Example: Saric, I. (2022, June 23). European Union grants candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova. Axios. https://www.axios.com/2022/06/23/ukraine-moldova-european-union-candidate-status

Magazine Articles

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year, Month). Title of article. Title of Magazine, Volume(Issue), pages.

Websites

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year, Month Day). Title of web page. Site Name. URL

Example: Directory of Open Access Journals. (n.d.). Guide to applying. https://doaj.org/apply/guide

Blog Posts

Format: Surname, F. M. (Year, Month Day). Title of post. Blog Name. URL

Example: Busol, K. (2022, June 20). If Ukraine's fate is not a menu à la carte, then Ukrainian voices must be heard. EJIL: Talk! https://www.ejiltalk.org/if-ukraines-fate-is-not-a-menu-a-la-carte-then-ukrainian-voices-must-be-heard/

Copyright and Citation Policy

Articles published in Ius et Societas are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which allows anyone to share and adapt them for any purpose, provided that the authors and the original publication in Ius et Societas are properly cited.

Authors retain copyright of their articles and grant Ius et Societas the right of first publication.

When citing an article published in Ius et Societas, please include:

• Author name(s)

• Year of publication

• Article title

• Journal title: Ius et Societas

• Volume number

• Issue number (in parentheses)

• Page range

• DOI