Call for Papers for Journal of Law and Social Sciences( JLSS) by HNLU; Submit by 20 December

About the HNLU JLSS

Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur invites submissions for its forthcoming Volume VI of HNLU JLSS. The journal welcomes and intends to promote authors from various backgrounds having a strong interface with law. HNLU JLSS endeavours to cradle research among the legal academia, practising lawyers, students, research scholars and domain experts. It promotes thought provoking analysis and discussions on contemporary legal and socio-political issues. It is also an attempt to provide a standard platform for quality research papers.

Submission Categories

• Articles (5000 to 10000 words, inclusive of footnotes) – Papers comprehensively analysing a theme.
• Essays (3000 to 5000 words, inclusive of footnotes) – Papers concisely analysing specific contemporary issues.
• Case Notes and/or Legislative Commentaries (2000 to 7000 words, inclusive of footnotes).
• Book Reviews: Between 2,000 to 3,000 words.

Guidelines

1. Co-authorship of papers (maximum two) between individuals from the same or different institutions is allowed.
2. Abstract: Each manuscript must contain an abstract of not more than 250 words. This is inclusive of the above-mentioned word limit prescribed for each submission category.
3. Citations must conform to the standards laid down in The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation (20^th edition).
4. Submissions must use only footnotes as a form of citation.Formatting:
   1. Font Type and Size of the main text must be Times New Roman, 12.
   2. Font Type and Size of footnotes must be Times New Roman, 10.
   3. Line Spacing of the main text and footnotes must be 1.5 and 1, respectively.
   4. Use of headings and Sub-Headings is encouraged. Headings and Sub-Headings should be numbered, should be of the same font type and size as the main text and should be in bold.
   5. Page borders and ‘All caps’ in the titles and sub-titles must be avoided.

Submission Procedure:

1. Authors are requested to send their details and enclose their original, unpublished submissions in .dc/.dcx through the following Google form:-

https://forms.gle/8dDVGwb88V8TgrPv8

1. The name of the file must cntain Name of the Author(s) + Title of the Submission.
2. Last Date for Submission of full paper: 20 December

Contact

Mr. Jeevan Sagar
Assistant Professor of English & Coordinator,
HNLU PRESS

Email Addresses:[email protected] , [email protected] , [email protected]

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