Copyright and Licensing

Articles published in Asian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice are made available on an open access basis and are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This licence permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction of the published material in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and Asian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice as the source of first publication, a link to the licence is provided, and any changes made are clearly indicated. Users may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from exercising the rights permitted under this licence.

Copyright Ownership

Copyright of articles published in Asian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice remains with the author(s). By submitting a manuscript to the journal, the author(s) grant Asian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice a non-exclusive right of first publication and the right to publish, reproduce, distribute, and disseminate the article as the first scholarly publication.

Author(s)’ Warranties

By submitting a manuscript to Asian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, the author(s) warrant that:

  1. the manuscript is an original work of the author(s);
  2. the manuscript has not been published previously and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere;
  3. the manuscript does not contain unlawful, defamatory, or infringing material;
  4. the manuscript does not infringe the rights of any third party;
  5. all sources and quotations have been properly acknowledged;
  6. any necessary written permissions for the use of copyrighted material from other sources have been obtained by the author(s); and
  7. where applicable, the submission has been approved by all co-author(s).

User Rights

Users may read, download, copy, share, distribute, print, adapt, and reuse the published work in any medium or format, including for commercial purposes, provided that:

  1. appropriate attribution is given to the author(s);
  2. Asian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice is acknowledged as the source of first publication;
  3. a link to the CC BY 4.0 licence is provided; and
  4. any changes made to the original work are clearly indicated.

Rights of Authors

Author(s) retain the following rights without limitation:

  1. copyright and other proprietary rights relating to the article;
  2. the right to use all or part of the article in future works, including books, lectures, teaching materials, and other scholarly works;
  3. the right to reproduce the article for personal and institutional purposes; and
  4. the right to deposit, archive, or make publicly available the published version of the article in an institutional repository, personal website, or other platform, provided that the initial publication in Asian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice is properly acknowledged.

Co-Authorship

If the manuscript is jointly authored, the corresponding author represents and warrants that they have been authorised by all co-author(s) to submit the manuscript and to agree to this copyright notice on their behalf. Asian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice will communicate primarily with the corresponding author in all matters relating to the submission, review, and publication process.

Royalties

As an open access journal, Asian Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice does not provide royalties or other monetary compensation to author(s) for articles published in the journal.