By CALR Journal of Applicable Law & Jurisprudence is inviting submissions by way of a Call for Papers. The submissions are being accepted on a rolling basis.
About CALR
The Center for Academic Legal Research (CALR) is a worldwide initiative by law school students to fill the void present in high-quality legal research in various fields of law.
There are five centers established under CALR, namely, Center for the Study of Contemporary Legal Issues, Center for Cyber Law, Center for Commercial and Financial Law, Center for Study of Dispute Resolution, and Center for Environmental Awareness. Each established center is dedicated to high-quality research work which is analytical and critical in nature under their respective field of law.
About JALJ
CALR Journal of Applicable Law & Jurisprudence (CALR | JAL&J) is a reputed international online research paper, journal, thesis and conference paper publishing subset-company under CALR headquartered in Dehradun, India. JAL&J is a one-stop, open-access source for a large number of high quality and peer-reviewed journals in various academic domains.
JAL&J has an extensive Editorial Board with renowned policy makers, academics and senior editors from across the globe. The published papers are made highly visible to the academic community through a wide indexing policy adopted by this online international journal. Being a part of an eco-friendly community, JAL&J favors and encourages e-publication of papers to truly present itself as an online ‘Green journal’.
Submission Guidelines
- Subject Matter: The CALR Journal of Applicable Law & Jurisprudence accepts research/scholarly work on every legal subject matter. The editorial board, upon the review of the work, sorts the paper into the appropriate chapters such as CSCLI, CCFL, CSDR, CTL & CEA.
- Submissions must be in the form of descriptive, analytical or critical analysis of the particular subject matter.
- The submission should reflect original, unpublished work and not be under review on any other platform. A maximum similarity of 15% is allowed. Non-adherence to this rule shall result in the rejection of the research/scholarly work summarily without any chance of revision.
- Note: If an author withdraws his submission after the initiation of the review process (within the seven-day deadline) he can be blacklisted from further publications, at the discretion of the Managing Editors or Project Heads.
- Submissions must ideally be limited to a length of 3000 words to 7000 works, inclusive of the abstract.
- Note: Every research/scholarly work shall consist of a limited 300 to 400 word abstract.
- Format: Submissions should be made only in Microsoft Word (.docx) format. The submissions should adhere to the following formatting style. Font: Times New Roman, Font size: 12, Line spacing: 1.5” (For endnotes Font size: 10, Line spacing: 1”)
- Relevant sources such as judgments, laws, treaties, news articles and other legal texts must be added as in-text hyperlinks (if possible) but must contain proper citations adhering to the uniform Bluebook 20th Edition citation style.
- The submission should have an informative title. If the author wishes the editorial board to assign a title, the author should inform the same in the body of the mail.
- All submissions to be sent to calr. jalj[at]gmail.com
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About the Centers
Center for the Study of Contemporary Legal Issues
Center for Study of Contemporary Legal Issues (CSCLI) established under CALR seeks to provide numerous insights and views into contemporary legal issues and encourages conversation about the same. It aims at updating the readers with minute nuances of the latest developments in the field of Constitutional, Civil, Criminal and International Humanitarian Laws, thus generating a cross current of ideas on emerging topics.
It showcases contemporary issues and challenges specific to law, with an interdisciplinary approach towards assimilating knowledge. CSCLI endeavors to become the beacon of legal education by encouraging the synthesis of knowledge and best practices cutting across the academia and research fraternity.
The expertise and experience of the diversely composed board which has representation in the form of advocates and legal professionals are to provide a holistic review of the articles and uphold the standard of the articles that finally get accepted for publication; with there being a great emphasis on research quality, the relevance of topic and novel contributions in the scrutiny phase of review.
The student-member body seeks to achieve the above-stated ambition by accumulating quality researched articles and making the blog a one-stop destination for inquisitive readers.
Center for Study of Dispute Resolution
Dispute resolution is a term that refers to a number of processes that can be used to resolve a conflict, dispute or claim. Dispute resolution may also be referred to as alternative dispute resolution, appropriate dispute resolution, or ADR for short. It is becoming the primary function of the legal corporate world. Parties often find themselves at dispute, which needs to be addressed.
Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution follows the latest development in the said field, to bring the readers the idea of mastering managing a dispute. Dispute resolution many times, interchangeably used with conflict resolution, although conflicts are more deep-rooted and longer than disputes. Even many claim settlements are part of a negotiation or dispute. This center does not distinguish between Dispute, Conflict and Claims, and covers all three subject matters.
The research area focuses on laws such as Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Contracts, or any law in which a dispute can be resolved. This center focuses on Arbitration, Mediation, Negotiation, Traditional litigation as a mechanism for dispute resolution, etc and their impact on the corporate bodies.
The center is for Dispute resolution enthusiasts and welcomes law students, and practicing professionals to contribute their ideas on the subject matter and to have a platform to keep up with recent changes.
Center for Technology Law
Center for Technology Law (CTL) is a department under the CALR project that aims to cover under its ambit all the interconnection of law and technology – taking up a vast number of issues under its wings, from blockchain technology, national and international cyber laws with a keen focus on the Indian scenario, along with legal integration of new and upcoming technology in the physical world.
All this is directed towards escalating awareness in the direction of techno-legal interplay. Through the means of analytical academic literature, the center directs one’s sights on the advancement of new and development of the existing span of technology laws. In the time that’ll follow the present, technological advancements are bound to surge new skies, and the legal system can’t fall behind.
Center for Technology Laws seeks to document this trail through the means of eminent articles, analytical write-ups and legal literature by our team. Furthermore, with the facility of monthly newsletters, our readers can be up to date with the work of our center, effortlessly.
Center for Environmental Awareness
The Center for Environment Awareness (CEA) established under CALR seeks to engage in contemporary academic discussions surrounding environmental laws and judicial discourse. The idea behind the Center for Environment Awareness is to work towards bringing about a shift from an anthropocentric attitude to an ecocentric approach through the means of academic writing and deliberations on significant environmental topics.
The interplay of law and environment in India has allowed for prominent changes in the way environmental rights are perceived and the Constitution of India is one among the few constitutions in the world to imbibe rights relating to the environment within it.
The aim of the Center is to promote awareness about various environmental issues concerning ecology, habitat, the interplay of economy and environment inter alia through case analysis, articles and newsletters. The articles published adhere to the required standard in order to contribute to the existing literature in environmental jurisprudence.
Center for Commercial and Financial Law
Center for Commercial and Financial Law (CCFL) was established under CALR as one of its departments. The main objective of CCFL is to promote learning and research in the commercial and financial law segment. This center deals in Competition Law, Banking law, Insolvency Law, Taxation Law, Companies Law, Labor Law and various other laws in the field of commercial and financial law.
CCFL aims to provide a broader understanding of Commercial and Financial law to readers by way of weekly newsletters, research articles and case analysis. CCFL is also concerned with tracking national and international changes in the field of commercial and financial law.
This center also encourages professionals and students to make their unique contributions. With the presence of such eminent personalities on our advisory board, we try to provide an expert opinion on the lesser-known topics and also encourage the students to discover this field and showcase the power of their pen.
How to Submit?
All submissions to the call for papers should be sent to [email protected]
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