ARLJ is an open-access journal, which means that all articles are available on the internet to all users immediately upon publication, without requiring a subscription to the journal. Thus, all papers published in ARLJ are distributed under the open-access license agreement. Under this license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their work but allow anyone to download, re-use, re-print, modify, distribute, or copy the content as long as the original authors and source are cited properly.  Competing Interest Declaration All authors must include a competing interest declaration on their title page. This declaration will be subject to editorial review and it will be published in the article. Competing interests are situations that could be perceived to exert an undue influence on the content or publication of an author’s work. They may include but are not limited to, financial, professional, contractual, or personal relationships or situations. If the manuscript has multiple authors, the author submission must include competing interest declarations relevant to all contributing authors.
 Peer Review Process All contributions are subject to a double-blind peer review process. All received manuscripts will be sent to two referees. Authors will be notified whether their papers are accepted for publication or not. The authors whose contributions are accepted for publication will be sent the referee form which is mentioned if revisions are required or if the paper is accepted as it stands. The authors requested to submit revisions for review and will send the new versions of their articles to the editor. The deadline for submitting the revised papers will be mentioned by the editor in the correspondence with the author(s)). All submitted work must not have been published elsewhere or be currently under review for any other publication.   Criteria: -        Relevance of theme/s -        Originality -        Argumentative structure & clarity -        Methodological integrity & use of data (if applicable) -        Use of literature & theory -        Language – the quality of communicationThe reviewers will provide a score for each criterion, an overall recommendation, and comments.  Publication fee Al-rafidain of law is not financially supported by any governmental or non-governmental organization. Therefore, publishing an article in the journal requires a payment of  130000 ID( 100 U$)  as publishing fees.