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The Centre for Environmental Law, Advocacy and Research (CELAR) of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA), is pleased to invite scholastic submissions for Issue 43 onwards for Lex Terra (ISSN: 2455-0965), our quarterly online publication (“webzine”). Since its inception, Lex Terra has published 42 issues on various debatable facets of the environment and environment-related analytical items. Several academicians, practitioners, and students have contributed to the webzine. Through Lex Terra, they endeavor to facilitate better and greater ideas to create a community of environmentally conscious individuals from legal and non-legal fraternities. Detailed submission guidelines can be found below. Lex Terra is committed to free and open access to all academic research. No publication fees will be charged to authors at any stage of the review. In addition, no subscription cost will be charged to leaders. Accepted manuscripts shall be published online and can be freely accepted through the official website of the National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam. They are currently soliciting submissions for “Issue 43” onwards. Issue 43 is scheduled to be published tentatively in October 2023.
What Are The Details Of The Opportunity?
- ISSN: 2455-0965
- Submission Categories: The word limit, exclusive of footnotes, is as follows:
- Short Articles: 2000 words,
- Enviro-legislative analysis: 1000 words,
- Enviro-legal news & perspectives: 1000 words, and
- Enviro-judgement analysis: 1000 – 1500 words.
- Co-authorship: Co-authorship among individuals of the same or different institutions is allowed up to two authors.
- Submission Process: All manuscripts and author(s) details must be submitted only via this form by CLICK HERE Manuscripts sent via email will not be considered.
- Publication fees: No publication fees will be charged to authors at any stage of the review. In addition, no subscription costs will be charged to readers. Accepted manuscripts shall be published online and can be freely accessed through the official website of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam.
- Deadline of submission: The deadline for submissions to be considered for Issue 43 is September 20th, 2023.
- Submission Guidelines:
- Lex Terra exclusively accepts manuscripts that revolve around the themes of environmental law and policy research. Manuscripts that are not related to environmental law are summarily rejected.
- Possible sub-themes include but are not limited to Natural Resource Management Law; Waste Management; Biodiversity Management; Energy Law; Forest Laws; Animal Rights; Agricultural Laws; Climate Change Law and Policy; Global Commons; Sustainable Development; Environment Impact Assessment; Ecological Restoration; Pollution Control; Coastal Regulation; Environmental Ethics; Ecofeminism; Environment, Business and Human Rights; Ecosystem Services; and Environmental Economics.
- While contributors are permitted to submit articles on the aforementioned themes across any jurisdiction, we especially encourage submissions exploring customary environmental standards and practices pertaining to North-East India. We, at Lex Terra, firmly believe that the North-East region of India, being rich in biodiversity and natural resources, requires particular attention from an enviro-legal standpoint.
- Please do not use any personal identification details in the manuscript, such as your name or institutional affiliations, to better facilitate the double-blind peer-review process.
- Please ensure that the manuscript submitted to Lex Terra must not be simultaneously under consideration at other academic publications.
- The webzine is committed to publishing pieces of the highest academic quality. Pursuant to this, we have a strict no-plagiarism policy and all manuscripts we receive are put through plagiarism detection software. Any manuscripts found to have a similarity index of more than 25% are summarily rejected. Other pieces depend upon context. Only the non-plagiarized manuscripts are sent to the peer reviewers.
- All the manuscripts will go through a double-blind peer-review process.
For More Information:
For any query email at celar@nluassam.ac.in
CLICK HERE For The Brochure & Formatting Guidelines
CLICK HERE To Visit CELAR, NLU Assam Website
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