Policy

Education of Law Journal (EduLaw) follows the COPE Core Practice on ethical oversight. Authors are responsible for conducting and reporting their research in line with the ethical standards of their institution, their country, and their discipline.

Ethics approval

• Studies with human subjects include a separate Ethics Approval section that names the committee that approved the study and the reference number, where available.
• Studies that did not need approval say so, and explain why.
• See the Author Guidelines for where these statements appear in the manuscript.

Consent

• Confirm that informed consent was obtained from participants, or from their parents or guardians for children under 16.
• Confirm separately that consent was obtained to publish any data, images, or video of an individual.

Legal research

• Interviews with judges, lawyers, officials, parties to cases, students, or teachers need informed consent and must protect the identity of participants where required.
• Use case files, court records, and other legal documents only where access is lawful, and do not publish confidential or personal information without permission.
• Take particular care with vulnerable participants, such as children, victims, and people in detention.

Checks by the editors

The editors may ask for the approval or consent details, and may contact the institution if they doubt that the research was ethical. A published article can be corrected, given an expression of concern, or retracted if serious ethical problems are found. See Correction, Retraction and Withdrawal.

Questions

Write to edulawjournal@uny.ac.id.