CfP: MAGLAW Student Journal – Volume III Issue 2 (2024) by Dept. of Law, Panjab University, Chandigarh

About the Journal

MAGLAW has been an annual publication since 2019. It is a peer-reviewed and refereed journal specifically designed for students. The journal welcomes high-quality papers from students and allows them to showcase their research and scholarly work.

The publication of the upcoming Volume III Issue 2 for year 2024 is approaching. Students enrolled in three-year and five-year law programmes, LL.M. and Ph.D., have the opportunity to submit their research papers, case comments, and book reviews by August 30, 2024. To facilitate speedy processing authors are requested to strictly adhere to the publication guidelines.

Conditions of the Publication

Anonymity

The authors must maintain anonymity by not mentioning any personal credentials in their work, as we are committed to fairness and impartiality during the whole process of publication.

* It is required that the authors send a cover letter consisting of your name, course pursuing, email id, affiliation and contact details.

Liability for Copyright Violations and Plagiarism

Submissions are accepted for publication on the condition that they do not infringe the copyright or any other rights of any third parties and that the work does not contain any obscene, offensive, defamatory, or racially prejudiced material. The author of the research paper shall be liable for any plagiarized content. There shall be no liability of the publisher whatsoever for any plagiarism or copyright violation. Authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others, the work has been appropriately cited or quoted. A certificate of originality acquired from Turnitin or Urkund must be submitted along with the work. The plagiarism must not exceed 20%.

Open Access Statement

The MAGLAW is committed to open access for academic work. All the articles published in the MAGLAW are freely accessible immediately from the date of publication. There are no author charges prior to publication, and there is no charge for any reader to access and download our articles for their own personal use. The ownership and copyright of the material published by submitters lie solely with the journal.

Submission Guidelines

The MAGLAW is an annual journal that accepts submissions on a rolling basis from the students pursuing law (LL.B. B.A./B/Com./BBA LL.B. etc.), LL.M. and Ph.D in the field of law. All submissions will be made through the Open Journal System (OJS), and the submitters can track their submissions through the OJS, which will be updated from time to time. All submissions must be accompanied by a covering letter indicating name of the author, title of the submission, and author’s email address. The work must also consist of an abstract, an introduction, the legal point/points involved, case laws cited with proper citation, and a conclusion. The Editorial Board, overseen by the Editor in Chief, will conduct an initial evaluation and editing process for the submitted content as part of the peer review process, following which it will be sent to the reviewers/referees. The submitted work should not have been published or submitted for publication anywhere.

** Submissions from student authors and professionals as co-authors will not be considered.

Word Limit

The MAGLAW accepts submissions in the following categories:

• Research Papers: 3,000 – 6,000 words
• Case Notes: 2,500 – 3,000 words
• Book Reviews: 1,000-2,000 words
  * All word limits are exclusive of footnotes

The journal is flexible about word count depending on the quality of the submission. Referencing and citations must conform to the Indian Law Institute (ILI) footnoting pattern (https://www.ili.ac.in/cstyle.pdf). Submissions must necessarily contain an abstract of not more than 200 words and five keywords.

Co-Authorship

Co-authoring of papers among individuals of the same or different institutions is permissible up to a maximum of two authors per paper.

Formatting Guidelines

•  The authors are strictly required to use British English only.
• The submission must be word-processed and in Times New Roman.
•  The main text should be in font size 12 (spacing 1.5) and footnotes in font size 10 (spacing 1.0).
•  A one-line gap must be maintained between all paragraphs and headings.
•  All paragraphs must begin with a one-inch indent.
•  All hyperlinks must be in black and must not be underlined.
•  All tables, graphs, figures, charts etc. must be numbered consecutively.

The submissions are to be made through OJS:

The link to OJS can be accessed here.

Guidelines to the Authors

Reporting Standards

When appropriate, the primary or fundamental data that forms the basis of any research should be represented accurately in the paper. Research studies’ papers should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behaviour and are unacceptable.

Structure

Abstract (200 words) and Keywords (5 words)

Headings and subheadings organize the manuscript. The Author should follow the structure while preparing the manuscript as given below:

• Introduction
• Objectives of Study
• Research Methodology
• Content/Data Analysis
• Arguments and Discussion
• Result/Findings
• Conclusion and Suggestions

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publications

An author should not publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behaviour and is unacceptable.

Contact

Email for queries: maglaw@puchd.ac.in