TOPICS:
The journal invites submissions on any broad topic of Law and interdisciplinary research but is not limited to any particular theme. For this Issue, no specific theme is to be followed. Preference is for scholarly research-based articles, policy briefs, case comments, and original manuscripts highlighting contemporary legal issues with national and international significance.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The manuscript should be accompanied by an abstract of about 250 words.
WORD LIMIT: for Research papers 4,000-6,000 words, for Policy briefs and Case studies/commentaries 2,000-3,000 words, and for Book reviews 800-1,000 words.
ELIGIBILITY: Entries from the student community, academia, researchers, and other professionals preferably studying Law and allied disciplines of Social Sciences & Humanities who could link legal regimes in the contribution would be accepted.
CITATION STYLE: The Bluebook Uniform System of Citation (20th edition) shall be strictly adhered to. The main text should be in Times New Roman, size 12 with a 1.5 line spacing and the footnotes shall be in size 10 with 1.0 line spacing. This shall be strict compliance for papers to be accepted for the review process.
The journal is guided by a well-defined ‘Ethical policy’ which gives no scope for plagiarised submission. Thus, authors are requested to strictly follow the plagiarism policy for academic submissions published by UGC.
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PUBLICATION POLICY:
The submissions must be original and should not be under consideration in any other journal or for any publication. Articles with plagiarism and copyright issues are liable to be rejected immediately. Nirma University Law Journal is not to be subject to any liability which may arise in this regard.
Submission of work must be made to Nirma University Law Journal, which is indicative of the fact that the authors grant exclusive permission to NULJ to publish and reproduce their work in all streams of media. Such right is subject to the doctrine of fair use as followed under the law relating to Intellectual Property Rights and subject to the entitlements of the author.
The editors reserve the right to delete or edit any article or part thereof whose content is found to be offensive, defamatory, outrightly unethical, or if it is suggestive of discrimination in any form racism, sexual, gender, religious, illegal or terror activities, and/or another. The article is subjected to rejection if its content is likely to offend or provocate any personal, religious or political sentiments of the reader.
There is no publication fee. A process of peer review shall be used to scrutinise all the submissions. Following this, the authors of selected papers will be notified of the results.
TIMELINE:
Submission of full paper with abstract: 21st May 2023
Intimation of reviewed papers: 15th June 2023
Publication of the NULJ July 2023 Issue: 12th July 2023
WORKFLOW/PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION OF THE MANUSCRIPTS:
Registering with the Journal (login) through: https://journals.nirmauni.ac.in/index.php/law
Submitting the Manuscripts
Step 1: You will provide preliminary information about your submission.
Step 2: A window will open allowing you to upload your submission file.
Step 3: You will be asked to add more information about the submission, including the title of the submission (broken down into prefix, title, and subtitle, and the abstract.
Step 4: You will be asked to confirm whether you are happy with your submission.
Step 5: Your submission is now complete! The editor has been notified of your submission.
Responding to a Review
The following process would be followed: Uploading the Revised File; Informing the Editor; Revisions Accepted; Resubmitting for Review; Responding to a Copyediting Request; Responding to a Proofreading Request.
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