Call for Papers for Constitutional Studies Review by NUALS Kochi: Rolling Submissions

The Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Law Reforms at the NUALS Kochi, welcomes submissions for its Constitutional Studies Review.

About CSR

The Constitutional Studies Review (CSR) is a student-edited, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal that aims to promote discourse on Indian and comparative constitutional law, constitutional theory and comparative politics while engaging with contemporary issues that shape these fields.

Academics, legal practitioners, researchers, students, professionals and scholars from the field of constitutional law and politics may submit original, unpublished articles for consideration.

Submission Categories

• Long articles: Between 5,000 and 10,000 words. Submissions should approach the chosen theme or idea in a novel manner, while comprehensively engaging with existing scholarship on the subject. The subject of the article may either be a contemporary issue of legal significance, or a theoretical exposition.
• Essays: Between 3,000 and 5,000 words. Essays are more concise in scope. An essay may either be a concise treatment of a specific issue or a theme within a wider subject, or the argument of a premise.
• Case Notes and Legislative Comments: Between 1,500 and 3,000 words. Analyses of judicial pronouncements and legislations, whether in India or elsewhere, may be submitted under this category. It is important that the Note adequately analyses the legal implication of the said case/legislation.

Submission Guidelines

• All submissions should be original, unpublished, and should not have plagiarized content.
• NUALS Constitutional Studies Review has an exclusive submission policy. By submitting the manuscripts to NUALS Constitutional Studies Review, the author(s) confirms that the manuscript has not been simultaneously sent to another journal for publication (online or print), until they have received a decision from us.
• All word limits are exclusive of footnotes. However, speaking footnotes must be limited to 50 words.
• Co-authorship is permissible for a maximum of three authors.
• Plagiarism will result in summary rejection of the submission.

Formatting Guidelines

• The body of the manuscript may be in Times New Roman, font size 12 with double line spacing. The footnotes should be in Times New Roman, font size 10 with single line spacing.
• The manuscript should contain only footnotes (and not endnotes) as a method of citation. Citations must conform to OSCOLA (Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities) (4th edition) style of citation.

How to Submit?

• Submissions are to be made only in electronic form and must be sent to csr[at]nuals.ac.in, under the subject “NUALS CSR – Journal Submission”.
• All submissions must contain the following:
  – The manuscript in a .doc or .docx format. The manuscript should not contain the name of the author, their institutional affiliations, or any other identification markers.
  – A covering letter with the name(s) of the author(s), institution/affiliation, the title of the manuscript, and contact information.
  – An abstract of not more than 150 words.

Contact Information

In case of any queries, please contact csr[at]nuals.ac.in.

Source: Lawctopus