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1.The Chung Hsing University Law Review (hereafter “the Journal”) is published by the Department of Law at National Chung Hsing University.

2.The Journal has a seven-member board of editors. Three members belong to the department and graduate institute and four come from law departments outside the university, participating at the invitation of the Department Affairs Council of the Department of Financial and Economic Law and the Institute Affairs Council of the Graduate Institute of Technology Law. Members from outside the university serve a term of one year.

3.The editorial board makes decisions regarding the following:
(1). Review of submissions
(2). Article selection
(3). Publication

4.The Journal is published every May and November. Submissions are reviewed on arrival. 

5.
Submissions are subject to anonymous review, with the exception of commissioned articles. The review process comprises two stages: first, the editor for that issue invites a faculty member with relevant expertise to carry out an initial review and on the basis of this review decides whether the article will go on to the second stage. For the second stage, the Board of Editors invites two members of teaching with relevant legal expertise to carry out the review.

6.Review decisions can be divided into five categories: (A) Accept without changes, (B) Accept with changes, (C) Return for revision and resubmission to original reviewers, (D) Return for revision and resubmission to a third reviewer and (E) Reject.

In the case of decisions of type (C) or (D), the article may be published in accordance with Rule 3 (see below), and the author should be notified that s/he has the right to respond to review comments and submit the article to the original reviewers or a third reviewer.

If the two reviewers of the second stage are not in agreement, the following principles are used to decide whether to publish the paper.

Type

Reviewer 1

Reviewer 2

Decision

A1

Accept without changes

Accept without changes

Accept

A2

Accept without changes

Accept with changes

Accept with changes

A3

Accept without changes

Return for revision and resubmission to original reviewers

Original reviewers or third reviewer review the revised article and decide whether to accept or reject. If they consider that the article should be resubmitted for a further review, the Board of Editors can decide whether or not to accept the article. 

A4

Accept without changes

Return for revision and resubmission to a third reviewer

A5

Accept without changes

Reject

The Board of Editors decides whether to send the article to a third reviewer. The final decision will be made in accordance with A3 and A4.

B1

Accept with changes

Accept with changes

Accept with changes

B2

Accept with changes

Return for revision and resubmission to original reviewers

See A3 and A4

B3

Accept with changes

Return for revision and resubmission to a third reviewer

B4

Accept with changes

Reject

See A5

C1

Return for revision and resubmission to original reviewers

Return for revision and resubmission to original reviewers

After revision, the article is resubmitted to the original reviewers. If both reviewers agree to accept the article, it will be published. If only one reviewer decides to accept the article, the Board of Editors will decide.

C2

Return for revision and resubmission to original reviewers

Return for revision and resubmission to third reviewer

As for A5

C3

Return for revision and resubmission to original reviewers

Return for revision and resubmission to third reviewer

Reject

D1

Return for revision and resubmission to third reviewer

Return for revision and resubmission to third reviewer

D2

Return for revision and resubmission to third reviewer

Reject

E

Reject

Reject