6. It is unacceptable to use hate speech in the article, as well as preach or incite discrimination, violence or hatred based on race, skin color, origin, nationality or ethnicity or sexual orientation. It is inadmissible for the article to incite any anti-democratic ideology.
7. When referring to a theory, opinion or position of another author, the source where they are presented must be precisely indicated.
8. When referring to a theory, opinion or position of another author, the source where they are presented must be precisely indicated.
9. Each article is published by a decision of the Editorial Board of the journal, based on the proposal of the Editor-in-Chief, after a double independent evaluation by specialists in the relevant field of knowledge, who do not know the name of the author, according to the following criteria:

9.1. clear indication and identification of a scientific problem that is related to the topic of the issue of the journal;

9.2. clarity and relevance of the abstract to the issues, addressed in the article;

9.3. relevance of the indicated keywords to the main problems, addressed in the article;

9.4. originality of theses and arguments presented in the article;

9.5. clear scientific conclusions, related to the chosen scientific method and the objectives pursued in the article;

9.6. correct use of scientific terminology, clarity and accuracy of speech;

9.7. compliance of citations with the required standards;

9.8. comprehensiveness of argumentation;

9.9. sufficient reference to relevant scientific literature, depending on the problem under consideration;

9.10. significance of the presentation of the specific problem and scientific conclusions;

10. The author must send together with the article a declaration that they are familiar with the requirements for publication and that they give their consent to the publication of their work on paper based edition or online, including in the relevant databases in which "IUS ROMANUM" is included.
11. The article is sent to the Secretary or the Editor-in-Chief on the online address at ius.romanum@abv.bg in .doc or .docx format, complying with all the formatting requirements listed below.
12. Upon receipt of the results of the double independent peer review, the article is either accepted for publication, sent to the author to eliminate inconsistencies with the standards, or returned to the author with a refusal to publish.
13. After the completion of the final compilation of the relevant issue, the pre-print form of the article is sent to the author for review, and within 10 days they have the opportunity to indicate if there are inconsistencies or typographical errors that should be corrected. No changes or additions to the already submitted and referenced text are allowed. The lack or a response in the aforementioned period is assumed to equal approval of the author regarding the pre-print form of the article.

1.Font – Arial; Page format – A4; Fields – normal.

2. Size of the main text – 12 pt., two-sided alignment; Title size – 16 pt., centered.

3. Spacing – 1.5 pt. Spacing between paragraphs before and after - 0 pt.

4. First line indent of each paragraph – 0.5 pt.

5. Sequence of arrangement of the article (after each part there should be one free line of size 12 pt.):

5.1. title – caps lock, centered, no word wrap;

5.2. on the right, must be indicated the author's academic position and names, and on the line below must be indicated the names, again on the right, the University and country, and at the end of the second line, a footnote with a star must placed, in which are provided data about contact with the author - email, work phone, work address for correspondence or other;

5.3. abstract - with the indicated indentation in bold, Abstract : then a text of up to 100 words is presented;

5.4. keywords - with the indicated indentation in bold, Keywords: must be written: then up to 10 words are specified, separated by commas, and a period is placed after the last keyword;

5.5. a tab break must be placed after the keywords – Layout→ Breaks →Next page;

in the same way as in points of 5.1. to 5.4. the title in English must be stated, as well as academic title and author's names, University (along with contact details), abstract and keywords, followed by the appropriate break, if the article is in a language other than English;

5.7. if the main text begins with a quote - right alignment in italics, with the source stated immediately below the quote or as a footnote;

5.8. the main text may contain internal structure, which must be consistent and marked by numbers or letters, or only with section titles, written in bold;

5.9. the footnotes must be numbered from 1 to …. with Arabic numerals, font Arial, size 10, Regular, Justified. They must comply with the citation requirements listed below.

6. The article must not exceed 20 regular pages (1800 symbols). Exceptionally with a decision of the Editorial Board larger articles may be published if they contain fundamental contribution to the topic of the issue of the journal.

7. The requirements for citation are as follows:

7.1. Books: Author’s family name, initials (identical in case of more authors), title of book, location of publishing, publisher, year, pages.

7.2. Article from a journal: Author’s family name, initials (identical in case of more authors), title of the article or the report, name of the journal, location of publishing, publisher, year, pages.

7.3. Articles, reports etc. from collections: Author’s family name, initials (identical in case of more authors), title of the article or the report, name of the collection, location of publishing, publisher, year, pages.

7.4. Dictionaries or encyclopedias: Author’s family name, initials (identical in case of more authors, if such exist – name of the rubric of the dictionary, title of the dictionary or the encyclopedia, location of publication, publisher, year, tome, pages (if cited) or link to the online library or edition.

7.5. Online resources: name of the website, website link, date of last access for usage – in brackets.

7.6. Sources of Roman law: standard citation with authors and works -e.g. D.1.1.1.pr. (Ulp. libro primo Inst.), CTh. 1.1.1. (Imp. Constantinus a. ad Lusitanos) ; C.1.1.8 (Imperator Justinianus) etc.

C .-Codex Iustinianus ; D.- Digesta seu Pandectae ; I.- Institutiones Iustiniani ; Nov. Iust.- Novelae Justiniani ; IG – Gai Institutiones, CTh.- Codex Theodosianus и пр.

Citation of other sources is in accordance to the adopted standards of Roman law.

7.7. Citation of pages: in cases of several pages or pages of the whole article – only with numbers (e.g. 7-21), citation of consecutive pages – pp. 7 et sq. Abbreviations may be used: op. cit., see, cf., and others

All requirements for the content, formatting, and citation of the articles, proposed for publication in the IUS ROMANUM journal are also available online at https://iusromanum.info/online_magazine/iziskvania_za_publikuvane/