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Author Guidelines

When preparing the manuscript, authors are kindly requested to adhere to the following guidelines.

These guidelines are prepared in accordance with COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines, ORI (the Office of Research Integrity), CSE (Council of Science Editors) and EASE (European Association of Science Editors) guidelines.

I. Manuscript requirements

We accept submissions strictly online, via the form available at our website.
Please upload your manuscript as a Microsoft Office Word document (*.doc, *.docx and *.rtf formats).

1. 1. Length of the manuscript should be no less than 40,000 characters and no more than 60,000 characters (including spaces). Please consult the MS Word built-in statistics service prior to submission in order to find out the exact length of your manuscript. 
   2. Text formatting. The text is typed by fonts included in Windows, and if this is not possible, the fonts should be provided to the editor with the article. Lettering in Times New Roman is preferable in all cases (font size 14 pt with 1.5 line spacing and 2 cm margins). Kindly refrain from using underlining in your document (italic and bold formatting is acceptable).
   3. File structure.The journal editorial board prefers to receive a manuscript as a single complete file with all figures, tables and any additional supplemental materials.  

II. Structure of the manuscript

• Article title. Best article titles bear short, clear and distinctive messages.
• Authors.  The author’s surname should be indicated after the initials of the name and patronymic (PS Ivanov, SI Petrov, IP Sidorov).
• Affiliated institutions should be listed beneath the title on the opening page of the manuscript. Please provide the official FULL name of the institution (no abbreviations). After the name of the institution, please write the name of the city, country, separated by commas. If authors from different institutions took part in writing the manuscript, it is necessary to correlate the names of the institutions and the names of the authors by adding numeric indexes in upper case before the names of the institutions and after the names of the respective authors.
• Abstract of an original study should start with some brief background information and statement of the study’s aims, followed by materials & methods and finishing with the results. The closing sentence should outline the main conclusions of the study in the most comprehensible terms.Please note that your abstract should be no more than 250 words for an English-language article.
• Choice of keywords. 7 to 10 keywords are preferable. Keywords must match in Russian and English.
• The body of the text should start with a brief introduction, describing the paper’s significance. In the case of an original study, the body of the paper should follow a common structured approach to the description of the studies aim, its materials, methods and results, as well as conclusion sections (the results of own research are summed up, the results are briefly reported and their significance is assessed; the use of citations and references is not recommended).
• Additional information section may be presented in Russian, English or both languages. It should comprise the following:
  
  
  • Clarification regarding any potential or actual conflicts of interest of the authors. Any affiliations, financial relations, financial or political interests in the manuscript as a whole or in part, including employment and other liabilities that may result in withholding or deliberate corruption of data or adversely influenced interpretation, are considered a conflict of interest and must be explicitly stated as such. Please note that conflicts of interest do not impede a publication, though failure to disclose one does.
  • A brief list of funding sources for the results reported in the paper, as well as the publication process itself (g.,a commercial organization, a foundation or government grant, etc.).
  • Authors can express their gratitude to the people and organizations that contributed to the publication of the article in the journal but are not its authors.
  • Information about the contribution of each author (and the persons named in the "Acknowledgments" section). Example: Contribution of the authors: I.I. Ivanov - the concept and design of the study; P.P. Petrov - collection and processing of materials; S.S. Sidorov - analysis of the data obtained, writing the text.
  • List of references  should be organized according to the Harvard guidelines (Imperial College London (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/library/learning-support/reference-management/harvard-style/your-reference-list/). The following are the principle points you should be aware of while preparing your manuscript for submission:

- Number of references not less than 20 for original studies. Up to 60 sources (by agreement with the editors, this number can be increased - if objectively necessary) for reviews.

- Self-citation should be avoided unless it seems necessary (for example, if there are no other sources of information, or the present work was carried out based on or as a continuation of the cited research).

- A complete list of all authors should be presented in every bibliographical entry. Do not shorten titles of your citations. 

Detailed rules for references formatting can be found in the special section.

• Contact Information

The contact information of ALL AUTHORS must be specified sequentially. The section should contain the following information about each author:

- full name, academic degree, academic title, position, structural unit, and full name of the organization (main place of work),

- postal work address (with zip code and country indication), e-mail address, work phone number (with city code), mobile phone number (required for prompt communication with the author, it will not be posted in the published version of the manuscript or transferred to third parties),

- ORCID identifier (more details at http://orcid.org/).

III. Tables

They should be placed in the text of the article, have a numbered heading and clearly marked columns, convenient and easy to read. These tables should correspond to the numbers in the text but should not duplicate the information presented in it. References to tables in the text are required.

VI. Drawings

The amount of graphic material is minimal (except for works where it is justified by the nature of the research). Each drawing must be accompanied by a numbered caption. References to figures in the text are required.

Example:

Fig. 1. Dynamics of indicators of the studied processes

• Illustrations (graphs, diagrams, pie charts, drawings) drawn by means of MS Office should be contrasting and clear. Illustrations should be made in a separate file and saved as an image (in * .jpeg, * .bmp, * .gif format), and then placed in the manuscript file as a fixed drawing. It is unacceptable to apply any elements by means of MS WORD on top of the figure inserted into the manuscript file (arrows, signatures) due to the high risk of losing them at the stages of editing and layout.
• Photos, prints of monitor screens (screenshots) and other non-drawn illustrations must be inserted into the text of the manuscript, and also uploaded separately in a special section of the form for submitting an article in the format of *.jpeg, *.bmp, *.gif files (* doc and *.docx if additional markings are applied to the image). Image resolution must be > 300 dpi. Image files must be named according to the figure number in the text. In the description of the file, the caption should be given separately, which must correspond to the name of the photograph placed in the text.

(example: Fig. 2. Sechenov Ivan Mikhailovich).

If the manuscript contains figures previously published in other publications, the author must provide the editors with the permission of the copyright holder to publish this image in another journal (with the correct indication of the corresponding journal), otherwise it will be considered plagiarism (see Ethics of Scientific Publications for details).

V. Abbreviations

All abbreviations and symbols used must be deciphered in the notes to the tables and figure captions, indicating the statistical criteria (methods) used and the parameters of statistical variability (standard deviation, standard error of the mean, etc.). It is recommended to indicate the statistical reliability / uncertainty of the differences in the data presented in the tables with superscript symbols *, **, †, ††, ‡, ‡‡, etc. 

VI. Ethical conformity

To publish the results of experimental studies involving humans, it is necessary to indicate whether the study participants signed informed consent. It is necessary to indicate whether the research protocol was approved by the ethics committee (with the name of the relevant organization, its location, protocol number and the date of the committee meeting). Details about the principles of publication ethics, which are guided by the editorial staff of the journal, are set out in the section Ethical principles of the journal.

VII. Accompanying documents

When submitting a manuscript to the editorial office of the journal, it is necessary to additionally upload files containing scanned images of completed and certified accompanying documents (in *.pdf or *.jpg format).

The required documents include a cover letter signed by all authors of the article (or several letters, collectively containing the signatures of all authors of the manuscript).

• In the case when the authors of the manuscript work in different institutions, cities, countries, you can submit several cover letters; in this case, the editorial office of the journal must have the signatures of ALL AUTHORS of the manuscript.
• For articles of employees and students at RUDN University (including postgraduate and doctoral studies) - the cover letter must be drawn up on the official letterhead of the faculty / institute and certified by the head of the faculty / institute and research supervisor (of the post-graduate or doctoral student, respectively).

GENERAL RULES FOR DESIGNING FOOTNOTES

A footnote is placed in the text of a scientific work to:

• form direct or indirect citation of a source or scientific literature,
• indicate additional sources or literature, which are essential to be familiarized with for a more complete study of the problem,
• create a note to the main text.

In all cases, the footnote is formatted as follows: in the Word program, open the "References" tab, then "Insert footnote". Footnotes are always placed after the quotation or the place in the text that needs instructions, but before the punctuation mark.

When preparing articles, authors are strongly discouraged from making references to dissertations and dissertation abstracts.

CITING IN THE TEXT OF ARTICLE

• A citation is the part of the reference whenever you directly quote from, paraphrase, summarize or refer to work produced by another author.
• The Harvard standard is the most common format in European and American scientific publications of various profiles. The widespread use of the Harvard standard is due to the fact that it is one of the most simple and intuitive in design and at the same time allows you to specify all the necessary information about the source of information used. Harvard style requires the use of a partial reference to the sources you are referring to in the text of your article. The in-text citation appears in the format of author-date or name-date enclosed in brackets, e.g.(Watson, 2008).
• You should include page numbers if you quote directly from the text, paraphrase specific ideas or explanations, or use an image, diagram, table, etc. from a source, e.g., (Hegel, 2001:5).
• For Legal Sources (Legislation/Cases) use Footnotes.

REFERENCE LIST EXAMPLE

List of references  should be organized according to the Harvard guidelines (Imperial College London (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/library/learning-support/reference-management/harvard-style/your-reference-list/). The following are the principle points you should be aware of while preparing your manuscript for submission:

• References should be.
• Number of references is from 25 for original studies.
• A complete list of all authors should be presented in every bibliographical entry. Do not shorten titles of your citations. 

Book: accessed on an e-book reader

Please note that the date of publication of the e-book version may differ from the print publication date. Ensure you use the correct date depending on the version of the book you have read and are citing in your work.

Author/editor (if it is an editor always put (ed.) after the name)
(Year of publication)
Title (this should be in italics)
[E-reader version]
Edition (if not the first edition)
Place of publication (where available)
Publisher

Powrie, W. (2007) Soil mechanics: concepts and applications. [Kindle version] 2^nd ed. London, Taylor and Francis.

In-text citation: (Powrie, 2007)

Or

Feynman, R. P. & Davies, P. (2007) The character of physical law. [Sony Reader eBook version]. ePenguin.

In-text citation: (Feynman & Davies, 2007)

Book: print

Author/Editor (if it is an editor always put (ed.) after the name)
(Year of publication)
Title (this should be in italics)
Series title and number (if part of a series)
Edition (if not the first edition)
Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)
Publisher

Simons, N. E., Menzies, B. & Matthews, M. (2001) A Short Course in Soil and Rock Slope Engineering. London, Thomas Telford Publishing.

In-text citation: (Simons, Menzies & Matthews, 2001)

Example of book with an edition:

White, F. M. (2009) Fluid mechanics. 7th ed. New York, NY, McGraw-Hill.

Book: chapter in an edited book

Author of the chapter
(Year of publication)
Title of chapter followed by, In:
Editor (always put (ed.) after the name)
Title (this should be in italics)
Series title and number (if part of a series)
Edition (if not the first edition)
Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)
Publisher
Page numbers (use ‘p.' before a single page number and ‘pp.' where there are multiple pages)

Partridge, H. & Hallam, G. (2007) Evidence-based practice and information literacy. In: Lipu, S., Williamson, K. & Lloyd, A. (eds.) Exploring methods in information literacy research. Wagga Wagga, Australia, Centre for Information Studies, pp. 149-170.

In-text citation: (Partridge & Hallam, 2007) 

Example of a chapter in an edited book which is not a first edition:

Beecher, H.K. (2016) Ethics and clinical research. In: Kuhse, H., Schuklenk, U. & Singer, P. (eds.) Bioethics: An anthology. (3^rd ed.) Malden, MA, USA, Blackwell Publishing, pp. 451-458.

In-text citation: In a theory proposed by Beecher (2016, p. 459)...

Book: translated

Author/Editor (if it is an editor always put (ed.) after the name)
(Year of publication)
Title (this should be in italics)
Trans. followed by the name of the translator
Series title and number (if part of a series)
Edition (if not the first edition)
Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)
Publisher

Aristotle. (1999) Physics. Trans. Graham, D. W. Oxford, Clarendon.

In-text citation: (Aristotle, 1999)

Book: online / electronic

Author/Editor (if it is an editor always put (ed.) after the name)
(Year of publication)
Title (this should be in italics)
Edition (if not the first edition)
Place of publication (if there is more than one place listed, use the first named)
Publisher
URL

Simons, N. E., Menzies, B. & Matthews, M. (2001) A Short Course in Soil and Rock Slope Engineering. London, Thomas Telford Publishing. http://www.myilibrary.com?ID=93941.

In-text citation: (Simons, Menzies & Matthews, 2001)

Journal article: online / electronic

Most online articles will have a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) and you should use this in your reference. The DOI is a permanent identifier provided by publishers so that the article can always be found. If the article has a DOI you will not usually be required to add a date of access.

If there is no DOI then you should use the URL and include date of access. Some lecturers will ask you to reference and online journal article as a print article, so always check your coursework guidance.

To find the DOI, when you read an article online, check the article details as you will usually find it at the start of the article. For more help, contact your librarian.

If you read the article in a full-text database service, such as Factiva or EBSCO, and do not have a DOI or direct URL to the article you should use the database URL.

Author

(Year of publication)
Title of journal article
Title of journal (this should be in italics)
Volume number
Issue number
Page numbers of the article (do not use ‘p'. before the page numbers)
URL or DOI

Errami, M. & Garner, H. (2008) A tale of two citations. Nature. 451 (7177), 397-399. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7177/full/451397a.html.

or

Wang, F., Maidment, G., Missenden, J. & Tozer, R. (2007) The novel use of phase change materials in refrigeration plant. Part 1: Experimental investigation. Applied Thermal Engineering. 27 (17-18), 2893-2901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2005.06.011.

or

Read, B. (2008) Anti-cheating crusader vexes some professors. Chronicle of Higher Education. 54 (25). http://global.factiva.com.

Example of journal with article number

Yin, C., Gu, H. & Zhang, S. (2020) Measuring technological collaborations on carbon capture and storage based on patents: A social network analysis approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. 274, 122867. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122867.

Example of journal with no issue number

Burns, L. K. L., Loeb, S. C. & Bridges, W. C. (2019) Effects of fire and its severity on occupancy of bats in mixed pine-oak forests. Forest Ecology and Management. 446, 151-163.  doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.05.024. 

Journal article: Print

Norcross, F. (1910) Criminal Law Reform. Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology. 1 (3), 386–393.

Journal article with DOI

Lamond, G. (2014) Analogical Reasoning in the Common Law. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. 34 (3), 567–588. Available at: doi:10.1093/ojls/gqu014.

Conference proceeding

Chirkin, V. E. (2017) Personal, Private and Public Interests in Modern Constitutions

In: Nemytina, M. V. (ed.) Interests in Law. Zhidkov’s readings: Procedings of All-Russian Scientific Conference, 25–26 March 2016, Moscow, Russia. Moscow, RUDN. pp. 177–183. (in Russian)

Languages ​​of the non-Latin alphabet

When referencing material in a foreign language using a non-Latin alphabet such as Japanese / Arabic / Chinese, if there is no official translation, you should transliterate (not translate) the details into the English alphabet.

You do not have to translate foreign names into English.

 Author

(Publication year)

The title of the journal article in the original language

Journal title in original language (in italics)

[Title in official translation, if any] (in italics)

Volume number

Issue number

Article page numbers (do not use the letter "pp" in front of page numbers)

• 정태호 (2020) 불공정 한 상표권 사용료 에 관한 상표 법상 해결 방안 의 검토 .. 동북아 법 검토 [The Northeast Asian Law Review]. 21 (3), 1 - 32. (in Korean).
• Jung¸ Tae Ho. Bulgongjeonghan sangpyogwon sayonglyoe gwanhan sangpyobeobsang haegyeol bang-an-ui geomto. The Northeast Asian Law Review. 2020.Vol. 21. No. 3.1 - 32.
• An example of design in the text: (Jung¸ 2020). 

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with each of the following items, and submissions that do not adhere to these guidelines may be returned to the authors.

• Absence of plagiarism. The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).

• Correct manuscript format. Manuscript file format is Microsoft Word (has the extension *.doc, *.docx, *.rtf). The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in "For Authors" section.

Copyright Notice

The right of authorship belongs to the authors of articles. The authors transfer the rights to use the article (including the use and distribution of an article in the Open Access) to the publisher of the journal on a non-exclusive license (Publishing Agreement (Public Offer)). At the same time, authors remain full rightsholders.

Publishing Agreement (Public Offer) to Publish an Article in an Academic Periodical
'RUDN Journal of Law'

The Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University), represented by the Vice-Rector for Scientific Work Kostin Andrey Alexandrovich, acting under a Power of Attorney No 0036-03/21-163 dated 12.10.2021, hereinafter referred to as the Publisher, on the one hand, hereby offers to the public at large, hereinafter referred to as the Author, on the other hand, hereinafter collectively referred to as the Parties, to enter into this agreement, hereinafter referred to as the Agreement, regarding publication of scholarly materials, hereinafter referred to as the Article, in the Journal named 'RUDN Journal of Law', hereinafter referred to as the Journal, under the following terms.

1. General Terms and Conditions

1.1. Pursuant to Clause 2 of the Article 437 of the Russian Federation Civil Code, this Agreement shall be recognized as the public offer, hereinafter referred to as the Offer. Subject to Article 438 of the Russian Federation Civil Code, this Offer shall be deemed to have been completely and irrevocably accepted after the Author had submitted his/her materials by uploading those onto the network electronic system of the article acquisition for review available at the respective section of the Journal's site at URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/index.php/law/author/submit/1 on the Information and Communication Network known as the Internet, hereinafter referred to as the Internet.

1.2. Pursuant to the Russian Federation effective law as applicable to compliance with the copyright to electronic information resources, no materials from any site, electronic journal or project may be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form, either in a hard or soft copy, without a prior consent from the Journal's authors and editorial staff, which may be expressed by posting a respective consent (open license Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 CC BY-NC) in the relevant section of the Journal's site on the Internet.
Whenever any published materials are used within the context of other documents, a reference to the original source needs to be specified.

1.3. The Journal is registered by the Federal Oversight Service for Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Communications (RosKomNadzor).

2. Terms Used in This Agreement

The Author is an individual (or individuals) whose creative labor has produced the Article.

The Offer Acceptance means a complete and irrevocable acceptance of the Offer under the terms specified in Clause 3 hereof (the Author accepts the Offer by submitting an application to the Publisher, i.e. by uploading the Article along with support materials onto the network electronic system of the article acquisition for review available at the respective section of the Journal's site at URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/index.php/law/author/submit/1 on the Internet).

The Journal means an academic periodical named 'RUDN Journal of Law'.

The Application means an electronic request of the Author addressed to the Publisher for publishing the Article in the Journal by uploading the Article and support materials onto the network electronic system of the article acquisition for review available at the relevant section of the Journal's site at URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/index.php/law/author/submit/1 on the Internet).

The Publisher is the Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba” (RUDN), being the Journal's founder and publisher.

The Article's Metadata means any materials in Russian and English intended to be included into the Science Citation database as per the original version of the Article such as the Article title; authors' details (full last name, first name, patronymic, present employer of each author with indication of the postal code, contact details (e-mail) of each author; abstract; keywords; topical classifications: UDC or any other bibliographic and library classification, and subject indices; bibliography (list of references).

The Offer means this document (offer to the Author) to publish an Article by uploading it onto the site at URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/index.php/law/author/submit/1 on the Internet.

The Publication means the act of publishing the Article in the Journal.

The Journal's Editorial Staff means a creative team engaged in preparing the Journal for publication.

The Editorial Board is an advisory body of the Journal's Editorial Office.

The Article means a result of fundamental and applied scholarly efforts in the form of a scholarly material, scientific review material, scientific message, bibliographical review on specific topics of the scholarly study, and background information on Russian and foreign scientists submitted by the Author for publication in the Journal.

The Parties mean the Author and the Publisher.

The Article Requirements mean requirements to the materials published in the Journal's section named "To Authors" of the Journal's site at URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/index.php/law/about/submissions#authorGuidelines on the Internet.

The Service means publication of the Article in the Journal as per the Author's application.

3. Subject Matter of the Agreement (Offer)

3.1. Subject to this Agreement, the Author shall provide the Publisher at no expense for the copyright duration as stated by the Russian Federation legislation with a non-exclusive license for use of the Author-created Article for the purpose of its publication in the Journal.

3.2. The rights to use this Article as assigned hereunder shall include but not limited to:

• reproduction of the Article or any part thereof, as well as its metadata in Russian and English in any material form whatsoever, including soft and hard copy forms, as an individual work product in periodicals and/or databases (whether local or web-based) owned by the Publisher and/or any other persons at the discretion of the Publisher;
• dissemination of the Article or any part thereof, as well as its metadata in Russian and English on any media as part of the Journal and/or databases owned by the Publisher or any other persons, at the discretion of the Publisher, or as an individual work product, worldwide via open access or by subscription without payment of any fee to the Author;
• making public the Article or any part thereof as well as its metadata in Russian and English so that any person could access the Article from any location and at any time of his/her choice (including via the Internet);
• issuing permissions to use the Article or any part thereof as well as its metadata in Russian and English to any third parties while notifying the Author by publishing the respective information on the Journal's site without payment of any fee to the Author;
• processing, including translation of the Article (including translation into foreign languages), and use of the processed (translated) Article in any manner specified above;
• any other rights, not expressly assigned to the Publisher hereunder, including patent rights to any processes, techniques or methods, and other means, described by the Author in the Article, as well as trademark rights, shall be retained by the Author.

3.3. No territorial restrictions will be applied to the use of rights to the Article.

3.4. This Agreement shall become effective from the time the Article is submitted to the Journal, i.e. uploaded along with support materials onto the network electronic system of the article acquisition for review available at the relevant section of the Journal's site at URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/index.php/law/author/submit/1 on the Internet, hereinafter referred to as the Article Upload.

3.5. The rights shall be assigned by the Author to the Publisher at no expense, and the Article publication in the Journal shall not result in any financial contribution to the Author.

3.6. If the Publisher decides to refuse to publish the Article in the Journal, this Agreement shall cease to be in force. A decision to refuse publication shall be sent to the Author via the e-mail address specified in the Application.

3.7. The Publisher undertakes, throughout the currency of this Agreement, to provide to the Author the services associated with publication of the Article on the Journal's site at URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/index.php/law on the Internet.

4. General Terms of the Services Provision

4.1. The Publisher shall provide the services to the Author only if:

• the Author submits all materials compliant with the Offer requirements by way of the Article Upload;
• the Author Accepts the Offer.

4.2. The services shall be provided to the Author free of charge.

4.3. If any materials submitted by the Author are found in breach of rules and requirements of this Offer, the Publisher shall have a right to refuse to publish those.

4.4. The Publisher shall not be responsible for any third-party unauthorized use of the data provided by the Author during the currency of this Agreement.

5. Rights and Responsibilities of the Parties

5.1. The Author warrants that:

• he/she is the valid holder of exclusive rights to the Article; rights granted to the Publisher hereunder were not earlier assigned and will not be assigned to any third parties prior to publication of the Article by the Publisher in the Journal;
• the Article contains all the references to cited authors and/or sources (materials) that are required by the effective copyright law;
• the Author has obtained all required licenses to results, facts and other borrowed materials used in the Article where the Author is not a copyright holder;
• the Article does not contain any materials that may not be published in public sources in accordance with the effective Russian Federation statutory instruments, and the Article publication and dissemination will not involve any disclosure of classified (confidential) information, including state secrets;
•  the Author has familiarized himself with the editorial policy and ethical principles published on the Journal website (http://journals.rudn.ru/law/about/editorialPolicies) and the consequences of violating these principles,  has advised other Co-authors of the terms of this Agreement and has received consents from all the Co-authors to conclude this Agreement under the terms hereunder.

5.2. The Author undertakes to:

• submit a manuscript of the Article as per the Requirements to articles;
• avoid using the soft copy of the Article produced by the Publisher for commercial purposes and in other periodicals;
• while preparing the Article for publication, the Author undertakes to:
  
  1. make edits specified by readers and approved by the Journal's Editorial Office in the text of the Article and/or revise the Article following the Publisher's request, where necessary;
  2. proofread the Article within the timeframes specified in the Journal publication schedule;
  3. make only such edits in the proof that are minimally required to correct errors made in the Article original and/or introduce factual and momentary changes.

5.3. The Author is entitled to:

• pass to any third party a soft copy of the published Article provided by the Publisher pursuant to Clause 5.4 hereof for the Article to be incorporated, in whole or in part, into a scientific information database or repository in order to promote academic or scholarly investigations or for informational and educational purposes subject to the Author, Journal and Publisher being properly referenced.

5.4. The Publisher undertakes to:

• publish the Author's Article, in soft or hard copy form, in the Journal in accordance with the terms hereof;
• provide the Author with the proof of the Article and make reasonable edits as requested by the Author, where required, following the Journal's Editorial resolution;
• provide the Author with the soft copy of the published Article by sending it to the Author's e-mail address within 15 business days of the Journal issue's publication;
• respect the Author's rights established by the effective law, protect those and use best endeavors to prevent any copyright infringements by third parties.

5.5. The Publisher is entitled to:

• carry out technical and literary editing of the Article such that its basic content would remain unchanged;
• review the Article and suggest appropriate changes to the Author, and elect not to publish the Article if the Author fails to introduce such changes;
• require from the Author and/or other persons that the Journal, Publisher, Author and any other copyright holder, as well as the title of the Article, Journal issue identification and a year of publication as specified in the Journal be properly referenced whenever the Journal and/or the Article, including any individual part or fragment thereof, are used by any of the above-mentioned individuals thereafter;
• publish preliminary and/or advertising information on the forthcoming publication of the Article in mass media and any other information sources;
• establish rules (conditions) for acceptance and publication of materials in the Journal. The Journal's Editorial Board, headed by the Editor-in-Chief, shall enjoy an exclusive right to accept and/or reject any materials submitted to the Journal's Editorial Office for publication purposes. No manuscript (tangible medium) submitted by the Author to the Journal's Editorial Office will be subject to return. The Journal's Editorial Staff will not enter into any correspondence regarding the rejection of the Article by the Journal's Editorial Board;
• suspend provision of services to the Author hereunder temporarily for technical, technological and other reasons preventing the services from being provided for the duration of remedial activities;
• suspend services hereunder in accordance with civil procedures if:
  
  1. the Article does not correspond to the topics covered by the Journal or by any part thereof, or the submitted material is found insufficient for the individual publication, or the Article design is found at variance with the requirements imposed;
  2. the Author is in breach of any other obligations assumed under the Offer arrangement;
• introduce changes to the Offer as per the procedure established by the Offer.

5.6. Unless otherwise provided or stated herein, the Parties shall refer to the effective legislation of the Russian Federation.

6. Offer Acceptance and Conclusion of the Agreement. The Term of the Agreement

6.1. This Agreement shall become effective when concluded, i.e. when the Author Accepts the Offer by sending an application to the Publisher, that is, by uploading the Article (Article Upload), and remain in effect for five years.

6.2. The Offer Acceptance constitutes an Agreement made in writing (Articles 438 and 1286.1 of the Russian Federation Civil Code) under the Offer terms.

6.3. Unless any of the Parties sends to the other Party a written notification of the Agreement termination no later than two months prior to the end of the specified five-year period, the duration of the Publisher's copyright to the Work shall be automatically extended by the similar period. The number of extensions is not limited.

6.4. The term of the Agreement may not exceed the duration of exclusive rights to the Article pursuant to the Russian Federation legislation.

6.5. Whenever the Author assigns (disposes of) its exclusive rights to the Work to any third party, this Agreement shall remain in effect.

7. Agreement Modification and Termination Procedure

7.1. The Publisher shall have a right to unilaterally modify the terms of this Agreement by giving a prior notice to the Author, at least ten (10) calendar days before such modifications become effective, to the Author's e-mail address specified in the Author's application or via the Journal's site. These modifications shall become effective from the date specified in the respective notice.

7.2. If the Author disagrees with any modification in the terms of this Agreement, the Author shall have a right to submit a written notice of his/her withdrawal from this Agreement by uploading it onto the network electronic system of the article acquisition for review, available at the relevant section of the Journal's site at URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/index.php/law/author/submit/1 on the Internet.

7.3. This Agreement may be terminated early:

• at any time by mutual agreement of the Parties; or
• otherwise as stipulated herein.

7.4. The Author shall have a right to cancel this Agreement unilaterally by sending the Publisher a respective notice in writing at least sixty (60) calendar days prior to the intended date of the Author's Article publication in the Journal.

7.5. The termination of this Agreement for any reasons shall not release the Parties from responsibility for breach of any Agreement terms during the currency hereof.

8. Liability

8.1. A Party which has failed to perform its obligations under this Agreement, either in full or in part, shall be held liable pursuant to the Russian Federation legislation in force.

8.2. All the data provided by the Author shall be trustworthy. The Author shall be responsible for completeness and reliability of the data provided to the Publisher. The use of untrustworthy information obtained from the Author shall not entail any responsibility upon the Publisher for any adverse effects resulting from its actions based on such untrustworthy information.

8.3. The Author shall take full personal responsibility for compliance with the requirements of the Russian Federation law on advertising, protection of copyright and related rights, protection of trademarks and service marks, and protection of consumer rights.
8.4. The Publisher shall not be held responsible hereunder for:

1. any actions resulting directly or indirectly from the actions of the Author;
2. any loss incurred by the Author whether or not the Publisher was in a position to predict such loss.

8.5. The Publisher shall be relieved from any responsibility for non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement if such non-compliance is a result of a force-majeure event such as an act of state authorities, including adoption of legal instruments, fire, flood, earthquake, other natural calamities, loss of power and/or computer network failure, strikes, civil commotions, riots, and any other similar events.

9. Dispute Resolution Procedure

9.1. Any disputes and disagreements shall be resolved by the Parties by negotiations, and if the Parties fail to reach an agreement, these shall be resolved in accordance with the effective law of the Russian Federation.

9.2. If any disagreements remain unresolved, the Parties shall settle those at the location of the Publisher in accordance with the effective law of the Russian Federation.

10. Miscellaneous

10.1. Any notifications, messages, requests etc., excluding documents which need to be forwarded in original form pursuant to the Russian Federation legislation, shall be deemed to have been received by the Author, if delivered (sent) by the Publisher via the Journal's site, including by publishing those, by fax or e-mail specified in the Application, or using other communication facilities. The Parties acknowledge validity of notifications, messages, requests etc. delivered (sent) using the above-listed methods.

10.2. Where the Publisher becomes subject to any claims related to non-compliance with an exclusive copyright or other intellectual property right of any third party during the writing of the Article or in connection with conclusion of this Agreement by the Author, the Author undertakes to:

• immediately upon receipt of a Publisher's notification, take measures to settle disputes with such third party, and, where necessary, join the litigation in favor of the Publisher and use its best endeavors to exclude the Publisher from the defendants;
• reimburse the legal cost, expenses and loss incurred by the Publisher as a result of application of a pre-award relief and measures for execution of a judgment, and damages paid by the Publisher to any third party for the infringement of exclusive copyright and/or other intellectual property rights, as well as other expenditures incurred by the Publisher as a result of infringement by the Author of any warranties provided hereunder.

10.3. Subject to Article 6 of the Federal Law On Personal Data No. 152-FZ dated July 27, 2006, for the period from the conclusion of this Agreement and until the discharge of Parties obligations hereunder, the Author expresses his/her consent to processing of the following personal data by the Publisher: last name, first name, patronymic; taxpayers identification number (TIN); place and date of birth; citizenship details; ID document details; registration and actual location address; e-mail address; mailing address with postal code; contact phone numbers; fax numbers; and details of the employers.

10.4. The Publisher is entitled to process the above personal data for the purpose of this Agreement performance, including for provision of information and reference services to the Author. The processing of personal data shall be understood to mean any handing (operations) with personal data, including collection, systematization, accumulation, storage, refinement (update, alteration), use, distribution (including transfer to third parties), depersonalization, blocking and deletion of personal data in accordance with the effective Russian Federation legislation.

10.5. Where permitted by the Russian Federation legislation, the Author is entitled to withdraw his/her consent to processing of personal data as listed in Clause 10.3 by forwarding a respective notice to the Publisher. Upon receipt of such notice, the Publisher has a right to suspend services.

10.6. The Author will, on a goodwill basis, submit his/her details (and details of each Co-Author subject to their prior consent) to the Journal's Editorial Office consisting of his/her: last name, first name, patronymic, academic rank, academic degree, job title, employer details (name and mailing address), work phone number and e-mail address for the purpose of its general publication in the Journal along with the Article.

11. Registered Address and Particulars of the Publisher

Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)

Address: Mikluho-Maklaya st., 6, Moscow, 117198

TIN 7728073720, CRR 772801001, PSRN 1027739189323.

Vice Rector for Scientific Work                                                                       A.A. Kostin

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