About the Journal
Trade, Law and Development (TL&D) is a biannual, student-run, academic journal published by National Law University, Jodhpur, India (NLU, Jodhpur).
The objective of the Journal is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and constructive debate on legal and policy issues surrounding world trade, cross-border investment, and development, among other inter-related aspects of international law. The main focus areas of the Journal are international trade law and international economic law.
About the Call for Papers
The Journal is inviting unpublished manuscripts for publication in its 15th General Issue (Vol. 15 No.2, Winter’23 Issue) based on contemporary developments in world trade, international economic law, cross-border investment, and development, among other interrelated aspects of international law. Submissions are welcome in the form of Articles, Notes, Comments and Book Reviews.
Theme
Submissions can be pertaining to any area within the purview of international economic law.
Submission Guidelines
- The submission has not been previously published elsewhere.
- The submission file is in Microsoft Word (.doc/.docx) format with minimum use of Macros.
- The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines and complies with the Section policies of the Journal.
- In case this is your first submission, an updated CV mentioning the authors’ name, affiliation, qualifications and contact details, as well as a cover letter is to be submitted along with the Manuscript.
- The manuscript may be co-authored.
- All manuscripts will be checked for plagiarism. If plagiarism is detected, the Editorial Board reserves the right of rejection (without review).
- After the first publication of a manuscript with TL&D, permission for any subsequent publication in another forum must be obtained from the Journal’s Board of Editors.
- Submission of an unsolicited manuscript to the editors does not secure a right of publication in TL&D. In case the manuscript is found suitable for publication, as per TL&D’s standards of quality scholarship, the author(s) will receive a notification of acceptance from the Editors.
- Submission of solicited manuscripts, on invitation from the editors of TL&D, guarantees publication of the same. However, in the event that such solicited manuscript does not meet TL&D’s standards of quality scholarship, final discretion to publish the solicited manuscript vests with the Journal’s Board of Editors.
- The Editors reserve the right to send contributions, whether solicited or unsolicited, to referee(s) for evaluation of content and quality, in which case the identities of both the Author and the Referee shall remain confidential (i.e. Double-Blind Peer Review).
- All submissions to TL&D must be topical to the scope and theme of the Journal, as provided in the “Editorial Policies” section of the TL&D website.
- The Editors reserve the right to request copies of any resources or authorities cited in the submitted manuscript. The publication of the manuscript remains subject to the Authors providing such copies.
- It should be noted that the Journal does not accept any fees from authors for publication.
How to Submit?
Submissions made online through the link provided below or by way of E-mail must mention in the subject field – “Manuscript Submission [ARTICLE/ NOTE/ BOOK REVIEW]” and should be addressed to:
The Editor-in-Chief, Trade, Law and Development, Email: editors[at]tradelawdevelopment.com
Submission Deadline
The last date for submissions is August 05, 2023.
Contact Information
In case of any queries, please contact editors[at]tradelawdevelopment[dot]com.