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License Information

Unless otherwise indicated, articles published in LEX POLICY are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

This licensing model supports the journal's commitment to open access, broad dissemination of scholarly knowledge, and lawful reuse of published research while ensuring that authors receive appropriate attribution for their work.