The NUJS Law is a quarterly student-run publication that has published issues consistently since 2008. As a well-established, student-run journal in India, we have consistently topped the rankings by SCC Online and other commentators.
Over the years, the NUJS Law Review has provided legal analysis and commentary on a range of issues and, in doing so, has invited academics, policymakers, law students, practitioners, and those interested in legal studies. Articles from the journal have been cited by judges of the Supreme Court of India, the Ministry of Finance, the Law Commission of India, and various lawyers on multiple occasions. The Law Review has contributed to the development of jurisprudence, specifically on sexuality rights, intellectual property rights, privacy rights, and election law.
Our previous special issues have focused on disability rights, as well as queer jurisprudence, garnering substantial traction and furthering our contribution to scholarship.
With this special issue, we invite submissions focusing on election law jurisprudence and policy and administrative reforms. We have previously critically engaged on this subject with a response paper on simultaneous elections addressed to the Law Commission in 2018.
In light of recent events surrounding the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, there has been a significant increase in discourse – election structure, form, conduct of candidates and campaigns as well as the role of the Election Commission. The recent Electoral Bonds decision and the Court’s refusal to stay the Election Commissioners Act, 2023, have raised important questions that flow through the core of the democratic voting exercise.
This issue proposes to interact with key issues surrounding the state of the electoral process in India. We welcome contributions engaging with the position and nature of the electoral process. Submissions may address election law and policy in any manner – political contributions, campaign reform, the model code of conduct, pre-election promises, eligibility to contest, among others. Submissions may also be comparative in their analysis.
We accept submissions on a rolling basis and wish to publish the special issue by October 2024.
Submission Guidelines:
Please go to the website and click on the ‘Submissions’ portal – HERE
The NUJS Law Review Citation (2nd Edition) and Style Standard and other conditions for publication are available on the Law Review website.
Word limit – 6,000 words minimum for an Article and 4,000 to 6,000 for a Note.
A maximum of three co-authors are permitted.
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