Licensing Policy

Licensing Policy

The Pakistan Journal of Law and Policy publishes its articles under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Under this licence, authors retain copyright in their original scholarly work and grant the Pakistan Journal of Law and Policy a non-exclusive right to publish and disseminate the article as part of the journal's scholarly record. Authors retain the right to share and make their published work available in accordance with the terms of the CC BY-NC 4.0 licence and the journal's applicable copyright and self-archiving policies.

The CC BY-NC 4.0 licence permits others to read, copy, distribute, share, and adapt published material for non-commercial purposes, provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s) and the Pakistan Journal of Law and Policy.

The principal conditions of the licence are:

  • BY — Attribution: Appropriate credit must be given to the original author(s) and the Pakistan Journal of Law and Policy. A citation or link to the original publication should be provided where reasonably possible, together with an indication of whether changes have been made.

  • NC — NonCommercial: The material may not be used for commercial purposes without obtaining separate permission from the relevant copyright holder(s).

Users must not imply that the Pakistan Journal of Law and Policy or the original author(s) endorse any subsequent use, adaptation, or derivative work. Any permitted reuse must comply with the full terms and conditions of the applicable Creative Commons licence.

This licence does not remove the obligation to respect applicable laws, third-party rights, or other legal restrictions that may apply to particular materials included in a published article.

The full terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) are available at the official Creative Commons website:

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

The Pakistan Journal of Law and Policy encourages the responsible sharing and dissemination of legal scholarship and policy research while protecting authors' copyright and promoting proper attribution, transparency, and academic integrity.