University Institute of Laws, Panjab University Regional Centre, Ludhiana is seeking submissions from the students of law in the form of a call for paper for its special edition of bi-annual law journal (PURCL-Student Law Journal- special edition) Volume 1 Issue 3 (July-Dec, 2024), on Environment Law
About the University Institute of Law
University Institute of Law, Panjab University Regional Centre (PURC), Ludhiana has embarked upon a well-structured course of action to achieve levels of excellence in the field of legal studies and research since its establishment at the campus of P.U.
Extension Library, Ludhiana w.e.f. the academic Session 2003-04. Presently the institution imparts legal education under the able leadership of Prof. (Dr.) Aman Amrit Cheema, Director, UIL, PURC, through three courses, LL.M 1 year, LL.B 3 year and B.A. LL.B (Hons.) 5 year integrated course. The level of academic rigour has ensured that most of our alumni excel in their respective professions.
Beyond academics, PURC, Ludhiana promotes leadership skills and wholesome life experience of our students by encouraging them to take part in various co-curricular and extra-curricular activities like literary, debating, cultural, entrepreneurial and recreational activities. Keeping the above objective in mind, UIL, PURC has introduced biannual law journal (PURCL-Student Law Journal) primarily for law students across the globe to encourage exchange of ideas, concepts and their applicability and promote problem solving capabilities in the students.
About the Journal
PURCL Student Law Journal is a Peer-reviewed/ Refereed Journal and a remarkable initiative of the University Institute of Laws, PURC, Ludhiana. Student Law Journal is a biannual publication (July and January) which provides an excellent way for law students to critically engage in current legal issues and to collaborate closely with other students to study the nuances of contemporary legal Pedagogy. The experience enhances writing, editing and citation-checking skills.
Special Edition: Focus of Special Issues
This special issue focuses on an array of Centre and State laws, rules governing various areas of the environment, such as air, water, hazardous waste, pesticides, land development, clean-up of contaminated sites (and lakes). The major scope of this special issue would be to explore the new ideas and development in the following areas:
- Environment Law and Policy
- Environment Disaster and Law
- International Environment Law and Policy
- National/Indian Environment Protection Mechanism
- Climate Change and Environment Degradation
- Environment Constitutionalism
- Eco-feminism
- Environment and Indian Philosophy
NOTE: The sub- themes mentioned above are merely suggestive and not exhaustive.
All contributions to the journal are rigorously referred and selected on the basis of the originality, quality and significance of the work. The Journal gives preference to research papers of students on current issues on the area, thus ensuring its scientific, legal and social priority and importance.
The contributors may note that in case of duplication of area of research work, the editorial board may select the paper which it deems fit in terms of originality, relevance and more investigative.
Who may Submit
Submissions are invited from students and research scholars of all the law institutions.
Theme
Students are invited to contribute in the form of Tributes, Articles, Case Comments, Critical Evaluation of any suggested themes mentioned above. The main focus of the Articles/Papers shall be on the Environment Law.
The Journal is extremely useful to academicians, practitioners, researchers, scholars and students who are interested in the latest theoretical and practical advances and innovations in the field of Law and Environment and want to adapt to new legal trends.
Submission Guidelines
- Authors are requested to send their original, unpublished submission in .doc format to [email protected]
- The submission must be accompanied by a separate covering letter bearing the following information:
- Full Name of the Author(s)
- Position/Year of Study (if applicable on all author(s))
- Institutional Affiliations (if any)
- Contact Details of the Author / Co-Author
- Title of the Papers
- Class + Session + Semester
- Declaration of originality
- Author must submit a plagiarism report (below 10% similarity index) along with the submission otherwise the submission will be outrightly rejected.
- The authors must not mention any relevant identification information on the body of the research paper such as their name, contact details, institutional affiliation (if any).
- Submissions can be in the form of long articles, short notes, book reviews. The acceptable word limit should not exceed: –
- Long Articles: 4000-5000 words
- Short Notes: 3000-4000 words
- Case Comments/ Legislative Comments: 1500-3000
- Kindly note that the word limits mentioned above are exclusive of foot notes.
- All the word limits will be strictly enforced.
- All the submissions must consist of an Abstract of not more than 250 words. The abstract will not be included in the word limit.
- The submission must be sent along with to 6 keywords along with the abstract in the manuscript.
- A submission can be co-authored by a maximum of two people.
- In case, authors send more than one submission for consideration, only the first submission shall be reviewed for publication.
Formatting and Citation Guidelines
- An appropriate Title must be mentioned in the cover page of the submission. The Title should be font type- Times New Roman and font size-16.
- The submission should not contain any biographical information of the author throughout the manuscript.
- The body of the text must be submitted in font type- Times New Roman, font size- 12.
- The footnotes must be font type- Time New Roman, font size 10.
- The Line Spacing of the main text and footnotes must be 1.5 and 1 respectively.
- Use of Headings and Subheadings is encouraged throughout the text-
- Title of Paper-Capital, Bold, Font Size-16, Times New Roman
- Headings: Centre Aligned, Bold, and Font Size- 14, Font Type- Times New Roman, with Roman Numbering.
- Subheadings: Justified Alignment, Bold, Font Size – 12 and Font Type- Times New Roman.
- Foot notes and citations of research work are to be given as per the format of Indian Law Institute available at www.ili.ac.in, in single space.
- All submissions are subject to peer review and modification as per the journal style sheet.
- The final decision of the Editorial Board, regarding publication of the article shall be final.
Last Date for Submission
All papers must be submitted before 15th October, 2024 to [email protected].
Contact Details
For submission of papers and any queries please drop your mail at: [email protected].
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