Screening for Plagiarism Policy

Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority is firmly committed to upholding academic integrity, originality, and ethical publishing practices in all submitted and published manuscripts. To maintain these standards, every manuscript submitted to the journal undergoes a plagiarism screening process prior to entering the peer-review stage. The journal employs reputable plagiarism detection software to identify potential textual similarities, overlaps, or unoriginal content in legal and political scholarship.

Manuscripts found to contain plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data fabrication, data falsification, or other forms of academic misconduct will be rejected immediately. In cases where minor similarities are detected and deemed unintentional, authors may be requested to revise and resubmit their manuscripts. However, serious ethical violations will result in automatic rejection without further editorial consideration.

The acceptable similarity index for submitted manuscripts is below 20%, excluding references, properly cited quotations, tables of contents, statutory texts, court decisions, and commonly used academic expressions. Authors bear full responsibility for ensuring respect for intellectual property rights and for properly citing all sources, including legal materials and jurisprudence, in accordance with established academic standards.

Through the implementation of this plagiarism screening policy, Corpus seeks to uphold ethical excellence and scholarly credibility, ensuring that every published article represents an original, rigorous, and meaningful contribution to the advancement of law, governance, and political authority.