CALL FOR PAPERS :: HPNLU Student Law Journal, Submit by Aug 31

The HPNLU Student Law Journal is the flagship student journal of the Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla. The Journal is an annually published, student-edited, double-blind peer-reviewed, online and open-access journal. It seeks to provide a forum for engaging in discussions on varied issues of contemporary importance in domestic and international law and policy. The aim of the journal is to draw attention to and provide critical insight into crucial issues impacting the legal sphere.

The HPNLU Student Law Journal invites scholarly submissions from students, academicians, practitioners, and researchers for the inaugural issue of the journal. The Journal encourages comparative law and international law research, but the same must be related to Indian legal developments and challenges. The Journal also promotes an interdisciplinary approach to research in law.

About the University:

The Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla (HPNLU, Shimla), placed in the geographical terrains of the Himalayas, is in its third year of existence, under the dynamic leadership of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Nishtha Jaswal. The institution is one few educational Centers in the country which enjoys natural endowment of mesmeric beauty of locational topography, excellent/enjoyable weather conditions throughout the year. The University, in this respect, is bestowed with all-natural conditions facilitative of creation, seeking and imparting knowledge.

(HPNLU, Shimla) was established by the Himachal Pradesh National Law University Act, 2016 (16 of 2016) in September, 2016. The University has shifted to its own campus, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities.

The University started functioning from October 05, 2016. It is a participating university of the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs). The batches of B.A./B.B.A.LL.B. (five-year integrated course), LL.M. (One Year Programme), are admitted through CLAT [Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)] tests. The University conducts every year its own National Level Test for selecting candidates to the Ph.D. Programme in Law. Currently, the third batches of UG, PG and Ph.D. students, are pursuing their respective courses.

Submission Categories

The HPNLUSLJ invites submissions under the following categories-

Articles: 6,000 to 12,000 words, inclusive of footnotes.
Case Notes and Legislative Comments: 5,000 to 8,000 words, inclusive of footnotes.
Book Reviews: 2,500 to 4,000 words, inclusive of footnotes.

Submission Guidelines:

1.Theme: There is no specific or particular theme(s) or topic(s) for the volume. All submissions, whether directly hitting at law, as long as they meet some facets to the law are welcome.

2.All submissions in Electronic Form: All contributions have to be submitted in electronic form. The paper should be processed in MS Office 2010 onwards, double spaced, with a left margin of one and a half inches and send to scholars.editor@hpnlu.ac.in with the email title as ‘HPNLU Student Law Journal’ Volume- I, Submission’.

3.Abstract: Abstract of the paper in 250-300 words should be sent along with the electronic submissions.

4. Covering Letter: All submissions should be accompanied by a covering letter mentioning the title of the paper, name, designation, and details of the author(s)’ institutional affiliation. The author(s) are compulsorily required to make a solemn declaration about the originality of the paper and that the same has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere.

5.Communication of Acceptance: All submissions would undergo double-blind peer review. After review, manuscripts will be returned to authors suggesting changes to content, style or structure. Acceptance of the piece for publication may be made contingent upon incorporating such suggestions. The decision on acceptance of a paper for publication will be of the editorial board which shall be final. The decision of acceptance will be communicated to the contributor within six weeks of receiving the submission.

Last Date for Submission: The last date for submission for the maiden volume is August 31, 2019.

Style Requirement:

1.Citation: For citation and references, The Bluebook, A Uniform System of Citation (19^th), should be strictly followed.

2. Lengthy Quotations discouraged: Author(s) should avoid long quotations and keep it at minimum wherever necessary with full and proper acknowledgment.

3. Footnotes: Lengthy and multi-paragraph footnotes are discouraged. It should mention the page(s) of the source and in cases where a Court Judgment is a source; the footnote should also mention the paragraph of the judgment in addition to the page number of the Reporter.

4.Websites: Only authoritative websites may be cited. References to (or citing them in footnotes) internet sources such as Wikipedia or blogs etc. are not acceptable.

Terms and Conditions

The authors and submissions should comply with the following terms and conditions:

1. The submission should be a well-researched /documented one following uniform citation method for footnotes/references given above.

2. The submission should be the original work of the contributor and not a compilation of pre-existing works on the subject. And it should not amount to the violation of others’ copyright. The contributor has to give a declaration as to the originality of the work.

3.The copyright in all articles, published in the Volume, shall vest in the owner of the Student Law Journal, H.P. National Law University, Shimla.

4. The views adopted from other sources and others’ work must be quoted and sufficiently acknowledged.

5. There is generally, prevailing malpractice to adopt other’s work together with footnotes. If one is reading from works of an author and that author has quoted yet other books or cases etc., the rule is that the one has to find out each original source. The context of the author might be different. One is not entitled to pick up the footnotes of that other author as also his propositions relating to it. If original is not looked at, you should quote the secondary author and state that the previous author relied on the source as stated in footnotes of previous work.

6. Only changing the language of another author’s work amounts to copying and using his work. It is not original writing.

7. The Contributor has to cover the risk of being sued for copyright, defamation or contempt and agree to suffer the losses if caused by violating copyright or otherwise.

8. For more information, please read the complete guidelines or visit our website. For any questions or clarifications, the authors may contact the Board at scholars.editor@hpnlu.ac.in.

Editorial Advisory Board:

Hon’ble Justice Sureshwar Thakur

Judge, High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Hon’ble Justice Chander Bhushan Barowalia

Judge, High Court of Himachal Pradesh

Prof. Kamaljeet Singh

Faculty of Law, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla

Prof. Harpreet Kaur

Professor of Law, National Law University, Delhi

Prof. Naresh Kumar Vats

Registrar, Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala

Patron- in- Chief

Chief Justice, High Court of Himachal Pradesh

(Chancellor, HPNLU Shimla)

Patron
Prof. Nishtha Jaswal
Vice-Chancellor, HPNLU Shimla

Editorial Board

Editor

Santosh Kumar Sharma

Assistant Professor of Law, HPNLU Shimla

*Members*
Sanskriti Rana, LL.M. (2018-19)	Mollshree Pareek, IV Semester, B.A. LL.B.
Nikita Sharma, IV Semester, B.B.A. LL.B.	Sheenam Thakur, II Semester, B.A. LL.B.
Shubham Mahajan, IV Semester, B.B.A. LL.B.	Nischal Thakur, II Semester, B.B.A. LL.B.

Facebook Comments

347