ABOUT
Journal of National Law University Delhi is the flagship journal of National Law University Delhi. The Journal of National Law University Delhi is a general, double blind peer reviewed journal that publishes original articles in all branches of law, along with separate sections devoted to recent developments in the legislative, judicial and policy fields, case comments and book reviews. The journal also seeks to provides a platform for engaging in multi-disciplinary and critical legal discussions on themes of law, society, and justice. We encourage academics in law and cognate disciplines to contribute to the Journal by revisiting and reimagining the boundaries of law through innovations in method and form.
The previous issues of the journal are available in digital format through different databases including Hein Online.
SUBMISSION PROCESS
JNLUD welcomes original and previously unpublished articles, case notes and comments, book reviews for publication in its upcoming issue (Vol. 10, 2023-24).
Submissions for the upcoming issue will be accepted on a rolling basis till February 15, 2024.
To submit an article, case notes, comments and book reviews please click here (link) All submissions must comply with the style guide suggested below.
Articles mailed directly to JNLUD email address will not be considered.
IMPORTANT GUIDELINES REGARDING THE SUBMISSIONS:
Word Count
- Articles are typically of around 6000-8000 words including footnotes.
- Notes and Comments are short pieces of less than 5000 words. These have a narrower scope of inquiry than articles and may include analysis of recent case laws, legislation or policy.
- Book reviews are generally around 2500 words. Successful submissions to this category will critically analyse the ideas and themes explored in the book instead of merely providing a summary of its main arguments.
Citation and Format
- Journal of National Law University Delhi adheres to the OSCOLA citation style. Authors are requested to follow the same.
- Please submit your manuscript in MS-Word document format only.
- Relevant details of the author and their affiliation would be captured only through a Google Form. The submission, therefore, should not contain any reference to the identity of the author in order to enable anonymous screening and peer review.
- Each submission (except Book Review) should be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 300 words and five key words.
- Please ensure no names are included on the first page of the submission document .
- Figures should be high quality (1200 dpi for line art, 600 dpi for grayscale and 300 dpi for colour, at the correct size). Figures should be supplied in one of our preferred file formats: EPS, PS, JPEG, TIFF, or Microsoft Word (DOC or DOCX) files are acceptable for figures that have been drawn in Word.
- There are no submission fees, publication fees or page charges for this journal.
Review Process
- The review process is an anonymous, independent, and robust approach to the different submission to the Journal.
- The review process ensures that the process at the desk review stage by the editorial committee and the article review stage by two referees remain anonymous.
- The editors aim to, as far as possible, complete the review process, from submission of the article to a publication decision, within 10-12 weeks.
Open Access
- The content of the Journal is freely available, so as to enable access to everyone, regardless of ability to pay and also to ensure the articles reach a wider audience.
- Open Access articles are published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The “CC BY” license permits commercial and non-commercial re- use of an open access article as long as the author is properly attributed. .
EDITORIAL POLICY
- Only original and unpublished work must be submitted for consideration for JNLUD.
- Author(s) must take particular care that their work does not infringe on the rights of third parties and that they have obtained necessary permissions for cited work. If there is more than one author, all submissions would be scrutinised for plagiarism.
- Plagiarised works would be rejected.
- JNLUD is currently unable to accept submissions from students pursuing undergraduate or postgraduate studies. In such instances it invites students to make their submission to the NLUD Journal of Legal Studies. However, submissions from research scholars including doctoral scholars would be considered.
- JNLUD adheres to the Open Access Policy. This means that all articles published in the Journal would be made available on the Journal’s website without any time limit and free of charge.
- All content published in the Journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
- While all efforts would be made to inform the corresponding author of the progress of the submission through various stages of review, in view of the number of submissions that the journal receives, individualised response may not be possible in each instance.
- Decision of the Editorial Board on all matters shall be final.
IMPORTANT DATES
Opening Date of Submission: November 16, 2023 Closing Date of Submission: February 15, 2024
QUERIES
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