مجلة القانون، المجتمع والسلطة
Volume 15, Numéro 1, Pages 194-215
2026-03-01

Research Ethics In Light Of Algerian Legislation

Authors : Latreche Ali .

Abstract

Abstract: Scientific research in the field of legal studies intersects with numerous other disciplines—such as commerce, medicine, economics, media, politics, and others. These fields are governed by legal rules, such as commercial law, medical law, and economic relations law, among others, which demonstrates that no field exists outside a regulatory legal framework. Therefore, a researcher must recognize that the quality of their legal research is rooted in the depth of their knowledge of the subject matter with which it intersects. Researchers must also understand that the validity of previous research findings is not absolute; acknowledging their relativity expands the researcher’s intellectual horizons. Likewise, researchers should not venerate other scholars, as doing so undermines the nature and quality of their scientific work when they merely repeat previously reached conclusions. The importance of research lies in the researcher’s awareness of the significance of the scholarly pen in analyzing and understanding any issue within the field of legal sciences. The pen is a tool that stimulates the mind to comprehend the philosophy underlying legal rules, both before and after their formulation, from multiple perspectives, for no legal issue admits an absolute understanding—the differences arise from varying intellectual viewpoints. This means that researchers should not sanctify others’ ideas, and that those who admire the works and ideas of others must, at the very least, avoid committing academic plagiarism, as it contradicts the ethics of scientific research established in international and national legislation. This study employs both analytical and descriptive methods to clarify the relationship between intellect and writing in legal philosophy and to elucidate the issue of academic plagiarism.

Keywords

Scientific Thought ; Quality ; Algerian legislation ; Methodology ; Research Ethics