Author Guidelines

The contributions may be submitted until 28th February for the summer issue (published on 30th June) and until 31st August for the winter issue (published on 31st December).

Information on the types of accepted submissions and their suggested length can be found below under the information about the citation format.

Principles of Publication Ethics that Review of Law and Technology adheres to are available in the section About / Principles of Publication Ethics.

Using an AI genertive tool to create text

Based on COPE's statement on AI-generated content (available here: https://publicationethics.org/cope-position-statements/ai-author), an AI tool cannot be listed as the author of the paper as it does not meet the legal requirements of authorship. If an author uses to a significant degree an AI tool to generate the text of a paper, this must be transparently stated in a footnote at the beginning of the paper. Tools used for language review or simple source searching do not need to be mentioned. In case of missing declaration, the editors of the journal reserve the right to reject the paper in case of reasonable doubt about the author's contribution to the content of the text. The author is responsible for the accuracy and completeness of the text produced by the AI tool.

An author who has used generative AI tools in the writing of a paper, or in the creation of images or graphical elements of a paper, must transparently disclose this fact. This will be done by means of a statement in the introduction of the paper, which will include at least the set of prompts and the designation of the AI tool, including the version used, as a footnote. If possible, the author shall also provide a link to the publicly available record of the prompt and its results. The footnote should be structured as follows:

Prompt text [prompt], Follow-up prompt text [follow-up prompt] ... . In: AI tool name including version [citation date]. Prompt link: link

Example:

Napis mi odborne pojednani o priprave madarskeho gulase, rozsah minimalne 500 slov [prompt] co ma vliv na to, jak je gulas palivy? [follow-up prompt]. In: Perplexity verze PRO [cit. 22. 5. 2025]. Prompt link: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/napis-mi-odborne-pojednani-o-p-odcI72rhT.uT3FhlaSUtRg  

The authors are fully responsible for the content of their manuscript, even for those parts that were created by an artificial intelligence tool, and are therefore liable for any violations of publication ethics.

The editors of the Review of Law and Technology reserve the right to reject any submission that they reasonably suspect was created in whole or in part by an AI tool.

Submission format

Please submit your paper in an editable format (e.g. .docx, .odt).

Citation norm: ČSN ISO-690, method of continuous notes

Examples:

(1) Book - continuous citation

SURNAME, Name. Title of the book. No. of the issue. Place: Publisher, Year. Cited page.

KNAPP, Viktor. Teorie práva. 1. vydání. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1995, s. 15.

(1) Book - citation in the list of references

SURNAME, Name. Title of the book. Secondary titles. No. of the issue. Other contributors. Place: Publisher, Year. Number of pages. Edition. No. of edition. ISBN Code.

KNAPP, Viktor. Teorie práva. 1. vydání. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1995, 247 s. ISBN 80-7179-028-1.

(2) Journal article - continuous citation

SURNAME, Name. Title of the article. Title fo the journal. Year, volume, number, cited page.

ZIBNER, Jan. Akceptace právní osobnosti v případě umělé inteligence. Revue
pro právo a technologie. 2018, roč. 9, č. 17, s. 25.

(2) Journal article - citation in the list of references

SURNAME, Name. Title of the article. Title fo the journal. Year, volume, number, page range of the article, ISSN code.

ZIBNER, Jan. Akceptace právní osobnosti v případě umělé inteligence. Revue

pro právo a technologie. 2018, roč. 9, č. 17, s. 19-49. ISSN: 1804-5383.

(3) Online sources

All categories of references accessed from online sources need to include [online], [cit. date of referencing] and full link to the cited website or DOI (for online journal articles, the link or DOI should be included only in the list of references citation).

(3a) Online journal article - continuous citation

SURNAME, Name. Title of the article. Title fo the journal. [online] Year, volume, number [cit. date of referencing], cited page.

POLČÁK, Radim. Legitimita automatizovaného zpracování judikatury. Revue pro právo a technologie. [online]. 2019, roč. 10 č. 20, [cit. 1. 1. 2020], s. 42.

(3a) Online journal article - citation in the list of references

SURNAME, Name. Title of the article. Title fo the journal. [online] Year, volume, number, page range of the article. [cit. date of referencing]. Available at: link or DOI: DOI code

POLČÁK, Radim. Legitimita automatizovaného zpracování judikatury. Revue pro právo a technologie. [online]. 2019, roč. 10 č. 20, s. 41-63. [cit. 1. 1. 2020]. Dostupné z: https://journals.muni.cz/revue/article/view/12563

or

POLČÁK, Radim. Legitimita automatizovaného zpracování judikatury. Revue pro právo a technologie. [online]. 2019, roč. 10 č. 20, s. 41-63. [cit. 1. 1. 2020]. DOI:10.5817/RPT2019-2-2.

(3b) Post on a website - continuous citation

SURNAME, Name. Title of the article. Secondary information about the post. In: Website title.  [online] Date of publication. Date of last update [cit. date of referencing]. Available at: link or DOI: DOI code

BARLOW, John Perry. A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace.
In: Electronic Frontier Foundation [online]. 1996. [cit. 1. 1. 2020]. Dostupné z: https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence

(3b) Post on a website - citation in the list of references

SURNAME, Name. Title of the article. Secondary information about the post. In: Website title.  [online] Date of publication. Date of last update [cit. date of referencing]. Available at: link or DOI: DOI code

BARLOW, John Perry. A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace. In: Electronic Frontier Foundation [online]. 1996. [cit. 1. 1. 2020]. Dostupné z: https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence

(4) Czech case-law - continuous citation

Type of decision Court from date of decision, reference number, cited paragraph (if possible).

Nález Ústavního soudu ze dne 7. 12. 2005, sp. zn. IV. ÚS 412/04.

(4) Czech case-law - citation in the list of references

Type of decision Court from date of decision, reference number.

Nález Ústavního soudu ze dne 7. 12. 2005, sp. zn. IV.ÚS 412/04.

(5) CJEU case-law - continuous citation

Type of decision Court from date of decision in the case reference number, title of the decision in the curia.europa.eu database, cited paragraph.

Rozsudek SDEU (třetího senátu) ze dne 16. 2. 2012 ve věci C-360/10, SABAM, body 27-31.

(4) CJEU case-law - citation in the list of references

Type of decision Court from date of decision in the case reference number, title of the decision in the curia.europa.eu database.

Rozsudek SDEU (třetího senátu) ze dne 16. 2. 2012 ve věci C-360/10, SABAM, ECLI: EU:C:2012:8.

The citation standard and its practical examples are available in the interpretation of this norm.

Appeal against the editors' decision

In case the author does not agree with the editor's decision (to accept, reject or request reworking) on her paper, she can submit a reasoned appeal against this decision within 7 days from the receipt of such decision to the contact email of the journal. The appeal will be decided by an appeals committee consisting of two members of the editorial board and the editor-in-chief as soon as possible. If the Editor-in-Chief is the original editor, then the Deputy Editor-in-Chief will replace the Editor-in-Chief on the panel.

Author fees

The journal does not require any author fees or other financial transactions from contributors in accordance with its Open Access policy.