Copyright and Licensing Policy
The Journal of Legal and Political Sciences adopts a full Open Access policy. All published research articles and scholarly materials are made freely available for reading, downloading, and sharing through the journal’s website immediately upon publication.
Articles published in the journal are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). This license permits users to use, copy, distribute, share, reuse, and build upon the published articles for both non-commercial and commercial purposes, in any medium or format, provided that proper acknowledgment is given to the authors, the article title, the journal name, the original source of publication, and the article link or DOI when available.
Authors retain the copyright of their works published in the journal and grant the Journal of Legal and Political Sciences the right of first publication. The published content must not be used in a way that implies endorsement by the authors or the journal of any subsequent use unless explicit permission has been obtained.
The benefits of the journal’s Open Access policy for authors and readers include:
- Free and immediate access for all readers, researchers, and institutions inside and outside Iraq.
- Authors retain copyright of their published works.
- Increased visibility, readership, and citation potential of published research.
- Support for the broad dissemination of legal and political knowledge.
- Permission to reuse published content under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license with proper attribution.
No geographical or institutional restrictions on access to the full texts of published articles
