Call for Papers - December 2026 Issue [NULJ _ Vol. - XVI, Issue I]

TOPICS: This issue of NULJ is dedicated to the theme "Law, Economics and, War: Changing Paradigms” 

SUB THEMES:

·       The Economics of Conflict: Legal Perspectives on War and Peace

·       War Through the Lens of Law and Economics

·       Legal and Economic Dimensions of Armed Conflict

·       Growth and Governance: Law and Economics in Times of War

·       Conflict, Capital and Compliance: Law and Economics

·       Post-war reconstruction: legal and economic frameworks

·       Defence spending, arms trade, and regulatory frameworks

·       Human rights, humanitarian law, and economic accountability

·       Geopolitics of resources and conflict

·       Insurance, investment, and risk in conflict-affected regions

·       State responsibility and reparations for war related economic harm

·       Dimensions of Artificial Intelligence and war in 21^st Century

·       Environmental collateral concerns and war

Submission is not restricted to above sub-themes only. The submission will be also accepted which can be directly or indirectly reflect the main theme or sub-themes of December 2026 Issue.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The manuscript should be accompanied by an abstract in about 250 words.

WORD LIMIT: for Research papers 4,000-6,000 words; for Policy briefs and Case studies/commentaries 2,000-3,000 words; and Book reviews 800-1,000 words.

ELIGIBILITY: Entries from student community, academia, researchers, and other professionals preferably studying Law and allied discipline of Social Sciences & Humanities who could link legal regime in the contribution would be accepted.

CITATION STYLE: The Bluebook Uniform System of Citation (20th edition) shall be strictly adhered to. The main text should be in Times New Roman, size 12 with a1.5 line spacing and the footnotes shall be in size 10 with 1.0 line spacing. This shall be strict compliance for papers to be accepted for the review process. The journal is guided by a well-defined ‘Ethical policy’ which gives no scope for plagiarised submission. Thus, authors are requested to strictly follow the plagiarism policy for academic submissions published by UGC.

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PUBLICATION POLICY:

The submissions must be original and should not be under consideration in any other journal or for any publication. Articles with plagiarism and copyright issues are liable to be rejected immediately. Nirma University Law Journal is not to be subject to any liability which may arise in this regard.

Submission of work must be made to Nirma University Law Journal, is indicative of the fact that the authors grant exclusive permission to NULJ to publish and reproduce their work in all streams of media. Such right is subject to the doctrine of fair use as followed under the law relating to Intellectual Property Rights and subject to the entitlements of the author.

The editors reserve the right to delete or edit any article or part thereof whose content is found to be offensive, defamatory, outrightly unethical, or if it is suggestive of discrimination in any form racism, sexual, gender, religious, illegal or terror activities, and/or another. The article is subjected to rejection if its content is likely to offend or provocation of any personal, religious or political sentiments of the reader.

There is no publication fee. A process of peer-review shall be used to scrutinise all the submissions. Following this, the authors of selected papers will be notified of the results.

TIMELINE

Submission of full Paper with Abstract: 15^th December 2026

Intimation of Reviewed papers: 15^th January 2027

Publication of Journal: 31^st January 2027

WORKFLOW/PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION OF THE MANUSCRIPTS:

Registering with the Journal (login) through: https://journals.nirmauni.ac.in/index.php/law

Submitting the Manuscripts

Step 1: You will provide preliminary information about your submission.

Step 2: A window will open allowing you to upload your submission file.

Step 3: You will be asked to add more information about the submission, including the title of the submission (broken down into prefix, title, and subtitle, and the abstract.

Step 4: You will be asked to confirm whether you are happy with your submission.

Step 5: Your submission is now complete! The editor has been notified of your submission.

Responding to a Review The following process would be followed: Uploading the Revised File; Inform the Editor; Revisions Accepted; Resubmitting for Review; Responding to a Copyediting Request; Responding to a Proofreading Request

Contact details

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