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Licensing Policy

All articles published in Journal of Legal Contemplation (JLC) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license.

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Author's Rights

Authors publishing in Journal of Legal Contemplation (JLC) have the following rights:
✔️ The right to be properly credited as the original author.
✔️ The right to freely distribute and share their work.
✔️ The right to reuse or adapt their work without seeking permission.
✔️ The right to archive and deposit their work in open-access repositories.

By implementing this copyright and licensing policy, Journal of Legal Contemplation (JLC) ensures compliance with open-access best practices, supporting transparency, accessibility, and the global dissemination of scientific knowledge.

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