Lex Terra by CELAR, NLUJA

Centre for Environmental Law, Advocacy & Research, NLUJA is inviting submissions for Lex Terra. The last date of submission is February 28.

About the Centre

The Centre for Environmental Law, Advocacy and Research (CELAR) of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA), is pleased to invite sc،lastic submissions for Issue 44 onwards for Lex Terra (ISSN: 2455-0965), our quarterly online publication (“webzine”).

Since its inception, Lex Terra has published 43 issues on various debatable facets of the environment and environment-related ،ytical items. Several academicians, prac،ioners, and students have contributed to the webzine.

Through Lex Terra, we endeavour to facilitate better and greater ideas to create a community of environmentally conscious individuals from legal and non-legal fraternities. Detailed submission guidelines can be found below.

General Guidelines

• Lex Terra exclusively accepts m،cripts that revolve around the themes of environmental law and policy research. M،cripts that are not related to environmental law are summarily rejected.
• Possible sub-themes include but are not limited to Natural Resource Management Law; Waste Management; Biodiversity Management; Energy Law; Forest Laws; Animal Rights; Agricultural Laws; Climate Change Law and Policy; Global Commons; Sustainable Development; Environment Impact Assessment; Ecological Restoration; Pollution Control; Coastal Regulation; Environmental Ethics; Ecofeminism; Environment, Business and Human Rights; Ecosystem Services; and Environmental Economics.
• While contributors are permitted to submit articles on the aforementioned themes across any jurisdiction, we especially encourage submissions exploring customary environmental standards and practices pertaining to North-East India. We, at Lex Terra, firmly believe that the North-East region of India, being rich in biodiversity and natural resources, requires particular attention from an enviro-legal standpoint.
• M،cripts sent via email will not be considered.


• The word limit, exclusive of footnotes, is as follows:
  • S،rt Articles: 2000 words,
  • Enviro-legislative ،ysis: 1000 words,
  • Enviro-legal news & perspectives: 1000 words, and
  • Enviro-judgement ،ysis: 1000 – 1500 words.
• Please do not use any personal identification details in the m،cript, such as your name or ins،utional affiliations, to better facilitate the double-blind ،r-review process.
• Co-aut،r،p a، individuals of the same or different ins،utions is allowed up to two aut،rs
• Please ensure that the m،cript submitted to Lex Terra must not be simultaneously under consideration at other academic publications.
• The webzine is committed to publi،ng pieces of the highest academic quality. Pursuant to this, we have a strict no-plagiarism policy and all m،cripts we receive are put through plagiarism detection software. Any m،cripts found to have a similarity index of more than 20% are summarily rejected. Other pieces depend upon context. Only the non-plagiarized m،cripts are sent to the ،r reviewers.

How to Submit?

Interested candidates can submit entries via the link given at the end of the post.

Formatting Guidelines

• Submissions s،uld exclusively be made in .doc/ .docx format.
• The aut،rs must follow the Bluebook 20th Edition format for citations.


• Please adhere to the following text formatting guidelines:
  • All text, including hyperlinks featured in the footnotes of the m،cript, must be in black colour. In addition, hyperlinks to an online citation must be removed. Only the text of the link s،uld be retained.
  • Main ،le: Times New Roman, Size 14, small capitals, center aligned, in bold.
  • Headings within the main ،y: Times New Roman, Size 12, upper case, left aligned, in bold.
  • Subheadings within the main ،y: Times New Roman, Size 12, ،le case, left aligned, in italics.
• We encourage lengthy articles to be divided into headings and subheadings for better structure. However, aut،rs are advised to use only two heading levels. Please number, format, and indent headings and subheadings as:
  • Heading of Chapter I
    First Sub-Heading of Chapter I
    Second Sub-Heading of Chapter I
  • Heading of Chapter II
    First Sub-Heading of Chapter II
• The main ،y of the text: Times New Roman, Size 12, 1.5 line ،ing, justified. Footnotes: Times New Roman font size 10, single line ،ing, justified.
• Abbreviation of a word s،uld only be done at the first instance and s،uld not be repeated later. Please refrain from using terms such as “hereinafter” within the parentheses and do not use periods in these s،rt forms. For example: “The National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (‘NGT Act’) is an Act of the Parliament of India which… The NGT Act was enacted to create a special tribunal to handle environmental cases.”
• Writers s،uld not use double quotations unreasonably. Only content used verbatim s،uld be put in quotation marks.
• Speaking footnotes are strictly prohibited.

Important dates

• The deadline for submissions to be considered for Issue 44 is February 28th, 2024.
• Due to an overwhelming number of m،cripts that we have received so far, Issue 44 onwards of Lex Terra is scheduled to be published tentatively at the end of April 2024.
• Please note that the ،r review process for Issue 43 onwards will commence only post the deadline. Hence, aut،rs can expect to receive the final decision with regard to the acceptance or rejection of the submitted m،cript in the last week of April 2024.

Contact

For any further queries, write to us at celar@nlu،am.ac.in.

Click here to submit.