Submission Guidelines
Content:
The journal allows entries pertaining to legal work or purely social analysis of a subject matter relevant in the field of law. However, posts that establish an inter-discipline between law and other areas of law are preferred. The entries must showcase the original work of the author that adds to the present literature on the subject matter. All the authors are requested to send only original content. Additionally, all submissions must contain some novel analysis comprised of the author(s)’ views and which adds to the existing literature on the subject but must not be a simple descriptive/informative piece, or a compilation of content from different sources. The submissions which are approved in a review shall go through the necessary process of Plagiarism Check.
Cover Letter:
All the submissions must be sent to info.ijlra@gmail.com. All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter containing the name of the author/s, institutional affiliation, title and category of the submission, and a contact address of the author, including the e-mail address and the phone number. Submissions should be sent as MS Word (.doc format) attachments with the title of the article as the file name.
Details of the Author: The Journal follows a double-blinded peer-reviewed system, and thus, the submission shall not contain any information related to the author such as Name, Institutional Affiliation, Contact.
Style Guidelines
Word Limit:
IJLRA acknowledges and accepts all the materials that are original work of the author(s) and deals with any area of law. It does not restrict submissions to a particular field of law.
Short Articles: 2000 to 4000 words
Articles: 4000 to 8000 words
Essays: up to 5000 words
Case Comments & Book Reviews: 1500 to 3000 words
The references shall be footnoted, hyperlinks and endnotes are not accepted. The word limit may be relaxed in exceptional cases.
Form of Submission:
Submissions must be in electronic form. All submissions must be word-processed, 1.5 line spacing in Garamond, font size 12, and justified.
Title: 14, Bold, All Caps
Sub-Headings: 13, Bold, Capitalize each word format, Italicized
Abstract: 12, Italicized
Body: 12, Garamond, Spacing 1.5
Citation Format:
Footnotes need to be done in any uniform method of citation and must be single-spaced in Garamond, font size 10, and justified.
Please send your queries or requests for clarifications to info.ijlra@gmail.com.
