Public Law is a professional law periodical (quarterly) established in 2011.
The journal is included in the List of Scientific Professional Publications of Ukraine in accordance with Order No. 928 of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine dated June 11, 2026 (Appendix 14). The journal has been assigned Category “B” for three years, from June 1, 2026, to May 31, 2029.
Cluster: Law
Specialties: D8 Law, D9 International Law.
The purpose of the journal is to publish copyrighted materials of a scientific, theoretical and practical nature, to summarize judicial, legal and enforcement activities in order to develop Ukrainian national legal science and practice, and to improve the current legislation.
The journal “Public Law” sets the following objectives:
1. To promote the development of Ukrainian legal scholarship in the fields of public law and public international law by publishing the results of scientific research.
2. To provide a platform for scholarly discussion, the exchange of ideas, and the development of modern approaches to understanding legal phenomena and processes.
3. To contribute to the improvement of current legislation by publishing scientifically grounded proposals and recommendations.
4. To support the integration of Ukrainian legal scholarship into the international academic community through the publication of materials that meet academic standards and reflect current global trends.
5. To enhance the level of legal culture and legal awareness by disseminating high-quality scholarly and practical materials among researchers, practitioners, and students.
6. To ensure the openness and accessibility of research findings while adhering to the principles of academic integrity and editorial ethics.
The journal publishes publish scientific, theoretical and practical materials on: current general theoretical and sectoral legal issues, law enforcement practice, as well as proposals for legislation, foreign legal experience; Practices of the European Court of Human Rights, Constitutional, Supreme and International Commercial Arbitration, Arbitration Courts ;. reviews of scientific life events and legal education experience in Ukraine; reviews of scientific, scientific-practical and educational works on legal subjects.
Target audience: law scholars, practitioners of law, graduate students, law students of higher education and more.
The editorial board accepts individual articles submitted by postgraduate students enrolled in state-funded programs for publication free of charge, provided that the manuscripts are authored solely by the students (without co-authors), comply with the journal’s requirements, and adhere to the principles of academic integrity.
Scope: Law, International Law.
Frequency: 4 times a year.