Manuscript guidelines

1. Submission of Manuscripts

  • a correspondence address (for sending an author’s copy upon request),

  • author information, including:

2. Formal Requirements

Each submission must include:

  • an abstract (up to 500 characters) in both Polish and English, clearly and concisely presenting the research objectives, methodology, and main conclusions,

  • the title in Polish and English,

  • 5–7 keywords selected by the Author (in Polish and English),

  • a list of references cited in the text.

3. Length of Submissions

The maximum length of texts (including spaces) is as follows:

  • study – 60,000–100,000 characters,

  • article – up to 40,000 characters,

  • review – 10,000–20,000 characters,

  • note – 4,000–10,000 characters,

  • commentary (case note / gloss) – 12,000–24,000 characters.

4. Editorial Requirements

  1. Line spacing should be set at 1.5.

  2. Studies and articles may use a maximum three-level division into sections.

  3. Italics may be used only for foreign-language terms.

  4. Boldface and underlining are not permitted.

  5. To emphasize a short expression (term), spaced lettering may be used.

  6. All quotations must be enclosed in quotation marks.

  7. Case notes (glosses) must begin with the wording of the judgment, set in italics.

5. Editorial Policy

  1. The Editorial Board does not return unsolicited manuscripts.

  2. The Editorial Board reserves the right to edit and shorten submitted texts.

  3. Texts are not published in installments.

  4. The Editorial Board does not accept another manuscript by the same Author until the publication process of the previously submitted manuscript has been completed. The publication process is considered completed upon publication of the text in the journal.

  5. In selecting texts for publication, the Editorial Board follows the order of submission, while giving priority to texts addressing issues of particular importance to electoral law.

6. Bibliographical References (Footnotes)

The journal uses op. cit. and ibidem in footnotes.

Book:

K. Skotnicki, Zasada powszechności wyborów. Zagadnienia teorii i praktyki, Łódź 2000, p. 15.

Chapter in an edited volume:

A. Rakowska, Obywatelska inicjatywa ustawodawcza w Hiszpanii – regulacja prawna, in: Zagadnienia prawa konstytucyjnego. Księga jubileuszowa dedykowana Profesorowi Krzysztofowi Skotnickiemu w siedemdziesiątą rocznicę urodzin, vol. 1, ed. A. Domańska, Łódź 2023, p. 352.

Journal article:

M. Truszkowski, Bezpłatny transport do lokalu wyborczego, “Studia Wyborcze” 2024, vol. XXXVIII, pp. 91–105.

Internet source:

A. Domańska, M. Wrzalik, Centralny Rejestr Wyborców,
https://www.batory.org.pl/publikacja/centralny-rejestr-wyborcow/ (accessed: 16 January 2025).

Repeated citation:

  • J. Gawłowski, op. cit., p. 12 (when only one publication by the author is cited).

  • P. Osiński, System wyborczy…, pp. 23–34 (when referring to one of several publications by the author).

Legal act:

Act of 26 January 1984 – Press Law (Journal of Laws No. 5, item 24, as amended).

Court decision:

  • Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 5 March 2003, case no. K 7/01 (OTK-A 2003, No. 3, item 19).

  • Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights of 16 July 2014, Hämäläinen v. Finland, application no. 37359/09.