Odesa State University of Internal Affairs
Riga Nordic University
Сollective monograph
TOPICAL ISSUES OF LAW-MAKING ACTIVITIES AMIDST
MODERN STATE-BUILDING IN UKRAINE
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Scholars, academic staff, and postgraduate students, who have or are obtaining a degree in law, are invited to contribute to writing a collective monograph.
The future publication will be a result of the activities of the authors’ team united by a common idea to present achievements of their researches.
The monograph is published by the European publishing house “Izdevnieciba “Baltija Publishing” (Riga, Latvia) and recommended for printing by the institution’s academic council. Three reviewers, who are mentioned in the monograph’s output data, guarantee an independent review.
The monograph is awarded ISBN that permits authors to participate in developing the collective scientific paper published in the country of the EU.
DOI is assigned to every article included in the collective monograph that allows the authors to find their scientific work on the Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI) site, which was developed by specialists of the State Scientific and Technical Library of Ukraine on behalf of the Collegium of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The monograph will be available on the website of the European publisher “Izdevnieciba “Baltija Publishing” at the link.
The authors of the collective monograph’s section receive an electronic layout of the collective monograph.
Why is the publication of the monograph section valuable?
(for fulfilling the licensing conditions,
obtaining the degree of Doctor and Candidate of Sciences,
and awarding the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), for young scientists)
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Djakons Romans – Dr.sc.ing., Professor, Academician, Chairman of the Board of 
Riga Nordic University;
Davydenko Viacheslav Vitaliiovych – PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Police Colonel, Rector of Odesa State University of Internal Affairs;
Korniienko Maksym Viktorovych – Doctor of Law, Professor, Police Colonel, First Vice Rector of Odesa State 
University of Internal Affairs;
Lvova Yelyzaveta Olehivna – Doctor of Laq, Professor, Professor at the Department of State and Law Disciplines of the Institute of Law and Security, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs;
Sukhanova Daria Serhiivna – PhD in Law, Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer at the Department of State and Law Disciplines of the Institute of Law and Security, Odesa State University of Internal Affairs.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURE:
To publish contributions in the collective monograph, authors should act as follows:
- fill in an application form and send a manuscript to law@cuesc.org.ua for peer-review before April 24, 2026;
- send a copy of the payment confirmation following the manuscript’s approval for publication.
Re: COLLECTIVE MONOGRAPH ON LAW-MAKING ACTIVITIES.
MONOGRAPH TARGET TOPICS:
- Doctrinal and Praxeological Aspects of Law-Making Activities Under Current State-Building.
- Functional Differentiation of Law-Making Activities of State Authorities in Ukraine.
- Lawmaking by Local Government Bodies During the Legal Regime of Martial Law.
- Implementation of European Standards in Ukrainian Legislation on Law-Making Activities.
- Legal Monitoring of Regulatory Acts as a Condition for Ukraine’s Integration into the European Legal Space.
- Features of Implementing International Standards for the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence.
KEY DATES:
The submission of application forms and articles for publishing in the monograph: before April 24, 2026 (inclusively).
Feedback on papers acceptance: within 3–4 working days after papers receipt.
E-mail distribution of the monograph’s layout: after July 10, 2026.
ARTICLE REQUIREMENTS:
An article should be a holistic document of scientific content that involves the results of the author’s original researchers.
The volume of the monograph subsection should be at least 15–30 pages. A4 paper format, line space – 1,5; Times New Roman, 14 size; all margins – 20 mm.
The maximum number of authors is three.
Languages: Latvian, English, and Ukrainian.
PROHIBITION TO REFER TO THE AGGRESSOR STATE’S SCHOLARLY PAPERS:
We kindly note that the monograph languages are Ukrainian, English, and Latvian. It is prohibited citing and including in the reference list russian-language contributions published in any country, incl. papers written in other languages but published in russia and belarus.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
The Organizing Committee guarantees high-quality anonymous peer-review of each monograph section. All monograph sections are subject to checking for plagiarism using StrikePlagiarism.com by the Polish company Plagiat.pl.
ARTICLE GENERAL STRUCTURE:
Monograph section name; author’s surname and initials in the publication’s language.
A paper should have the following structure: a short introduction (1–2 pages), 2–3 equally weighted sections and conclusion (1 page), summary: 7–10 sentences in the article’s language (to indicate a range of problems and research results).
The article must have per-page citations as well as References at the end. Citations should be indicated with a number without brackets and dots using Microsoft Word references.
To improve the quality level of scientific citations in the scientometric database Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI), it is important to indicate DOI for every source which it has.
Attention! References are in a source language and executed taking into account the National Standard of Ukraine DSTU 8302: 2015 “Information and documentation. Bibliographic reference. General principles and rules of composition”.
Author’s full name and information: scientific degree and rank, post, affiliation; address of employment place (in English regardless of the publication’s language).
Attention! In case of submitting a non-English article, an author should additionally submit an English name of the section and its structural elements (subsections) (see a design sample).
REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN UKRAINE:
Center for Ukrainian and European Scientific Cooperation (according to the signed international cooperation agreement with Riga Nordic University)
Contact person: Tiutiunnyk Tetiana Mykolaivna – Coordinator of scientific events and projects on juridical sciences.
Telephone: +38 (068) 473 07 28
E-mail: law@cuesc.org.ua
Web–site: www.cuesc.org.ua
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