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The National Law School of India Review
Submission Guidelines
Papers may
be submitted under the following categories:
The National Law School of India Review
Submission Guidelines
About
NLSIR
The National Law School of India
Review (NLSIR) is now accepting submissions for its upcoming issue – Volume
30(1). The NLSIR is the flagship law review of the National Law School of India
University, Bangalore, India. The NLSIR is a bi-annual, student edited,
peer-reviewed law journal providing incisive legal scholarship on issues that
are at the forefront of contemporary legal discourse. For more than 25 years,
the NLSIR has regularly featured articles authored by judges of the Indian
Supreme Court, senior counsels practicing at the Indian bar, and several
renowned academics from national and foreign universities.
The most recent volume of the NLSIR,
Vol. 29 will feature contributions by Professor M.G. Bridge, Cassel Professor
of Commercial Law at London School of Economics and Professor of Law, National
University of Singapore, and Professor Richard Pierce, the Lyle T. Alverson
Professor of Law at George Washington University, among several others. Moreover,
in August 2009, NLSIR attained the unique distinction of being the only Indian
student-run law journal to be cited by the Supreme Court of India, in Action Committee, Un-Aided Private Schools v. Director of Education. NLSIR has also
recently been cited in Justice R. S. Bachawat’s Law of Arbitration and
Conciliation, a leading treatise on arbitration law in India.
Categories:
Papers may
be submitted under the following categories:
1. Long
Articles: Between 5000 and 8000 words, inclusive of
footnotes. Papers in this category are expected to engage with the theme and
literature comprehensively, and offer an innovative reassessment of the current
understanding of that theme. It is advisable, though not necessary, to choose a
theme that is of contemporary importance. Purely theoretical pieces are also
welcome.
2. Essays: Between
3000 and 5000 words, inclusive of footnotes. Essays are far more concise in
scope. These papers usually deal with a very specific issue, and argue that the
issue must be conceptualized differently. They are more engaging, and make a
more easily identifiable, concrete argument.
3. Case
Notes and Legislative Comments: Between 1500 and 2500
words, inclusive of footnotes. This is an analysis of any contemporary judicial
pronouncement or a new piece of legislation whether in India or elsewhere. The
note must identify and examine the line of cases in which the decision in
question came about, and comment on implications for the evolution of that
branch of law. In case of legislative comment the note must analyze the
objective of the legislation and the legal impact the same is expected to have.
Authors are requested to note that
pieces engaging with a foreign theme or legal development, in any of the above
categories, should also explain its relevance in the Indian context, whether by
virtue of similar laws or otherwise.
Formatting
and Citation Guidelines
The body of the manuscript should 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 end notes) as a method of citation. Citations must conform
to the Bluebook (20th edn.) style of citation.
How
to submit?
The NLSIR only accepts electronic
submissions. Submissions may be emailed to mail.nlsir@gmail.com under
the subject heading “30(1) NLSIR – Submissions.” All submissions must contain
the following:
1. The
manuscript in doc.x format. The manuscript should not contain the name of the
author or his/ her institutional affiliation or any other identification mark.
2. A
cover letter containing the name of the author, professional information, the
title of the manuscript, and contact information.
3. All
manuscripts must also contain an abstract of not more than 150 words.
The last date for submissions to
Volume 30(1) is November 1, 2017.
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