ANIMAL LAW WORKSHOP
ANIMAL LAW
JOURNAL | YEARBOOK
A bilingual academic journal (yearbook) devoted to the legal and ethical aspects of human–animal coexistence, published annually in electronic format since 2020.
Issue 06-2025 is currently in progress
To ensure indexing and citation integrity, issues maintain alignment with their original content year, appearing sequentially the following year upon completion of peer review
No. 5 2024
EN + RU
First fully bilingual issue
No. 4 2023
EN, RU
No. 3 2022
EN, RU
No. 2 2021
EN, RU
No. 1 2020
EN, RU
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Adhering to these formatting guidelines prevents processing delays for the upcoming issue, which we aim to publish within a calendar year of receiving submissions.
The journal accepts submissions in Russian and/or English that address a wide range of legal and ethical issues related to the responsible treatment of animals, including companion, laboratory, wild, farm, and service animals, as well as animals used in sports and entertainment. The journal also welcomes papers on the legal and ethical aspects of veterinary services, animal protection activities, and theoretical questions in animal law and animal welfare.Deadline: December 01 — January 31, annually.
FORMATTING & STYLEPaper size: from 20 000 to 40 000 symbols in MS Word (including spaces, footnotes, etc.), i.e., from 0.5 to 1 printer's sheet (quire).Language: English or RussianInfo about the author(s): Surname and name (in full), affiliation (name of the organization and job position; for students — name of the educational institution, year of study, title and level of the program), and contact info (e-mail and phone number)Abstract: 100-150 wordsKeywords: 6-10 wordsCiting & references: References should be formatted exclusively as page-by-page footnotes. Footnote numbering by page throughout the text.GOST (ГОСТ) for sources in Russian
AMA for sources in EnglishPlease avoid using square brackets for in-text citations.Please do not include a concluding 'Bibliography' or 'Sources' section at the end of your manuscript.
PUBLICATION ETHICS & INTEGRITYAuthorship & Originality: The author(s) specified in the paper shall be the actual author(s) of the paper submitted for publication who personally wrote it. The paper shall be authentic, new, and not submitted or published in any other journals, collections, or publicationsAI Content Policy: We adhere to the principle of responsible use of technology and require authors to manually verify all AI-generated content before submission.Consequently, we reserve the right to reject materials containing uncorrected AI outputs, including fabricated or irrelevant sources, invalid publication metadata, hallucinated case studies, factual inaccuracies, or distorted historical data.
For inquiries regarding manuscript submission to the Animal Law yearbook, please contact the Editorial Board.
CONTACT
We welcome your inquiries, comments, and suggestions.
[email protected]
Publisher:
Daria Chernyaeva
(Animal Law Workshop)
Vinska pot 109a, 2342 Ruše, Slovenia