The Indian Journal of Constitutional Law invites submissions for its twelfth issue,
to be published in 2024. In its decade-long history, the Journal has borne witness
to outstanding scholarship from leading and budding scholars of our time,
spanning the breadth of professors, researchers, and students. This will be a
special edition, owing to the festive occasion of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of
NALSAR, our home institution. This edition will feature, in addition to our general
repertoire of unsolicited pieces, solicited pieces from our alumni. All pieces are
subject to the same review process consisting of multiple rounds of examination.
Instructions for Authors
Contributions are solicited under the following heads:
Articles – 4,500 – 7,000 words
Articles should contain sustained analysis on legal topics. They may be either doctrinal or
theoretical (or both) and must comprehensively deal with all relevant literature on the
chosen subject to formulate well-reasoned positions. An Article is therefore ordinarily
conservative in its method of analysis.
2.Essays– 3,000 – 4,500 words
Essays, in comparison with Articles, are usually more adventurous in their method, and
seek to challenge existing legal paradigms or innovatively address well known problems.
It is strongly recommended that essays be considerably more concise, in terms of scope
and conceptualization. Fresh approaches to be decided issues are encouraged.
- Case comments and legislative comments – 1,500 – 3,000 words
Case comments should be a study of any contemporary judicial pronouncement (Indian
or foreign) and must contain its analysis, the context in which it has been delivered, its
contribution to existing law, and must necessarily comment on the judicial process
involved. Legislative comments entail a critical analysis of any existing Indian legislation
or proposed Bills and their constitutional implications. Critical, comparative pieces
dealing with similar issues across jurisdictions are encouraged. - Other submissions – 1,500-3,000 words
Other pieces that do not specifically fall into any of the aforementioned sections will also
be considered. The Board specifically solicits Book Reviews, short responses to previous
publications and notes on an author’s practical experiences in constitutional litigation,
judgment deliberation, legislative drafting, etc.
Deadline:
To be considered for the next issue of the journal (2024), we expect the submissions to
reach us before November 31st, 2023.
For any further queries, please contact:
The Indian Journal of Constitutional Law
NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
Justice City, Shameerpet, Ranga Reddy District, Hyderabad – 500 101
Email- [email protected]
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