Paulinian Law Journal

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AI Policy at a Glance

The Paulinian Law Journal requires human authors to take full responsibility for their work. AI tools may be used for limited purposes like grammar checking and citation formatting, but AI cannot be listed as an author and cannot be used to generate substantive legal analysis.

XII. General Principle

The Paulinian Law Journal publishes scholarship for which identifiable human authors accept full intellectual, ethical, and legal responsibility.

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Artificial intelligence systems cannot qualify as:

Authors or co-authors
Reviewers
Legal authorities
Accountable contributors

AI cannot verify truth, provide informed consent, disclose conflicts, protect confidentiality, or assume responsibility for published claims.

The use of an AI tool does not transfer any part of the author's responsibility to the tool, its developer, or its operator.

XIII. Permitted Uses

Authors may use AI-assisted tools in a limited and responsible manner for:

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Spelling, grammar, punctuation, and readability checks

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Non-substantive language editing

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Transcription, translation, or data processing (with verification)

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Citation formatting (with manual verification)

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Coding or quantitative analysis (with disclosed methodology)

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Literature discovery (with independent verification)

Ordinary spelling correction and basic word-processing functions need not be disclosed.

XIV. Prohibited Uses

Authors must not use AI tools to:

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Generate the manuscript's principal thesis, legal reasoning, doctrinal analysis, findings, or recommendations

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Fabricate or supply unverified cases, statutes, quotations, facts, datasets, or URLs

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Paraphrase copied material to conceal plagiarism

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Create fictitious interviews, survey responses, testimonies, or research participants

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Manipulate images, evidence, quotations, or data in a deceptive manner

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Upload privileged, confidential, or personally identifiable information

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Prohibited:

Substantive passages generated by AI may not be incorporated into a manuscript merely because the author later edits, paraphrases, or verifies portions of the generated text.

XV. AI Disclosure

Any material use of AI must be disclosed in the cover letter and, when appropriate, in a methodology or acknowledgment statement.

The disclosure should identify:

✓ Name and provider of the tool
✓ Version or model, when known
✓ Purpose for which it was used
✓ Parts of the research or writing process affected
✓ Nature of human review and verification
✓ Data-protection and confidentiality safeguards

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Important:

Failure to disclose a material use of AI may constitute publication misconduct.

XVI. Responsibilities of Editors and Reviewers Regarding AI

Editors and reviewers shall not upload an unpublished manuscript, reviewer report, author response, confidential communication, or identifying information into a publicly accessible or externally hosted AI system without written authorization and appropriate confidentiality and data-protection safeguards.

AI tools must not replace independent editorial judgment or peer review.

Note: An automated AI-detection score shall not, by itself, be treated as conclusive proof of misconduct. Any allegation involving AI must be evaluated through verifiable evidence, contextual review, notice to the author, and a fair opportunity to respond.

Policy on Artificial Intelligence and AI Tools

AI Policy at a Glance