Journal

Government Law College, Ernakulam is inviting papers from members of its student community for the proposed premier edition of its Journal of Contemporary Legal Thoughts to be published in the last quarter of 2018.

The publication seeks to promote student involvement in legal research and bring out their true potential in the field of critical analysis and enquiry.

We seek contributions in the form of articles and essays which address contemporary issues in law, case comments and reviews of recently published legal books besides other forms of scholarly writing.  All submissions must be original, previously unpublished and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere.

Every submission must be preceded by an abstract of not more than 300 words, that outlines the area of study and any important conclusions that may be drawn by the author(s) to be submitted not later than September 10^th 2018.

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The Principal

His Highness Maharaja’s Govt. Law College

Ernakulam

Articles should contain sustained analysis on legal topics. They may be either doctrinal or theoretical (or both) and must comprehensively deal with all relevant literature on the chosen subject to formulate well-reasoned positions.

Essays, in comparison with Articles, are usually more adventurous in their method, and seek to challenge existing legal paradigms or innovatively address well known problems. It is strongly recommended that essays be considerably more concise, in terms of scope and conceptualization.

Should be study of any contemporary judicial pronouncement (Indian or foreign) and must contain its analysis, the context in which the particular judgment has been delivered, its contribution to existing law and must necessarily comment on the judicial process involved. Critical, comparative pieces dealing with similar issues across jurisdictions are encouraged.

This entails a critical analysis of any existing Indian Legislation or proposed Bills and their constitutional implications. The analysis is expected to be original and technical in nature with specific regard to the constitutional provisions.

A literary criticism of a legal Book based on its content, style, merit etc. are invited. Other pieces that do not specifically fall into any of the aforementioned sections will also be considered.

Citation Format – Blue Book system of citation # (19th Edition)

Word Limit – All word limits given above are exclusive of footnotes

Joint Contributions – Collaborative manuscripts by up to two authors are allowed

Details of the Author(s) – Email, Phone numbers, Class to be given on the top right hand corner of the manuscript and the abstract

Form of Submission – Soft copy of the manuscript in Microsoft Word’s .doc or .docx format only, emailed to lawjournalglcekm@gmail.com

Format of the manuscript – Main Body of text – Times New Roman font with font size set to 12 with 1.5 line spacing
                                                Footnotes – Times New Roman font with font size set to 10 with 1.0 line spacing

Plagiarism – Strictly prohibited and any contribution found not original will be summarily rejected. A declaration to that effect shall be furnished along with the complete manuscript

# The Ad Hoc committee will assist selected candidates to bring up their contributions to the requisite standards.

Your Abstract submissions will be acknowledged within 48 hours and subject to a thorough review process by the editorial committee

In any submission does not meet the guidelines set, the author(s) will be afforded reasonable time to submit a revised abstract keeping in mind the reviewer’s comments.