MNLU Mumbai Law Review Submission Guidelines:
(Blind Peer Reviewed Bi-Annual ISSN Journal) Contributions are invited from authors for any one of the four sections of the
Issue I Volume 1 June 2017
CALL FOR PAPERS
About us:
Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai has been established under the
Maharashtra Act No. VI of 2014. It is mandated to offer quality legal education
and engage in high end legal research and social outreach.
Honble Justice Shri. S. A. Bobde, Judge, Supreme Court of India is the
Chancellor of the University. MNLU Mumbai is the rst of the three NLUs
set up in the State of Maharashtra by the State Government. As part of our
academic commitment, we announce the launching of our agship journal-
MNLU Mumbai Law Review and call for papers for the rst issue.
Objectives:
The MNLU Mumbai Law Review is an academically-led, blind peer-reviewed,
bi-annual journal, which aims to publish high quality scholarship on law and
legal studies spanning all areas including comparative, international and multi-
disciplinary perspectives. The MNLU Mumbai Law Review offers a forum for the
community of scholars both within and outside India to take a broad
inter-discplinary approach to the study of law; thereby reaching a wide
readership, including legal academics, social scientists, jurist, students
and others.
Important Dates:
Submission of complete manuscript for the rst issue: 30th April 2017
Notication of acceptance or non-acceptance of papers: 15th May 2017
Publication of rst issue: June 2017
Journal -
1) Long Articles of 5000 to 7000 words (inclusive of footnotes)
2) Short Articles of 3000 to 4000 words (inclusive of footnotes)
3) Case Comment /Legislative Critique & Notes upto 2500 words
(inclusive of footnotes)
4) Book Review upto 2000 words (inclusive of footnotes).
All submissions must contain an abstract of not more than 300 words,
inclusive of 5 (ve) keywords.Title page include the title, authors names and
afliations, and a complete address for the corresponding author including
email address and telephone number.
Style sheet:
Formatting Style - The paper should be typed on standard A4 size page,
with one-inch margin on each side and has to be in MS Word format
(.doc or .docx). Font type: Times New Roman; Font size : 12;
Line spacing:1.5. for footnotes: 10; however two separate footnotes should
be double-spaced. Reference style shall follow 19th bluebook edition.
All Submissions are to be Emailed at - mljedit@mnlumumbai.edu.in
For further instructions and detailed guidelines kindly refer to
www.nlumumbai.edu.in
For any queries you may contact Mr. Sajid Sheikh M: +91 9550965275 ,
Mr. Ashok Chikte - M: +91 9921955734
Editorial Team:
Patron-In-Chief Honble Justice Shri. S. A. Bobde,
Chancellor MNLU Mumbai.
Editor-In-Chief Prof. (Dr.) Bhavani Prasad Panda,Vice Chancellor.
Editor Ms. Swatee Yogessh, Assistant Professor.
Associate Ms. Saumya Uma, Assistant Professor
Editors Mr. Upamanyu Sengupta, Assistant Professor
Mr. Sajid Sheikh, Research Fellow
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