The Afrocentric Legal Review (ALR) is committed to publishing original, rigorous, and ethically conducted scholarship that contributes meaningfully to legal and governance research.
The journal publishes scholarly work that falls within its stated scope and meets the required standards of academic quality and integrity.
Submitted manuscripts must be original and must not have been previously published or simultaneously submitted to another journal.
Editorial decisions are based primarily on the manuscript's scholarly quality, originality, relevance, and contribution to knowledge. Decisions should not be influenced by the author's institutional affiliation, nationality, gender, ethnicity, political views, or other personal characteristics.
Manuscripts are evaluated through an appropriate peer-review process before publication. The journal reserves the right to reject manuscripts that do not meet its academic or ethical standards.
Authors, reviewers, and editors are expected to maintain high standards of research integrity and publication ethics.
The journal may publish corrections, errata, corrigenda, expressions of concern, or retractions where necessary to maintain the integrity of the scholarly record.
Authors remain responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of their published work.