Format of the Article

• Language of the article – Georgian, English, German and Russian (together with the abstract in Georgian and in English);
• Editing options for Word Windows;
• The article should be in DOC (MS-Word) format;
• Size of paper – A 4;
• Margins: 2 cm- at the top and bottom; 2,5 cm on the right and left sides of the text;
• Font for Georgian text- “Sylfaen,” font size – 12;
• Interval – 1,15;
• Font for English or other foreign language text – “Sylfaen,” font size – 12;
• Interval – 1,15;
• Title of article – font size – 14;
• Interval – 1,15;
• Author’s name, last name, titles and email – font size – 14;
• Interval – 1,15;
• Keywords – font size – 12;
• Interval – 1,15;
• Chapters and sub-chapters – font size – 14;
• Interval – 1,15;
• The font size of footnotes – 9;
• Interval – 1;
• The font size of bibliography – 10;
• Interval – 1.

The editorial staff will not review the paper which is not formatted in accordance with the “Rules of Formatting the Article”.

It is necessary that the terminology used in the whole text of the article should be invariable.

While composing the text of the article we should distinguish between hyphen (-) and dash (–).

Length of the Article

Maximum number of the pages of text – 20 (including drawings, tables, images, and diagrams.);

Minimum number of the pages of text- 5.

Remark: Abstract, bibliography, and references are not included in the length of the article.

 

Structure of the Article

Title page in English;

Abstract  in English;

Keywords in English;

Title page in Georgian;

Abstract in Georgian;

Keywords in Georgian;

Text of article;

Bibliography in Georgian;

Bibliography in Latin alphabet.

 

Title page

Title of the article 

The title of the article should reflect the content of the article and should be concise.

The Georgian title of the article should not be more than 15 words, and the foreign language title should not be more than 20 words.

Information about the author – Full name, last name, academic degree, academic title, working place/institution place, country, city and e-mail address of an author(s).

 

Abstract

Is drafted in Georgian as well as in English;

Briefly and precisely expresses the main content of the article and the results of the research;

Should express the essence of the paperwork in a manner that enables the reader to understand the research problem without reading the whole article itself;

Should not contain any subject not mentioned in the main text of the article;

Should be concise and non-ambiguous, free of unnecessary words, outstanding with reasonable wording;

Should be informative (should not contain general assertations);

Should be consistent in structure (in accordance with the logical sequence of the article);

Should contain 100-250 words;

Abstract in Georgian, as well as in English, should not exceed 250 words;

Foreign authors are not obliged to submit abstract in Georgian;

Sources are not indicated in the abstract.

 

The abstract should contain the following aspects of the content of the article:

Subject, topic, and purpose of the research;

Method or methodology of conducting the research (the method or methodology of the research should be described if it has novelty, or is of importance regarding such research);

Results of the research;

Area of the usage of the results;

Conclusions.

 

Keywords – words from the text of the article, which are of essential significance and are the keys to search the relevant information.

Keywords should be no less than 3 and no more than 6 words and should not contain words from the title of the article.

 

Structure of the text

Introduction;

Main text;

Conclusion.

 

Introduction

The introduction describes the relevance of the topic, the scientific novelty of the given problem, the subject of the research, the goal and tasks, the theoretical and/or practical significance, the research methods used (the method or methodology of the research should be described if it has novelty, or is of importance regarding such research).

 

Main Text

The text should reflect the research process, sequential reasoning and conclusions.

The text can be divided into chapters and sub-chapters.

Chapters and sub-chapters should not be written in dark font (should not be bold).

 

Conclusion

The conclusion should be derived from the main content of the text. The research results, recommendations and perspectives should be briefly summarized in the conclusion.

Sources are not indicated in the conclusion.

 

Text Citation Rule 

Literal in-text citation (direct citation) in the text or footnote should be placed in double quotation mark – in the Georgian language the quote should be low („), after the end of the citation – high (“), but in the Latin alphabet version double quotation mark should be high (“). After finishing the text, quotation mark should be used after punctuation mark. 

Literal in-text citation (direct citation) in the Article should be separated from the main text with the slanted font (italic).

If the author underlines any part of the citation, at the end of such citation the square brackets should be indicated containing the following phrase: [author’s remark].

If the author deletes any part of the citation, instead of the deleted part three dots in the square brackets should be written: “Aaa[…]aaa”.

 

Footnotes – sources cited or paraphrased in the text (author’s remarks and explanations).

Footnotes should be formatted in accordance with Harvard – Anglia 2008 standard, with the peculiarities of the present publication rules for articles of the Journal “Herald of Law.”

When citing a paraphrased source, the word – compare is written before the footnote.

Sample: Compare. 5. Reinhold, Z., 2006. Legal Methodology. Tenth revised edition. Munich: publishing house Beck, p. 11.

Footnotes are placed in the body of the article, at the bottom of the pages and are numbered with Arabic numerals.

If in the text of the article, the same source is indicated two or more times in a footnote, the data of this source is no longer indicated and only the indication – ibid is written (in the footnote of the article in Georgian, the word – “იქვე” is written in Georgian even in case of indicating the foreign source) and the specific page.

 

Sample:

1. Reinhold, Z., 2006. Legal Methodology. Tenth revised edition. Munich: publishing house Beck, p. 11.
2. იქვე. გვ. 32.

When the article is in a Georgian language, the word „იქვე” and „გვ“ is written in the Georgian language, regardless of the language in which the source is published. When the article is in a foreign language, the same words are written in the same language (sample, in an article written in English “ibid” p.11. in Russian Там же. с.11.).

 

Indicating the source and remarks (explanations) in the same footnote

If one specific footnote contains an indication to the source and also an author’s remark (explanation) or a recommendation on this topic in more detail at the same time (Sample: see more regarding the accomplice also in Qurdadze, Sh. and Khunashvili, N., 2015. Civil Procedure Law. Tbilisi: Meridiani), the specified source should be written in the first place, and then the author’s remark (explanation) in a separate sentence.

 

Sample: Liluashvili, T., 2005. Civil Procedure Law. Tbilisi: GCI, p. 123. See more regarding the accomplice also in Qurdadze, Sh. and Khunashvili, N., 2015. Civil Procedure Law. Tbilisi: Meridiani.

In the given case, only the specified book by Liluashvili, T., will be listed from the footnote to the bibliography, while book with co-authors of Qurdadze, Sh. and Khunashili N., will not be listed, as only those sources included in the footnotes, which are cited, paraphrased and/or verified in the article, are gathered in the bibliography.

 

Book with one author

Last name of the author, initials of the first name. Year of publication. Title of the book. Place of publication: Name of the publisher, page number.

Sample: Reinhold, Z., 2006. Legal Methodology. Tenth revised edition. Munich: publishing house Beck, pp. 11-12.

When referring to the publishing house, the word publishing house, if it is not included in the name of the publishing house, is not indicated.

 

Book with two authors 

Last name of the author, initials of the first name. and last name of the author, initials of the first name., year of publication. Title of the book. Place of publication: Name of the publisher, page number.

Sample: Ghlonti, G. and Ghlonti, A., 2017. Methods of Scholarly Research. Tbilisi: Meridiani, p. 27.

 

Book with three authors 

Last name of the author, initials of the first name. Last name, initials of the first name of the second author. and last name, initials of the first name of the third author, year of publication. Title of the book. Place of publication: Name of the publisher, page number.

Sample: Ghlonti, G. and Ghlonti, A., 2017. Methods of Scholarly Research. Tbilisi: Meridiani, p. 27

 

Book with four authors 

Last name of the author, initials of the first name. Last name of the author, initials of the first name. Last name of the author, initials of the first name. and last name of the author, initials of the first name, year of publication. Title of the book. Place of publication: Name of the publisher, page number.

Sample: Liluashvili, T., Liluashvili, G., Khrustali, V. and Dzlierishvili, Z., 2014. Civil Procedure Law. 1 part. Tbilisi: Samartali, p. 25.

 

Book with more than four authors

Last name of the author, initials of the first name.  and others, year of publication. Title of the book. Place of publication: Name of the publisher, page number.

Sample: Aqubardia, I. and others, 2008. Criminal Procedure. Tbilisi: Samartali, p. 31.

 

Journal article 

When referring to an article from a journal, the initials of the authors are formatted in the same manner, additionally, the name of the journal and issue number (where applicable, volume or other) are also indicated.

Sample: Chkonia, Z., 2013. The function of the judiciary in the enforcement process. Justice and Law, 3 (13), p. 122.

 

Sources without author and/or editor

Source without the author or editor is indicated in footnotes by its title and then other essential information.

Sample: Evolution of Georgian Law. 2009. Tbilisi: Dani, p. 39.

 

Sources which does not have an author and have an editor

If the indicated source has an editor instead of the author, the editor is indicated. After the initial of the editor, the abbreviation “ed.” (“eds.” in plural) should be indicated.

Sample: Dolidze, I., “ed.,” 1965. Monuments of Georgian Law. Vol. II, Legislative Documents (X-XIX centuries). Tbilisi: Metsniereba, p. 48.

 

Indicating source by the translator 

If the source is indicated by its translator, instead of the initials of the author, the last name and initials of the first name of the translator should be written and then the word “trans.” (“trans.” in plural).

Sample: Mtchedlishvili-Hedrich, K.,”transl.,” 2020. Introduction to Medical Criminal Law. Tbilisi: World of Lawyers, p. 45.

 

Indicating the source by an organization 

If the source does not contain a reference to the author and/or editor and is published by the organization, then the organization is indicated as the author of the source. The organization does not refer to publishing houses or printing-house.

 

Dissertation

The last name, the first name of the author, year; Doctoral Dissertation: Title of Dissertation. Name of educational institution, page number.

Sample: Tskitishvili, M., 2021. Doctoral Dissertation: Claims in Civil Procedure. Grigol Robakidze University, p. 31.

 

Online book 

Last name of the author, initials or the name. Year of publication. Title of the book. Place of publication: Publisher, Page number. [Online] available at: address of the web-page [Accessed 10.04.2020].

Sample: Cipelius, R., 2006. Legal Methodology. Tenth revised edition. Munich: Beck publication. p. 29. [Online] available at: <http://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/bitstream/1234/187916/1/Iuridiuli_Metodebis_Modzgvreba.pdf>

[Accessed 10.04.2020].

The full stop is not used at the end of the online source.

In case the online source is not numbered, then the description, for example, “in the introduction,” “at the end” etc. should be added to the date of access.

Indicating the online-sources

Internet sources are placed after the phrase “Online”, after that “Available at” and are followed by indicating the date of last access to this source.

Too long internet links should be shortened by using special programs.

Sample: Lebanidze, B., 2016. Georgia’s Democratic Dilemma. [Online] Available at: <http://gip.ge/georgias-democratic-dilemma/ > [Accessed 10.04.2020 ].

In a footnote of the article in Georgian, the words “Online” (ინტერნეტი), “available at” (ხელმისაწვდომია) and Accessed (წვდომის თარიღი) is written in Georgian even in case of indicating the foreign source.

For example, the words [Online] available at: [Accessed 10.04.2020] are written in the English source in the article in English.

Sample: Pletcher, K., 2019. Aung San Suu Kyi. p. 10. [Online] available at: <//www. britannica.com/biography/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi >[Accessed 10.04. 2020 ].

 

In a foreign language article, the similar words are indicated in the language of the article itself.

Sample: Elius, R., 2006. Legal Methodology. Tenth revised edition. Beck publication. p. 29. [Online] available at:

<http://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/bitstream/1234/187916/1/Iuridiuli_Metodebis_Modzgvreba.pdf> [Accessed 10.04.2020].

 

Normative material in footnotes 

Normative material should be placed in the footnotes in the following manner:

Type of document (statute, decree, etc.), title, date of adoption, document number, name of the resource where the document is available, and the year and place of publication of such resource.

Sample: article 15, part 2, the Statute of Georgia. Georgian Civil Code. Parliamentary Gazette, 26/06/1997, # 786.

If the material is placed on the internet, for example, the web-page of the Legislative Herald, the address of the web-page of the Legislative Herald is indicated fully and neither the date of adoption of the act nor any other data, except the title, are indicated.

Sample: Constitution of Georgia. [Online] available at:<https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/30346?publication=35  >[Accessed 25.05. 2020].

 

The word (repealed) should be added to the invalid normative act.

Sample: Article 1, Law of the Republic of Georgia on Public Associations of Citizens [Online] available at: <https://matsne.gov.ge/ka/document/view/5529530?publication=1> [Accessed 25.05.2020]. (Repealed).

 

Judicial practice

Sample of the decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia:

The decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia,  17 June 2020 (case №as-73-2020).

 

The same decision placed on the internet:

The decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia,  17 June 2020 (case №as-73-2020). [Online] available at: < http://prg.supremecourt.ge/DetailViewCivil.aspx  >[Accessed 25.05.2020].

 

The decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia:

The decision of the Constitutional Court of Georgia, 28 May 2015 (case №1/3/547).

 

The decision of the European Court:

The decision of the European Court, Dadiani v. Georgia, 12/07/2012, application 8252/08.

 

Using secondary sources

When using a secondary source in a footnote, at first there should be indicated the (secondary) source in which the author of the article makes aware of the primary source, and then the source where that primary source was found. In-text citation of the source should be written with the slanted font (italic) in the text, and if the source is paraphrased, the word – compare is written before the primary source.

 

Sample:

Chkonia, Z., 2011. Issues of civil proceedings and enforcement in Soviet Georgia. Justice and Law, 1 (28), p. 56. Compare. Japaridze, S., 1926. Civil Process. Tbilisi: Publishing House of the People’s Commissariat of Justice, p. 10.

 

Bibliography

Structure of bibliography:

Used Literature:

Normative materials;

Judicial practice.

The bibliography should be placed after the body of the article.

The sources included in the footnotes are gathered in the bibliography.

The bibliography also includes sources that are not cited, paraphrased, or verified, but are used to develop the argument. The bibliography does not include a source indicated by the author in a footnote, which has not been cited, paraphrased, or verified by the author in the article. (Sample, recommended source in the author’s remark – “see more regarding the accomplice also in Qurdadze, Sh. and Khunashvili, N., 2015. Civil Procedure Law. Tbilisi: Meridiani.“

 

Formatting bibliography

The sources in the bibliography are formatted in the same manner as in footnotes, only without the indication of page numbers.

In the Georgian bibliography, the words page (გვ.) and ibid (იქვე) in a foreign source  is written in Georgian, and when referring to an Internet page in a foreign source, [Online] available at: [Accessed 10.04.2020 ] is indicated in Georgian.

Sample: Pletcher, K., 2019. Aung San Suu Kyi. [ინტერნეტი]  ხელმისაწვდომია: <//www. britannica.com/biography/Aung-San-Suu-Kyi> [წვდომის თარიღი 10.04 2020].

 

The sequence of the cited sources in the bibliography

The sources In the Used Literature should be indicated in alphabetical order by the authors’ last name.

If the source does not have the author and editor, it is indicated by the title.

In the first place, sources in the Georgian language are indicated, followed by the sources in English, in German, and other languages and lastly, in the Russian language.

 

Normative materials 

Normative materials are placed after the cited sources, which were applicable, in the bibliography.

Normative materials are formatted in the same manner as in footnotes, only without the indicating the particular article, clause or part.

Normative materials are placed in hierarchical order, from the highest to lowest. The same hierarchy is used for the normative materials of foreign countries. The Georgian normative materials are placed in the first place, followed by foreign (English, German, Russian) normative materials.

 

Case law

Case law in the bibliography is indicated after the normative material, where applicable.

Case law should be placed in the following sequence: decisions of the Constitutional Court of Georgia, decisions of the Supreme Court of Georgia, decisions of the Appellate Court of Georgia, decisions of First Instance Court of Georgia, decisions of the European Court, and then decisions of the courts of foreign countries in the same manner.

 

Bibliography in Latin alphabet 

In this part, the sources in the bibliography are repeated, translated in English. Sources published in German are not translated and are indicated in the language of publication.

In the bibliography, the sources are placed in the Latin alphabet in the same sequence, as in the bibliography placed after the article.

Each and every source are followed by the brackets containing an indication of the language of the source, e.g. source published in Georgian (in Georgian), in Russian (in Russian), in German (in German), in English (in English), etc. After the bracket, the full stop is not written.

Sample: Mills, A., 2008. The Dimensions of Public Policy in Private International Law. p. 2. [Online] available  at: <https://www.researchgate.net> [Accessed  30.11.2020]. (in   English)

Each and every source in English-language bibliography are followed by brackets containing the information about the language of publication, in the same manner as in the bibliography in the Latin alphabet, e.g. source published in Georgian (in Georgian), in Russian (in Russian), in German (in German), in English (in English).

 

Appendix

Recommendations of “Techinform” for drafting an abstract

The results of the research and the conclusions should be placed in the first place.

The subject, topic, and the purpose of the research is indicated in the abstract only if they are not expressed in the title of the article.

The method or methodology of the research should be described if it has novelty, or is of importance regarding such research.

Phrases given in the title of the article should not be repeated in the abstract.

Parenthetic words should be avoided (for example, “author of the article discusses…”). The description of previously published works or well-known facts should not be included in the abstract.

The language of the text of the abstract should be in accordance with the academic and technical language, stay consistent with the terminology used and translation loan words (calque) should be avoided.

Units of measurement should be given in accordance with the international systems.

Tables, formulas, schemes, drawings, images, and diagrams are used only in case of necessity when they express the main content of the document and enable the author to shorten the length of the abstract.

Reviewers

Thesis will be sent to two reviewers. The reviewers will be selected by Chief editor. Chief Editor is sending thesis to two reviewers the reviewer should be a highly qualified Georgian / foreign law scientist / researcher whose specialty is closest to the topic of the thesis. 

Together with article, Article Evaluation Form is sent to reviewer, which includes article evaluation criteria.

In Article Evaluation Form The relevant scores are pre-determined for all criteria, according to which the reviewer evaluates the article.

Main concepts or review 

Review process should be clear and fair.  The author’s personal criticism is restricted. Any selected reviewer who considers himself incompetent in reviewing the article, or who believes that timely review of the article will be impossible, must timely notify the editor and refuse the review.

Double-blind peer review

Selection of the scientific articles in the journal through by the open contest and double-blind peer review ensures a high scientific quality of the published articles.

Review dates

Article review deadlines may vary from specific situation, but may not exceed 10 banking days. This term for English article is 12 banking days.

Reviewer’s recommendations and comments

If the reviewer wishes, during the process, can give to the author some technical or other recommendations and comments. If the author will wish he can change the article according recommendations and comments. Within the time limit set the author’s final article is resubmitted to the same reviewer for review.

Review form

Review is made on the basis of special criteria. Original version of articles is kept in the archive of journal during 3 years.

Results of the review

The review may be positive or negative.

Each review will be considered positive, with at least 70 points..

Review of the article is considered successful if both reviews are positive.

The total score of each article is calculated by adding both positive scores.

If one estimate from the two reviewers is positive and the second reviewer is negative and the negative estimate at least  is 60 points, The Editor-in-Chief of the journal may submit an article for final evaluation to the Scientific Council of the Journal for a final decision. In such case, the review of the article will be considered to be carried out successfully, if the article is evaluated positively by the editorial board.

The identity of the author remains confidential from the Scientific Council of the journal, although the composition of the Scientific Council itself can not be confidential, as its composition is public.

The reviewers as well as the members of Scientific Council are independent and impartial in the process of the review.

The article will be successful if the evaluation of the third reviewer is positive.

The author will be notified about the review results by email.

The journal will publish articles which have the highest scores according the quota for publication (no more than 15 article).

Actuality of the article Maximum 15 Article’s argumentation and logic Maximum 25 Language and style of the work Maximum 20 Novelty of research Maximum 25 Novelty and quality of references used Maximum 15 Total assessment score of the scientific article Maximum 100

 

 

EDITOR IN CHIEF   

Zurab Chkonia                

Chairman of the Union (Founder of the Union) chairman of the board

Associate Professor Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at East European University

Associate Professor Faculty of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences at Tbilisi Humanitarian Teaching University

Founder partner and director of the “Caucasus lawyers school CLS”

Founder and manager of the “legal firm Chkonia and Company”, attorney

Member of the “Asian Council of Science Editors” (ACSE)

Member Editorial Board of the Scientific journal “Legal Novels” (Ukraine)

 

 

 

EDITOR

Maia Tskitishvili

Ph.D in Law

Assitant-Professor at the Law Department of Akaki Tsereteli State University, Kutaisi

Location of Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Georgia – Head of Kutaisi Educational Resource Center

 

 

Publisher

International Scientific Refereed and Peer-reviewed Journal “Herald of Law “ is a periodical publication of the non-profit legal entity “Union of Law Scientists.”

The journal was founded on December 15, 2019.

The journal is granted International Standard Serial Number  ISSN 2667-9434.

Publisher determines common policies and main directions of journal.

Form and availability of publication

The journal is published electronically and published on the official website of the journal Heraldoflaw.com

This is an open access journal and full texts of the articles are available to any interested person.

The journal fully recognizes the importance of open access policy. It is signatory of Budapest Declaration of Open Access Initiative.

Besides, the publisher of the journal Law Herald, the Union of Law Scientists is also the signatory of Berlin Declaration of Open Access to Knowledge.

Publications in the journal are free.

Periodicity

The journal is published twice a year – in July and December. Possibly also to publish special additional number. 

indexing and impact-factor

Journal has obtained DOI unique code 10.52340/26679434.

Journal is indexed and is listed in 23 international global databases.

Reference of the published articles in the journal will be in the “Georgian Refereed Journal” of  Institute “Techinform” and for the future in foreign refereed journals.

Journal is listed in library databases of leading European Universities.

Editorial independence

Editorial independence of journal ensured.

Journal’s topics

The journal will publish scientific articles on topical issues of law, human rights and public administration which contain scientific novelty and have high scientific value.

Except for the above in the journal will have published reviews and research of articles also the materials of scientific conferences, seminars and discussions which organized by the “Union of Law Scientists”.

Readers will read about the perspectives and problems of development of law science, human rights and state governance in Georgia and in the world.

Target group

The journal is intended for georgian and foreign scientists / researchers, PhD students, students and practicing lawyers, also for those interested in law.

Authors

For the publish in journal will be accepted scientist articles of law of georgian and foreign scientists / researchers and PhD students.

In exceptional cases, scientific articles of authors of other fields will be accepted by the considering topicality, importance and exceptional scientific values of their articles.

Copyright protection

The journal protects material and non-material copyrights of the incoming and published materials.

Upon the decision of the editorial board to publish the article, author agrees to transfer all the exclusive rights in his/her article to editorial board. The transfer of copyright should be confirmed by signing the relevant document before publishing the article and in case of the request of editorial board, by granting a license.

License covers all rights excluding moral rights. Authors have the right to adapt their own work, provided that the journal is indicated as original source.

The articles will be published under creative commons license (CC BY SA).

According to this license, the published work may be used for any purposes, including commercial purposes, provided that the original source is indicated.

This license permits any person to share, distribute, reproduce the journal or its parts, provided that the original source is appropriately indicated (including the address of web-page).

In case of adapting the published work, the person who makes such adaptation is obliged to clearly indicate about the changes.

Any new work  based on work published in this journal, should be licensed under the same terms as the published work.

There is an indication regarding the creative commons license in the journal.

The editorial board

The editorial board consists of the highly qualified georgian and foreign scholars and researchers in the field of law.

Language of the journal

The articles will be published in Georgian, English, German and Russian languages (together with the abstract in English).

The mission of the journal

The mission of the journal is a promoting development of law science and raising the level of legal awareness in civil society.

The goals of the journal are:

– Presentation of important scientific research in the field of law, introduction to the society of  country and international society, international integration of the mentioned researches;

– to create some mechanisms in Georgia which will be necessary for the country’s European integration.

The main tasks for the development of the journal are:

– establishing of worthy place and get the Highest Scientific Status among  the Highest Rated International Scientific Publications;

– Promotion of the journal;

– attraction Georgian and foreign authors and reviewers for cooperation;

–  expanding the international audience of readers;

– access to authoritative international scientific bases (main task is the access to international base “Scopus”)

– to create the common database of the authors by specialization.

Contest and peer review of articles

The evaluation of the article in the journal is conducted through double-blindpeer review. The author does not know the identity of the reviewer and the reviewers do not know the identify of the author.

Selection of the scientific articles in the journal through by the open contest and double-blind peer review ensures a high quality of the published articles.

The articles will have sent to two reviewers. The reviewer can be a highly qualified Georgian / foreign law scientist / researcher whose specialty is closest to the topic of the thesis.

Copyright protection

The journal protects material and non-material copyrights of the incoming and published materials.

Ethics of Publication

One of the top priorities of editorial office is protecting ethics.

Responsibilities

The author is responsible about the accuracy of a published article. His position may not match with the views of the editorial board.

The editorial board of the journal is not responsible for the caused by the damage of the published scientific article.

The editorial office is authorized to remove the published article from the database if the copyrights of the article infringed after publication.

The editorial board of the journal is not responsible for the quality of the content of the published scientific articles.

Cooperation

The journal collaborates with national and international organizations, government agencies, Georgian and foreign scientific circles , lawyers, local and foreign donors.