Ethical Principles and Publication Policies

Ethical Principles:

  1. Confidentiality and Objectivity: The journal applies strict confidentiality and objectivity in the peer review process. Each paper eligible for review is referred to accredited reviewers with expertise in the subject matter, who evaluate it according to defined criteria.
  2. Integrity: Authors must adhere to the ethics of scientific publishing. All submitted papers are subject to plagiarism detection. Any paper that violates publishing ethics will be rejected.
  3. Priority Principle: Priority is given to the chronological order of final submissions when scheduling accepted papers for publication in the journal’s issues.
  4. Scientific Standards: For a paper to be published, it must adhere to established scientific norms, include theoretical or applied scientific contributions, and be characterised by integrity, depth, originality, and linguistic accuracy.
  5. Conflict of Interest: To avoid conflicts of interest, reviewers are not selected if they have any relationship or vested interest with the author(s) or the institution(s) to which the author(s) belong.

Copyright and Policies:

Open Access Policy:

  • The Modern Journal of Legal Studies (MJLS), published by the Modern University College, Palestine, follows an open access policy. All published content is freely and directly accessible, with no fees required to download any material from the journal’s website by researchers, readers, or institutions. This open access policy aims to facilitate the easy and productive exchange of knowledge at the Palestinian, Arab, and international levels among researchers interested in publishing in
  • Authors agree to transfer all copyrights of their articles to Once a paper is accepted, it is published under an open access model and distributed under the (CC BY-NC 4.0) Creative Commons Attribution License
     This licence permits readers to freely redistribute, adapt, modify, and build upon the content, provided that the original work is properly attributed to its author.
  • For details on the publication and distribution terms adopted by MJLS, please visit:

  Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Plagiarism Policy

Authors must submit original manuscripts that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts must include proper citations without plagiarism or duplication of the author’s previous work. The Modern Journal of Legal Studies (MJLS) applies the highest standards of professionalism to ensure the integrity of submitted research. Each manuscript is checked for plagiarism, citation accuracy, and AI-generated text using Kashif-ArSIF and Turnitin services before being sent to reviewers. Reports are archived within the journal system for quality monitoring, in line with the academic standards upheld by MJLS.

Based on these checks, the editorial board will reject any manuscript in which plagiarism is detected at any stage before publication. Manuscripts submitted elsewhere will also not be accepted. The maximum permitted similarity (citation) rate is 20%.

MJLS reserves the full right to withdraw any manuscript from its issues, even after publication, if its monitoring committees later identify violations of the journal’s policies.