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NYCU Law Review

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Journal Features
The NYCU Law Review, a biannual peer-reviewed law journal, is released in March and September. Guided by principles of internationalization, empiricism, and interdisciplinary collaboration, the NYCU Law Review fosters legal innovation, mirrors societal realities, strives for fairness and justice, and encourages cross-disciplinary dialogue.

Covered Topics
The NYCU Law Review comprehensively explores a diverse array of legal subjects, including intellectual property and knowledge entrepreneurship, corporate law and financial criminal law, social justice and gender equality, labor rights, biotechnology and medical law, digital economy and information communication law, basic legal studies, professional ethics, legal education, arbitration and mediation, as well as litigation, non-litigation, and legal enforcement, etc. This wide-ranging coverage ensures relevance to a broad audience of legal professionals, scholars, and students.

Submission Format
Please ensure that all submissions include titles, author names, abstracts, keywords, and references in English. Citations should be formatted according to the Bluebook style guide, and a bibliography should be provided at the end of the work. If the submission is a translation, please include the original text and a letter of consent from the original author. Please limit the abstract to 400 words. Include 5 to 8 keywords for each submission, and ensure that the length of the submission does not exceed 20,000 words. The author holds full responsibility for the submission. Any work found to involve plagiarism will not be accepted. Please submit your manuscript in Microsoft Word format either (1) through Scholastica; or (2) via email to nyculawreview@gmail.com. Please include a CV/resume or equivalent (like a link to your LinkedIn profile).

Review Process
The NYCU Law Review adopts a double-blind review system, and every manuscript goes through multiple rounds of examination before acceptance. Works already published, in whole or in part, in another publication, will not be accepted. In cases where the article exceeds the word limit or the number of manuscripts exceeds the capacity of a single volume, the Editor-in-Chief reserves the right to make appropriate adjustments to the wording, layout, and publication order based on the relevance of the submissions and their timeliness. The NYCU Law Review does not have article processing charges or submission charges.

Copyright and Licensing
The author retains the copyright for his or her work, and licenses the NYCU Law Review to publish the work in its paper-based journal and on its website. With the consent of the author, the NYCU Law Review will license the published article to an electronic database. Such licensed Databases will have a non-exclusive right to reproduce, to make public transmission, and to allow users to download or print the article via electronic means. The database may also change the format of the article according to its formatting conventions.