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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The author declares that the article does not exceed 20% similarity in the Turnitin® software and that he has included the mandatory declaration on the use of generative Artificial Intelligence tools, if he has used them.
  • The document is in Microsoft Word format (.doc or .docx).
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration by any other journal (or an explanation has been provided in the Comments to the Editor).
  • The uploaded file is strictly anonymous; names, acknowledgments, and any affiliation data have been omitted from both the text and the file properties to ensure blind peer review.
  • The manuscript includes title, abstract (150-300 words) and keywords (5-7 terms) written in both Spanish and English.
  • The body of the work is between 3,000 and 8,000 words long, excluding the abstract and the list of bibliographic references.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements summarized in the Author Guidelines, which appear in About the Journal.

Author Guidelines

UDA Law Review maintains an open and inclusive editorial policy that encourages the participation of students, faculty, researchers, and legal professionals from diverse institutions. Our publication operates under the Diamond Open Access model, guaranteeing no article processing charges (APCs) and complete free access for both authors and readers.

To ensure compliance with the journal's quality and rigor standards, we ask contributors to review the basic guidelines detailed below. For more information, please read our [Author Guidelines], where you will find the complete editorial guidelines and citation examples.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in UDA Law Review retain ownership of their copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. Any subsequent reproduction must include proper citation of the original source.

This journal adheres to the Diamond Open Access model, offering immediate and free access to its content under the principle that legal knowledge should be in the public domain. Authors are fully responsible for the statements made in their articles, which do not necessarily reflect the position of the journal or the University of Azuay.
All content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal will be used exclusively for the purposes stated herein and will not be made available to any other person or institution for any other purpose.
Collection and Use of Personal Data
In compliance with transparency and editorial management standards, UDA Law Review collects only the personal data necessary to identify the authorship and affiliation of the researchers. Upon publication, the following data will be publicly accessible along with the article:
Full name(s).
Affiliation (without acronym), city, and country.
Institutional email address and ORCID code.

Any other personal data not listed above will be protected by the journal and may not be disclosed or transferred to third parties without the express consent of the individual concerned.

Confidentiality in the Evaluation Process
The journal guarantees anonymity and absolute confidentiality during the peer review process:
Author and Reviewer Identity: Under the double-blind review system, the authors' identities are unknown to the reviewers, and vice versa.
Unpublished Content: External reviewers and members of the Editorial Committee are prohibited from using unpublished manuscripts for personal or professional purposes, as well as from using artificial intelligence tools that could compromise the privacy of the research during the evaluation process.
Security on the OJS Platform
Data management is carried out through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform, which allows for secure recording of the editorial workflow. UDA Law Review employs digital preservation systems and regular backups on the technological infrastructure of the University of Azuay to guarantee the integrity and recovery of information in the event of any contingency.