Legitimacy: Journal of Law and Islamic Law is committed to ensuring clarity, transparency, and openness regarding the copyright and licensing of all published works. The following outlines the journal's copyright and license policy for authors, reviewers, readers, and third parties:

Copyright Policy

• Author Rights: Authors retain copyright over their published articles. By submitting and publishing with Legitimacy, authors grant the journal the right of first publication, enabling initial and prominent dissemination of their work while maintaining their full ownership rights.

• Additional Uses: Authors remain free to enter into separate, non-exclusive distribution agreements for the published version of their work (e.g., posting to institutional repositories, personal websites, or inclusion in books), provided there is clear acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.

• Self-Archiving: Authors are encouraged to self-archive their work and share it online at any stage, which supports broader visibility and impact.

License

• Creative Commons License: All articles published in Legitimacy are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This license allows others to:

  • Share, copy, and redistribute the material in any medium or format.

  • Adapt, remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially—as long as appropriate credit is given, a link to the license is provided, and any changes are indicated.

  • Distribute contributions derived from the original work under the same license terms (ShareAlike).

• Conditions:

  • Attribution: Proper acknowledgment must be given to the author(s) and Legitimacy: Journal of Law and Islamic Law as the original source.

  • Indicate if changes were made.

  • ShareAlike: Any adaptations or derivatives must be licensed under identical terms.

Publisher’s Responsibility

• The publisher ensures that these license terms are clearly stated, and all published material is protected under international copyright and intellectual property laws.

• Any issues of copyright infringement are addressed promptly in accordance with ethical guidelines.

Summary Table

This copyright and license policy embraces open access principles, supporting academic freedom and the broad dissemination of scholarship through permissive, well-established open licensing models.