Participation in our journal will appeal to authors who have something significant to convey, who recognise a problem, engage with it, and aim to communicate a solution to a broader audience.
all those who seek in-depth analytical materials to gain comprehensive knowledge. This includes researchers, practitioners, students, and educators — anyone with such a need.
will undergo a meticulous selection process to maintain high standards. The books published by ECUS Publishing have already demonstrated that this approach is highly valued by professionals today.
We also hope that, thanks to the high quality of our publications, they will attract interest from universities and other legal institutions in various countries.
Our focus is deliberately placed not merely on the presence of publications but on their calibre. This principle is fundamental to us. Similarly, the journal is designed to provide greater flexibility in presenting timely analytical content.
As the editorial board includes renowned legal experts from Ukraine and other countries, we are optimistic that our journal will avoid the fate of some publications that feature low-quality articles.
The journal focuses on issues related to private law. Its thematic areas include, but are not limited to:
Each issue of the journal is dedicated to a specific topic within these broader themes. Details of the subject for an upcoming issue can be found in the “Journal” section of the website.
The journal warmly welcomes submissions from scholars and professionals in various legal fields, including judges, lawyers, and notaries. The primary criterion for submissions is their scholarly character. Contributions should present results of fundamental or applied legal research in the field of private law.
The journal publishes works that вemonstrate high-quality legal analysis, explore novel directions in legal thought, go beyond mere descriptions of private law issues, no matter how accurate these descriptions might be.
The journal also aims to promote the development of Ukrainian private law by:
Articles addressing thought-provoking or even slightly provocative issues are particularly encouraged.
We expect submissions to reflect the authors’ original academic inquiry. As such, we welcome innovative, progressive, and highly relevant materials, while rejecting works that lack scholarly depth or intellectual rigour.
Only previously unpublished scholarly articles are accepted for consideration.
Scientific articles submitted for publication in the collection must be original (not previously published elsewhere) and include references, including to studies published in journals indexed in the Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) databases.
Authors should send their submissions to editor@clp.org.ua. The submission package must include:
All files must be in .doc
format and named in accordance with the author’s surname and the type of material submitted. For instance:
Upon receipt, submissions are forwarded to two reviewers. The review process is double-blind: reviewers are not informed of the author’s identity, and authors are not informed of the reviewers’ identities.
Based on the reviews, the journal’s editorial board will make one of the following decisions:
When preparing articles, authors must adhere to the requirements outlined in the resolution of the Higher Attestation Commission of Ukraine, “On Increasing the Requirements for Professional Publications Included in the HAC Lists of Ukraine” dated 15 January 2003, No. 7-05/1, regarding the content of scholarly articles.
The information in the article should be presented in the following sequence:
1. Author Information:
2. UDC Index (Universal Decimal Classification):
3. Article Title:
4. Co-authors:
5. Abstracts:
Requirements for the English abstract:
6. Word Count:
1.Title:
2. Abstract:
3. Keywords:
4. Introduction:
5. Main Body:
6. Conclusion:
7. List of References:
In-text References:
Numbering:
Formatting Requirements:
Bibliographic Standards:
Source Division:
Bibliography Formatting:
Additional Tools:
Transliteration and Translation:
Transliteration Standards:
Special Instructions for Articles in English:
Online Tools for Transliteration:
Final List of References:
The journal does not charge any publication fees; submission and publication of articles are free of charge for authors.
Authors are free to use the title, abstract, keywords, and full bibliographic description of the article, as well as the DOI reference published in the journal.
This right includes posting this data in any sources, including social media, author’s websites, university and library repositories, etc.
The author who submitted the materials is considered to agree to their further free placement in the library’s collections in accordance with the mandatory mailing list of professional publications, as well as on the websites of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine, the Civil Law Platform, and the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University.
The journal’s article retraction procedure is available on the Publication Ethics page.
The policy for preventing, identifying, and resolving conflicts of interest is available on the Publication Ethics page.
The policy on the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is available on the Publication Ethics page.