Open Access Policy

Law and Social Development Journal (LSDJ) provides immediate open access to all published content. The journal strongly believes that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge and contributes to the advancement of science, law, and social development.

All articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits anyone to:

• Read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles.

• Use the content for non-commercial purposes, provided that proper credit is given to the original author(s) and source.

There are no subscription fees or access barriers. Readers are free to use the materials for scholarly, educational, and research purposes in line with the license terms.

By adopting this open access policy, LSDJ is committed to ensuring that high-quality legal and social development research is accessible to researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and the public worldwide without financial or legal restrictions.